This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1990–91 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research. Rank Program Network Rating 1 Cheers NBC 21.3 2 60 Minutes CBS 20.6 3 Roseanne ABC 18.1 4 A Different World NBC 17.5 5 The Cosby Show 17.1 6 Murphy Brown CBS 16.97 Empty Nest NBC 16.7 America's Funniest Home Videos ABC 9 Monday Night Football 16.610 The Golden Girls NBC 16.5 Designing Women CBS 12 Murder, She Wrote 16.4 13 America's Funniest People ABC 16.3 14 Full House 15.9 15 Family Matters 15.8 16 Unsolved Mysteries NBC 15.7 17 Matlock 15.5 18 Coach ABC 15.319 Who's the Boss? 15.0 CBS Sunday Movie CBS21 In the Heat of the Night NBC 14.9 Major Dad CBS 23 L.A. Law NBC 14.8 24 Doogie Howser, M.D. ABC 14.7 25 Grand NBC 14.6 26 Head of the Class ABC 14.527 Growing Pains 14.3 Baby Talk Davis Rules 30 The Wonder Years 14.2
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