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1988-89 Television Season

The top five shows of 1988-89 were Golden Girls, Cheers, Different World, Roseanne, with the most popular being Cosby Show. (See below for the list of the top 30 programs.)

Programs that began before 8:00 p.m. on Sundays include Incredible Sunday, 60 Minutes, The Magical World of Disney, and 21 Jump Street. Select a show below to read all about it and to share your memories! Select a show below to read all about it and to share your memories!

Prime Time TV Schedule for 1988-1989
		8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
		MacGyver		Monday Night Football
		Newhart	Coming of Age	CBS Monday Night Movie
		Alf	Hogan Family	NBC Monday Night Movie
		Who's The Boss	Roseanne	Moonlighting		Thirtysomething
		High Risk		CBS Monday Movie
		Matlock		In the Heat of the Night		Midnight Caller
		Growing Pains	Head of the Class	Wonder Years	Hooperman	China Beach
		Van Dyke Show	Annie McGuire	Equalizer		Wiseguy
		Unsolved Mysteries		Night Court	Baby Boom	Tattingers
		Knightwatch		Dynasty		[specials]
		48 Hours		Paradise		Knots Landing
		Cosby Show	Different World	Cheers	Dear John	L.A. Law
		Perfect Strangers	Full House	Mr. Belvedere	Just the Ten of Us	20-20
		Beauty and the Beast		Dallas		Falcon Crest
		Sonny Spoon		Something Is Out There		Miami Vice
		Murphy's Law		Police Story
		Dirty Dancing	Raising Miranda	Simon & Simon		West 57th
		227	Amen	Golden Girls	Empty Nest	Hunter
		The Reporters		Beyond Tomorrow		[local]
		Mission- Impossible		ABC Sunday Night Movie
		Murder, She Wrote		CBS Sunday Night Movie
		Family Ties	Day by Day	NBC Sunday Night Movie
		America's Most Wanted	Married With Children	It's Garry Shandling's Show	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.
- Indicates show began before the time period indicated. 

1988-89 Ratings