Does anyone know what kind of ratings the show got during it's 8 season run? I'm guessing that it was never Top 10, but possibly did make Top 15-20. I'd be curious to know how high and low it managed to peak.

Here are individual episode ratings I have:

Season 1
Tuesdays at 8:30pm
Episode 1 "Knock Knock, Who's There?" March 25, 1986: 21.3 HH Rating
Episode 2 "Picture This" April 1, 1986: #8 Perfect Strangers 21.3 HH Rating
Episode 3 "First Date" April 8, 1986: 20.5 HH Rating
Episode 4 "Baby, You Can Drive My Car" April 15, 1986: 21.0 HH Rating
Episode 5 "Check This" April 22, 1986: #9 Perfect Strangers 20.0 HH Rating
Episode 6 "Happy Birthday" April 29, 1986: 18.5 HH Rating
SUMMER REPEATS Wednesdays 8pm
August 6, 1986: 11.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 13, 1986: 10.8 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 20, 1986: 14.1 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 27, 1986: 12.0 HH Rating (REPEAT)
September 3, 1986: 12.0 HH Rating (REPEAT)

Season 2
Wednesdays 8pm
Episode 7 "Hello Baby" September 17, 1986: 17.3 HH Rating
Episode 8 "Hunks Like Us" September 24, 1986: 17.4 HH Rating
Episode 9 "The Unnatural" October 1, 1986: 16.5 HH Rating
Episode 10 "Lifesavers" October 22, 1986: 16.2 HH Rating
Episode 11 "Babes in Babylon" October 29, 1986: 14.7 HH Rating
Episode 12 "Ladies & Germs" November 5, 1986: 15.7 HH Rating
Episode 13 "Fall in Love Is..." November 12, 1986: 17.2 HH Rating
Episode 14 "Can I Get a Witness? November 26, 1986: 14.0 HH Rating
Episode 15 "Two Men and a Cradle" December 3, 1986: 15.6 HH Rating
Episode 16 "The Rent Strike" December 10, 1986: 16.1 HH Rating
Episode 17 "A Christmas Story" December 17, 1986: 15.7 HH Rating
December 24, 1986: #39 9.4 HH Rating (REPEAT)
December 31, 1986: #39 Perfect Strangers 12.9 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 18 "Dog Gone Blues" January 7, 1987: 17.9 HH Rating
Episode 19 "Since I Lost My Baby" January 14, 1987: 15.7 HH Rating
Episode 20 "Trouble in Paradise" January 21, 1987: 16.8 HH Rating
Episode 21 "Beautiful Dreamer" January 28, 1987: 16.2 HH Rating
Episode 22 "Tux for Two" February 4, 1987: #39 Perfect Strangers 15.0 HH Rating
Episode 23 "Ten Speed and a Soft Touch" February 11, 1987: #36 16.4 HH Rating
Episode 24 "Snow Way to Treat a Lady, Part 1" February 18, 1987: #28 17.4 HH Rating
Episode 25 "Snow Way to Treat a Lady, Part 2" February 25, 1987: 17.2 HH Rating
Episode 26 "Get a Job" March 4, 1987: 16.9 HH Rating
March 11, 1987: 16.6 HH Rating (REPEAT)
March 18, 1987: 15.1 HH Rating (REPEAT)
March 25, 1987: 15.7 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 26 "Hello Elaine" April 1, 1987: 16.3 HH Rating
April 8, 1987: 14.2 HH Rating (REPEAT)
April 15, 1987: 14.9 HH Rating (REPEAT)
April 22, 1987: 13.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
April 29, 1987: 13.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 26 "Up on a Roof" May 6, 1987: 13.4 HH Rating
May 13, 1987: 13.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
May 20, 1987: 13.8 HH Rating (REPEAT)
May 27, 1987: 11.8 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 3, 1987: 13.6 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 10, 1987: 12.0 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 17, 1987: 10.7 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 24, 1987: 11.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 1, 1987: 12.6 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 8, 1987: 11.0 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 15, 1987: 10.1 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 22, 1987: 10.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 29, 1987: 10.1 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 5, 1987: 10.8 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 12, 1987: 9.8 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 19, 1987: 11.0 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 26, 1987: 13.2 HH Rating (REPEAT)
September 2, 1987: 12.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
September 9, 1987: 13.4 HH Rating (REPEAT)

