This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1989–90 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research. Rank Program Network Rating1 The Cosby Show NBC 23.1 Roseanne ABC 3 Cheers NBC 22.7 4 A Different World 21.1 5 America's Funniest Home Videos ABC 20.9 6 The Golden Girls NBC 20.1 7 60 Minutes CBS 19.7 8 The Wonder Years ABC 19.2 9 Empty Nest NBC 18.9 10 Monday Night Football ABC 18.1 11 Unsolved Mysteries NBC 18.0 12 Who's the Boss? ABC 17.913 Murder, She Wrote CBS 17.7 Chicken Soup ABC 15 Grand NBC 17.6 16 L.A. Law 17.4 17 Dear John 17.2 18 Coach ABC 17.0 19 In the Heat of the Night NBC 16.9 20 Matlock 16.6 21 Growing Pains ABC 15.422 Full House 15.3 Designing Women CBS24 CBS Sunday Movie 14.9 Hunter NBC 26 Head of the Class ABC 14.8 27 Murphy Brown CBS 14.728 The Simpsons FOX 14.5 Night Court NBC Doogie Howser, M.D. ABC
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