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1987-88 Television Season

Fox debuted a national weekend schedule in the fall of 1987. Though it aired in the 7:00 p.m. slot and thus is not on our grid, 21 Jump Street was one of Fox's few successes. Other shows that began before 8:00 p.m. on Sunday (and not on the grid below) also include 60 Minutes, Our House, and the Disney Sunday Movie.

The top five shows of 1987-88 were Growing Pains, Golden Girls, Cheers, Different World, with the most popular being Cosby Show. (See below for the list of the top 30 programs.)

Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted in syndication in October. Select a show below to read all about it and to share your memories!

Prime Time TV Schedule for 1987-1988
	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
	MacGyver		Monday Night Football
	Frank's Place	Kate & Allie	Newhart	Designing Women	Cagney & Lacey
	Alf	Valerie's Family	NBC Monday Night Movie
	Who's The Boss	Growing Pains	Moonlighting		Thirtysomething
	Houston Knights		Jake and the Fatman		Law and Harry McGraw
	Matlock		JJ Starbuck		Crime Story
	Perfect Strangers	Head of the Class	Hooperman	Slap Maxwell Story	Dynasty
	Oldest Rookie		Magnum P.I.		Equalizer
	Highway to Heaven		A Year in the Life		St. Elsewhere
	Sledge Hammer	Charmings	ABC Thursday Night Movie
	Tour of Duty		Wiseguy		Knots Landing
	Cosby Show	Different World	Cheers	Night Court	L.A. Law
	Full House	I Married Dora	Max Headroom		20-20
	Beauty and the Beast		Dallas		Falcon Crest
	Rags to Riches		Miami Vice		Private Eye
	Once a Hero		Ohara		Hotel
	My Sister Sam	Everything's Relative	Leg Work		West 57th
	Facts of Life	227	Golden Girls	Amen	Hunter
	Mr. President	Women in Prison	New Adventures of Beans Baxter	Second Chance	[local]
	Spenser: For Hire		Dolly		Buck James
	Murder, She Wrote		CBS Sunday Night Movie
	Family Ties	My Two Dads	NBC Sunday Night Movie
	Werewolf	Married With Children	Tracey Ullman	Duet	[local]
	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30

Note: Television seasons have generally begun in September of each year. And new shows often do not last the entire season. The shows below began the new season but did not necessarily run all the way through to summer reruns.
Continued - Indicates show began before the time period indicated.

1987-88 Ratings

Rank	Show	Network	Estimated viewers
1.	The Cosby Show	NBC	30,502,600
2.	Family Ties	NBC	28,579,800
3.	Cheers	NBC	23,772,800
4.	Murder, She Wrote	CBS	22,199,600
5.	The Golden Girls	NBC	21,413,000
6.	60 Minutes	CBS	20,364,200
7.	Night Court	NBC	20,276,800
8.	Growing Pains	ABC	19,839,800
9.	Moonlighting	ABC	19,577,600
10.	Who's the Boss?	ABC	19,228,000
11.	Dallas	CBS	18,616,200
12.	Newhart	CBS	17,043,000
13.	Amen	NBC	16,955,600
14.	227	NBC	16,518,600
15.	Matlock	NBC	16,256,400
16.	CBS Sunday Night Movie	CBS	16,256,400
17.	NBC Monday Night Movie	NBC	16,256,400
18.	Monday Night Football	ABC	16,081,600
19.	Kate & Allie	CBS	15,994,200
20.	NBC Sunday Night Movie	NBC	15,906,800
21.	L.A. Law	NBC	15,207,600
22.	My Sister Sam	CBS	15,207,600
23.	Falcon Crest	CBS	15,120,200
24.	Highway to Heaven	NBC	15,032,800
25.	Dynasty	ABC	15,032,800
26.	Knots Landing	CBS	14,683,200
27.	Miami Vice	NBC	14,683,200
28.	Alf	NBC	14,421,000
29.	Hunter	NBC	14,421,000
30.	Head of the Class	ABC	14,333,600

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