Season 3
Wednesdays 8pm
Episode 29 "All News That Fits" September 23, 1987: 15.2 HH Rating
Episode 30 "Weight to Go Buddy" September 30, 1987: 16.3 HH Rating
Episode 31 "Sexual Harrassment in Chicago" October 7, 1987: 17.0 HH Rating
Episode 32 "Taking Stock" October 14, 1987: 16.8 HH Rating
Episode 33 "Your Cheatin' Heart" October 28, 1987: 13.6 HH Rating
Episode 34 "The Horn Blows at Midnight" November 4, 1987: 16.5 HH Rating
Episode 35 "Karate Kids" November 11, 1987: 18.1 HH Rating
Episode 36 "Night School Confidential" November 18, 1987: 17.5 HH Rating
Episode 37 "Future Shock" November 25, 1987: 13.9 HH Rating
Episode 38 "Couch Potato" December 2, 1987: 16.5 HH Rating
Episode 39 "The Break-In" December 9, 1987: 13.2 HH Rating
December 23, 1987: 13.6 HH Rating (REPEAT)
December 30, 1987: #28 15.4 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 40 "To Be Or Not To Be" January 6, 1988: 17.3 HH Rating
Episode 41 "My Lips Are Sealed" January 13, 1988: 18.7 HH Rating
January 20, 1988: 15.9 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 42 "The Pen Pal" January 27, 1988: 17.1 HH Rating
Episode 43 "Just Desserts" February 3, 1988: 17.1 HH Rating
Episode 44 "Better Shop Around" February 10, 1988: 16.4 HH Rating
1988 Winter Olympics break
Fridays 8pm
Episode 45 "Pipe Dreams" March 4, 1988: 14.2 HH Rating
Episode 46 "Defiant Guys" March 11, 1988: 12.6 HH Rating
Episode 47 "My Brother, Myself" March 18, 1988: 12.4 HH Rating
Episode 48 "You Gotta Have Friends" March 25, 1988: 12.7 HH Rating
April 1, 1988: 12.4 HH Rating (REPEAT)
April 8, 1988: 11.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)
April 15, 1988: 11.1 HH Rating (REPEAT)
April 22, 1988: 10.6 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 49 "The Graduate" April 29, 1988: 11.6 HH Rating
Episode 50 "Bye Bye Biki" May 6, 1988: 9.8 HH Rating
May 13, 1988: 9.6 HH Rating (REPEAT)
May 20, 1988: 8.4 HH Rating (REPEAT)
May 27, 1988: 8.6 HH Rating (REPEAT)
May 31, 1988: 15.1 HH Rating (REPEAT), Tuesday 8:30pm repeats start tonight
June 3, 1988: 7.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 7, 1988: 12.8 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 10, 1988: 8.0 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 14, 1988: 13.0 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 17, 1988: 8.2 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 21, 1988: 13.1 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 24, 1988: 7.8 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 28, 1988: 12.9 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 1, 1988: 9.1 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 5, 1988: 12.8 HH Rating (REPEAT); last Tues 8:30 airing
July 8, 1988: 11.1 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 15, 1988: 8.7 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 22, 1988: 8.4 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 29, 1988: 8.2 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 5, 1988: 7.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 12, 1988: 8.0 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 19, 1988: 10.1 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 26, 1988: 9.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
September 2, 1988: 8.4 HH Rating (REPEAT)
September 9, 1988: 8.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)
September 16, 1988: 9.7 HH Rating (REPEAT)
September 23, 1988: 10.0 HH Rating (REPEAT)
September 30, 1988: 9.1 HH Rating (REPEAT)
October 7, 1988: 7.4 HH Rating (REPEAT)

Season 4
Fridays at 8pm
Episode 51 "The Lottery" October 14, 1988: 13.5 HH Rating
Episode 52 "Assertive Training" October 21, 1988: 14.1 HH Rating
Episode 53 "Aliens" October 28, 1988: 13.4 HH Rating
Episode 54 "Piano Movers" November 4, 1988: 14.3 HH Rating
Episode 55 "High Society" November 11, 1988: 13.3 HH Rating
Episode 56 "Up a Lazy River, Part 1" November 18, 1988: 14.9 HH Rating
Episode 57 "Up a Lazy River, Part 2" November 25, 1988: 13.5 HH Rating
Episode 58 "College Bound" December 9, 1988: 13.7 HH Rating
Episode 59 "Gift of the Mypiot" December 16, 1988: 12.8 HH Rating
December 23, 1988: 10.8 HH Rating (REPEAT)
December 30, 1988: 13.7 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 60 "Maid to Order" January 6, 1989: 16.8 HH Rating
Episode 61 "That Old Gang of Mine" January 13, 1989: 16.0 HH Rating
Episode 62 "Crimebusters" January 20, 1989: 14.8 HH Rating
January 27, 1989: 13.2 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 63 "Games People Play" February 3, 1989: 16.1 HH Rating
Episode 64 "Come Fly With Me" February 10, 1989: 14.7 HH Rating
Episode 65 "Blind Alley" February 17, 1989: 15.3 HH Rating
Episode 66 "The King and I" February 24, 1989: 16.7 HH Rating
March 3, 1989: 14.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 67 "Prose and Cons" March 10, 1989: 12.6 HH Rating
Episode 68 "Car Wars" March 17, 1989: 14.0 HH Rating
March 24, 1989: 13.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 69 "Just a Gigolo" March 31, 1989: 14.3 HH Rating
April 7, 1989: 13.0 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 70 "Seven Card Studs" April 14, 1989: 13.2 HH Rating
April 21, 1989: 10.8 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 71 "Teacher's Pest" April 28, 1989: 13.1 HH Rating
Episode 72 "Wedding Bell Blues" May 5, 1989: 13.2 HH Rating
May 12, 1989: 11.0 HH Rating (REPEAT)
May 19, 1989: 10.7 HH Rating (REPEAT)
May 26, 1989: 10.7 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 2, 1989: 9.8 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 9, 1989: 11.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 16, 1989: 10.7 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 23, 1989: 10.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 30, 1989: 9.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 7, 1989: 10.0 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 14, 1989: 9.2 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 21, 1989: 10.2 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 28, 1989: 9.8 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 4, 1989: 10.6 HH Rating (REPEAT), moved to Fridays at 9pm
August 11, 1989: 12.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 18, 1989: 12.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 25, 1989: 14.1 HH Rating (REPEAT)
September 1, 1989: 11.7 HH Rating (REPEAT)
September 8, 1989: 10.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)

Season 5
Fridays at 9pm
Episode 73 "Good Skates" September 22, 1989: 14.6 HH Rating
Episode 74 "Lie-Ability" September 29, 1989: 12.8 HH Rating
Episode 75 "The Newsletter" October 6, 1989: 13.9 HH Rating
Episode 76 "Tooth or Consequences" October 13, 1989: 13.1 HH Rating
Episode 77 "Dog Day Mid-Afternoon" October 20, 1989: 14.3 HH Rating
Episode 78 "Poetry in Motion" November 3, 1989: 12.7 HH Rating
Episode 79 "Father Knows Best, Part 1" November 10, 1989: 12.7 HH Rating
Episode 80 "Father Knows Best, Part 2" November 17, 1989: 12.0 HH Rating
Episode 81 "Hello Ball" November 24, 1989: 12.1 HH Rating
Episode 82 "Almost Live from Chicago" December 1, 1989: 13.2 HH Rating
Episode 83 "Home Movies" December 8, 1989: 13.2 HH Rating
Episode 84 "Everybody in the Pool" December 15, 1989: 12.5 HH Rating
December 22, 1989: 11.2 HH Rating (REPEAT)
December 29, 1989: 13.8 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 85 "Because They're Cousins" January 5, 1990: 14.6 HH Rating
Episode 86 "Disorderly Orderflies" January 12, 1990: 14.1 HH Rating
January 19, 1990: 13.9 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 87 "The Selling of Mypos" January 26, 1990: 14.5 HH Rating
Episode 88 "Nightmare Vacation" February 2, 1990: 14.6 HH Rating
Episode 89 "Three's a Crowd" February 9, 1990: 13.0 HH Rating
Episode 90 "Blast from the Past" February 16, 1990: 14.1 HH Rating
Episode 91 "He's the Boss" February 23, 1990: 13.0 HH Rating
March 2, 1990: 12.2 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 92 "Here Comes the Judge" March 9, 1990: #37 12.4 HH Rating
Friday, March 16, 1990: #38 12.7 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Friday, March 23, 1990: #24 14.4 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 93 "This Old House" March 30, 1990: 13.1 HH Rating
Friday, April 6, 1990: #43 11.7 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 94 "Bye, Bye Birdie" April 13, 1990: 12.7 HH Rating
Friday, April 20, 1990: #42 11.8 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 95 "Digging up the News" Friday, April 27, 1990: #35 12.5 HH Rating
Episode 96 "Eyewitness Reports" Friday, May 4, 1990: 12.7 HH Rating
May 11, 1990: 9.9 HH Rating (REPEAT)
May 18, 1990: 10.2 HH Rating (REPEAT)
May 25, 1990: 10.6 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 1, 1990: 10.9 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 8, 1990: 10.8 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 15, 1990: 10.0 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 22, 1990: 11.2 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 29, 1990: 10.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 6, 1990: 9.9 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 13, 1990: 10.9 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 20, 1990: 10.4 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 27, 1990: 10.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 3, 1990: 9.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 10, 1990: 10.9 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 17, 1990: 10.7 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 24, 1990: 11.0 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 31, 1990: 9.1 HH Rating (REPEAT)
September 7, 1990: 9.2 HH Rating (REPEAT)
September 14, 1990: 10.6 HH Rating (REPEAT)

Season 6
Episode 97 "Safe at Home" September 28, 1990: 12.2 HH Rating
Episode 98 "New Kid on the Block" October 5, 1990: 11.8 HH Rating
Episode 99 "The Break Up" October 12, 1990: 12.8 HH Rating
Episode 100 "A Horse is a Horse" October 19, 1990: 12.5 HH Rating
Episode 101 "Family Feud" October 26, 1990: 12.6 HH Rating
Episode 102 "Call Me Indestructible" November 2, 1990: 13.0 HH Rating
Episode 103 "The Men Who Knew Too Much, Part 1" November 9, 1990: #31 14.3 HH Rating
Episode 104 "The Men Who Knew Too Much, Part 2" November 16, 1990: #41 13.3 HH Rating
Episode 105 "The Ring" Friday, November 23, 1990: #22 12.5 HH Rating
Episode 106 "Black Widow" Friday, November 30, 1990: #33 13.9 HH Rating
Episode 107 "Sunshine Boys" Friday, December 7, 1990: #36 12.9 HH Rating
Episode 108 "Hocus Pocus" Friday, December 28, 1990: 13.2 HH Rating
Episode 109 "Finders Keepers" January 4, 1991: 13.1 HH Rating
Episode 110 "Grandpa" January 11, 1991: 15.1 HH Rating
Episode 111 "Little Apartment of Horrors" January 18, 1991: 12.4 HH Rating
January 25, 1991: 10.0 HH Rating special time 9:30pm (REPEAT)
Episode 112 "I Saw This on TV" February 1, 1991: 14.5 HH Rating
Episode 113 "Speak Memory" February 8, 1991: 15.5 HH Rating
Episode 114 "Out of Sync" February 15, 1991: 15.6 HH Rating
Episode 115 "See How they Run" February 22, 1991: 12.3 HH Rating
March 1, 1991: 15.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 116 "Climb Every Billboard" Friday, March 15, 1991: #19 15.3 HH Rating
Episode 117 "A Catered Affair" March 22, 1991: 15.2 HH Rating
Friday, March 29, 1991: #19 14.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 118 "Duck Soup" April 5, 1991: 14.5 HH Rating
Friday, April 12, 1991: #34 12.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Moves to 9:30pm Fridays-
Friday, April 19, 1991: 11.6 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 119 "Great Balls of Fire" April 26, 1991: 13.6 HH Rating
Episode 120 "See You in September" May 3, 1991: 11.2 HH Rating
May 10, 1991: 11.6 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Back to Fri 9pm-
May 24, 1991: 11.6 HH Rating (REPEAT)
May 31, 1991: 12.1 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 7, 1991: 10.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 14, 1991: 11.1 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 21, 1991: 11.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
June 28, 1991: 10.8 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 12, 1991: 11.7 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 19, 1991: 10.7 HH Rating (REPEAT)
July 26, 1991: 11.0 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 2, 1991: 9.2 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 9, 1991: 10.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 16, 1991: 10.7 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 23, 1991: 9.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)
August 30, 1991: 8:30pm: 9.3 HH Rating; 9pm: 9.8 HH Rating (REPEATS)
September 6, 1991: 9.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
September 13, 1991: 10.2 HH Rating (REPEAT)

Season 7
Episode 121 "Bachelor Party" Friday, September 20, 1991: #43 12.3 HH Rating
Episode 122 "The Wedding" Friday, September 27, 1991: #41 12.2 HH Rating
Episode 123 "This New House" Friday, October 4, 1991: #42 11.9 HH Rating
Episode 124 "Weekend at Ferdinand's" Friday, October 18, 1991: #47 11.0 HH Rating
Episode 125 "Fright Night" Friday, October 25, 1991: 12.5 HH Rating
Episode 126 "The Gazebo" Friday, November 1, 1991: 10.6 HH Rating
Episode 127 "Citenzship, Part 1" Friday, November 8, 1991: 13.3 HH Rating
Episode 128 "Citenzship, Part 2" Friday, November 15, 1991: 13.1 HH Rating
Episode 129 "Wild Turkey" Friday, November 22, 1991: 13.2 HH Rating
Episode 130 "Dmitri's World" Friday, November 29, 1991: 8.2 HH Rating
Episode 131 "Car Tunes" Friday, December 6, 1991: 13.5 HH Rating
Friday, December 13, 1991: 10.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 132 "Door to Door" Friday, December 20, 1991: #48 11.7 HH Rating
Friday, December 27, 1991: 11.0 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Moves to Fridays 9:30pm-
Episode 133 "Two Angry Men" Friday, January 3, 1992: 12.5 HH Rating
Friday, January 10, 1992: #65 10.4 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Episode 134 "Missing" Friday, January 17, 1992: 10.2 HH Rating
Friday, January 24, 1992: #43 12.0 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Moves to Sat. 9pm-
Episode 135 "Going Once, Going Twice" Saturday February 1, 1992: #76 6.8 HH Rating
Episode 136 "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" Saturday, February 8, 1992: #81 6.3 HH Rating
Episode 137 "Wayne Man" Saturday, February 29, 1992: #87 5.4 HH Rating
Episode 138 "The Elevator" March 14, 1992: 5.8 HH Rating
Episode 139 "The Play's the Thing" Saturday, March 21, 1992: #85 6.1 HH Rating
Episode 140 "Stress Test" March 28, 1992: 7.3 HH Rating
Episode 141 "Or Get Off the Pot, Part 1" Saturday, April 4, 1992: #86 6.4 HH Rating
Episode 142 "Chicago Suite, Part 2" Saturday, April 11, 1992: #83 5.8 HH Rating
Episodes 143/144 "It Had to Be You/Get Me to the Dump on Time" Saturday, April 18, 1992: #72 7.2 HH Rating
Moves to Saturdays 9:30pm-
Saturday, May 30, 1992: 6.0 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Saturday, June 6, 1992: 4.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Back to Saturdays 9pm-
Saturday, June 20, 1992: 3.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Saturday, June 27, 1992: 3.8 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Saturday, July 4, 1992: 2.7 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Moves to Fridays 9:30pm-
Friday, July 10, 1992: 8.3 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Friday, July 17, 1992: 8.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Friday, July 24, 1992: 7.2 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Friday, July 31, 1992: 6.7 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Friday, August 7, 1992: 6.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Friday, August 14, 1992: 8.1 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Friday, August 21, 1992: 8.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Friday, August 28, 1992: 7.7 HH Rating (REPEAT)
Friday, September 11, 1992: 7.5 HH Rating (REPEAT)

Season 8
Fridays 9:30pm
Episode 145 "The Baby Shower" Friday, July 9, 1993: 9.0 HH Rating
Episode 146 "After Hours" Friday, July 16, 1993: 8.6 HH Rating
Episode 147 "Lethal Weapon" Friday, July 23, 1993: 8.1 HH Rating
Episode 148 "Baby Quiz" Friday, July 30, 1993: 8.8 HH Rating
Episode 149 "Up, Up, and Away, Part 1" Friday, August 6, 1993: 9pm 9.8 HH Rating
Episode 150 "Up, Up, and Away, Part 2" Friday, August 6, 1993: 11.0 HH Rating


Syndication Reruns

ABC Daytime:
* August 28, 1989-July 13, 1990 weekdays at 12:00PM ET/PT
Local Syndication:
* Started Fall 1991 (?) on locals throughout the country such as WWOR (New York only) and WGN (Chicago only)
Cable:
- USA Network:
* September 1997-September 11, 1998 (timeslots: 10am ET/PT then moved to 9:30am ET/PT)
- Nick@Nite:
* July 14, 2000 marathon of first 6 episodes from 9p-12a
* November 16, 2000 at 9p "Games People Play" aired in a week-long games stunt
* February 3, 2003-September 20, 2003 Aired everynight at 3:30am ET/PT (moved to 4am starting April 4, 2003)
- TV Land:
* Both Christmas episodes aired during the weekend of Dec 23-24, 2000
* Friday, April 6, 2001, "Hunks Like Us" aired at 5:30 p.m. for Paul's Ultimate Fan Hour
* Both Christmas episodes aired 5-6pm on Dec 23, 2001
* August 2, 2002-September 28, 2002 Friday-Saturday nights at 12:30am ET/PT in the TV Land Kitschen block
* Both Christmas episodes aired 12:30-1:30am et/pt on Dec 21, 2002
* January 1, 2003 episode 1 aired in the 24-hour pilots marathon
* January 3, 2003-February 1, 2003 Friday-Saturday nights at 1:30am ET/PT in the TV Land Kitschen block
* Both Christmas episodes and "The Unnatural" aired on Dec 27, 2003
* Sunday, June 12, 2005 5am and 1pm "The Lottery" aired as part of TV Land's 50th Anniversary salute to Warner Bros.
- The WB100+ (Cable WB) for cities with no WB affiliate.
* September 17, 2001-December 2002 (9-10am & 1-2am weekdays, then later moved to Saturday mornings by October 2002)
- AOL's In2TV (Online Channel):
* Started March 15, 2006 -- 5 new episodes available on-demand each month
- i network (aka PAX TV):
* Coming August 2006...

DVD
* The episode "Maid to Order" came out on DVD from Warner Home Video on February 8, 2005 on the season 1 DVD of Night Court on a special limited edition bonus disc.

Does anyone know what kind of ratings the show got during it's 8 season run? I'm guessing that it was never Top 10, but possibly did make Top 15-20. I'd be curious to know how high and low it managed to peak.


The show was never even in the top 30

Season 1 was high rated, so I don't understand why it is not listed in the 1985-86 ratings.

Season 1 was high rated, so I don't understand why it is not listed in the 1985-86 ratings.


Maybe it finished #31-lol

Not sure, all 6 finished in the top 20 for sure. As you can see, episodes 2 and 5 were both in the top 10.

Thanks for the ratings info, Pavanbadal.

Didn't the show do so well the first season because it replaced something that was pretty popular? I'm thinking maybe it was "Growing Pains"?

TVResearcher, you must be referring to the show never ranking in the Top 30 for a complete ratings year, since Pavanbadal's information shows that the show hit the Top 30(even Top 20) at least a few times. #19 is pretty good for a 6th season episode.. If I were to have guessed, I would have thought the show would have peaked during the 4th and 5th seasons. It looks like what really ended up killing the show was the move to Saturday nights.. The network must have wanted to kill the show; which I can't say I entirely blame them; the seventh season just seemed like the writers really got lazy. It was sad to see it go down that way, though.

Thanks for the ratings info, Pavanbadal.

Didn't the show do so well the first season because it replaced something that was pretty popular? I'm thinking maybe it was "Growing Pains"?

TVResearcher, you must be referring to the show never ranking in the Top 30 for a complete ratings year, since Pavanbadal's information shows that the show hit the Top 30(even Top 20) at least a few times. #19 is pretty good for a 6th season episode.. If I were to have guessed, I would have thought the show would have peaked during the 4th and 5th seasons. It looks like what really ended up killing the show was the move to Saturday nights.. The network must have wanted to kill the show; which I can't say I entirely blame them; the seventh season just seemed like the writers really got lazy. It was sad to see it go down that way, though.



Yes Perfect Strangers replaced Growing Pains in March of 86

Just updated the ratings post with every network airing for Perfect Strangers! That took a while of research to do, but I finally did it. This is just a little taste of what you will see on Linda Kay's Perfect Strangers website coming later this summer! http://www.perfectstrangers.tv

And I found quite a few errors on tv.com (and epguides.com) regarding air dates for seasons 2, 3, 5 and 7. Especially seasons two and three. This list I made is the correct list.

Just updated the ratings post with every network airing for Perfect Strangers! That took a while of research to do, but I finally did it. This is just a little taste of what you will see on Linda Kay's Perfect Strangers website coming later this summer! http://www.perfectstrangers.tv

And I found quite a few errors on tv.com (and epguides.com) regarding air dates for seasons 2, 3, 5 and 7. Especially seasons two and three. This list I made is the correct list.



tv.com is no longer a site I go to, I just used my Tv guides

tv.com is no longer a site I go to, I just used my Tv guides
You're better off. lol That site is so hard to navagate. TV Tome was much easier.

You're better off. lol That site is so hard to navagate. TV Tome was much easier.

TV Tome was so much better to browse-lol Nothing ever ever stays the same

Thanks for posting all of those airdates and ratings. It looks like the show had some decent moments in the ratings.

When a show is aired on a network, who decides what order the episodes will be aired in? Do the producers of the show give the network some kind of order or does the network just pick episodes to air at random?

The reason I ask is that some of the episodes just don't really seem to flow too well into each other, especially in season two. I realize we're not talking about a serial series, but..

For example, Jennifer and Mary Anne are introduced in the second episode of season two, "Hunks Like Us"; then, they have a small part in the very next episode "The Unnatural"(where we are supposed to believe that they've been playing on the same baseball team as Larry and Balki for a while??); then, the girls aren't featured again until "Falling In Love Is..", four episodes later.

In the episode "Falling In Love Is", Balki gets his heart broken by a girl in his Citizenship class, yet by the next episode, "Can I Get A Witness", Mary Anne and him are acting like they've been dating for a little while.

In "The Rent Stike"(which oddly features Lise Cutter, who appeared to be a regular in the first season, but only had appeared once this season, six episodes earlier), it almost seems like the plot of having Balki and Mary Anne become an item is introduced for the first time, yet, they obviously were into each other in "Can I Get A Witness"..

Nothing to lose sleep over, and I should get a life, lol, but it just seems like the ordering of the episodes could have been done a little better. I guess I'm just a little particular; when a show comes out on DVD, I like to watch the natural progression of plots.

I think sometimes the network picks the better episodes to air first. Airdate orders can be strange sometimes. Check the production order for those episodes you mentioned...maybe it is a bit better.

BTW, do not use tv.com or epguides.com for airdate order for this show. I found so many errors!

Yes, the show did very well in the ratings. It won every time slot it appeared in. The move to Saturdays was a killer. I think they were trying to develop Baby Talk into more of a success that year and it didn't work I guess. They brought in Billy to air 9:30 Fridays and moved PS to Saturdays. Tough break. A little tidbit: after the 1988 Olympics ended, they moved PS to Fridays at 8 p.m. (and moved Growing Pains to Wednesdays, so they can try new sitcom Wonder Years on Tuesdays after Who's the Boss?). That helped Full House so much, as it wasn't doing too well prior to that. And then that show became huge.

Actually, if the production numbers are correct on TV.COM, the order actually makes a little more sense.

Season Two
1.Lifesavers(which is one of only two episodes to feature Lise Cutter, a regular from season one).
2.Hello Baby
3.Ladies and Germs(I thought this one seemed like it was meant to be an earlier episode, with no mention of Jennifer of Mary Anne; hilarious episode, btw).
4.Hunks Like Us
5.Since I Lost My Baby
6.Rent Strike(this one seems like it was intended to reinvent the Jennifer and Mary Anne characters as neighbors, but in airdate order, this isn't the first episode to bring them back).
7.Babes
8.Up On The Roof(in airdate order this is the last episode, but clearly, it was a much earlier episode).
9.Can I Get A Witness
10.Unnatural(this is where the only problem comes in, while the production order makes sense, as far as plot development, this one needed to air a couple of months earlier, due to the theme of the episode.

In any case, it looks like the episodes might have flown a little better had they been screened more in line with their production number, give or take a few.

Actually, if the production numbers are correct on TV.COM, the order actually makes a little more sense.

Season Two
1.Lifesavers(which is one of only two episodes to feature Lise Cutter, a regular from season one).
2.Hello Baby
3.Ladies and Germs(I thought this one seemed like it was meant to be an earlier episode, with no mention of Jennifer of Mary Anne; hilarious episode, btw).
4.Hunks Like Us
5.Since I Lost My Baby
6.Rent Strike(this one seems like it was intended to reinvent the Jennifer and Mary Anne characters as neighbors, but in airdate order, this isn't the first episode to bring them back).
7.Babes
8.Up On The Roof(in airdate order this is the last episode, but clearly, it was a much earlier episode).
9.Can I Get A Witness
10.Unnatural(this is where the only problem comes in, while the production order makes sense, as far as plot development, this one needed to air a couple of months earlier, due to the theme of the episode.

In any case, it looks like the episodes might have flown a little better had they been screened more in line with their production number, give or take a few.