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Adamantium · 08-19-2007, 12:18 AM

I found some old Entertainment Weekly's and thought it would be fun to share the weekly ratings with you.

The Week of July 11-17, 1994
1. Home Improvement (rerun) ABC, Wednesday, 9pm
2. Grace Under Fire (rerun) ABC, Wednesday, 9:30pm
3. Major League Baseball All-Star Game ABC, Tuesday, 8:40pm
4. Seinfeld (rerun) NBC, Thursday, 9pm
5. Frasier (rerun) NBC, Thursday, 9:30pm
6. 60 Minutes CBS, Sunday, 7pm
7. 20/20 ABC, Friday, 10pm
8. Movie: In a Child's Name, Part 2 (rerun) CBS, Tuesday, 9pm
9. Murder She Wrote (rerun) CBS, Sunday, 8pm
10. Wings (rerun) NBC, Thursday, 8:30pm
11. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (rerun) ABC, Friday, 9:30pm
12. Roseanne (rerun) ABC, Tuesday, 9pm
13. Major League Baseball All-Star Pregame Show NBC, Tuesday, 8pm
14. Murphy Brown (rerun) CBS, Monday, 9pm
15. Coach (rerun) ABC, Tuesday, 9pm
16. Step by Step (rerun) ABC, Friday, 9pm
17. Movie: Without a Kiss Goodbye (rerun) CBS, Sunday, 9pm
18. Northern Exposure (rerun) CBS, Monday, 10pm
19. 48 Hours (rerun) CBS, Wednesday, 10pm
20. Unsolved Mysteries (rerun) NBC, Wednesday, 8pm

The Week of Feb. 27-march 5, 1995
1. Home Improvement ABC, Tuesday, 9pm
2. Seinfeld (rerun) NBC, Thursday, 9pm
3. Grace Under Fire ABC, Tuesday, 9:30pm
4. Friends NBC, Thursday, 9:30pm
5. ER (rerun) NBC, Thursday, 10pm
6. 60 Minutes CBS, Sunday, 7pm
7. Wings (rerun) NBC, Thursday, 8:30pm
8. America's Funniest Home Videos (rerun) ABC, Sunday, 7:30pm
9. NYPD Blue ABC, Tuesday, 10pm
10. Movie: Tom Clancy's 'Op Center,' Part Two NBC, Monday, 9pm
11. Mad About You NBC, Thursday, 8pm
12. Movie: Children of the Dust, Part Two CBS, Tuesday, 9pm
13. Ellen ABC, Wednesday, 9:30pm
14. Murphy Brown CBS, Monday, 9pm
15. Frasier NBC, Tuesday, 9pm
16. Me and the Boys ABC, Tuesday, 8:30pm
17. Dave's World CBS, Monday, 8:30pm
18. Full House ABC, Tuesday, 8pm
19. Roseanne ABC, Wednesday, 8:30pm
20. Chicago Hope CBS, Monday, 10pm

I'll add some more later on.

Scoobiedoo30 · 08-19-2007, 01:09 AM

Home Improvement was the #1 Show in The Summer

Adamantium · 08-19-2007, 11:12 AM

I never realized how popular Grace Under Fire was. It was ahead of "Friends." Of course, that was before "Friends" moved to Thursdays at 8pm, a move, I thought would hurt the show.

I also didn't realize that "Wings" was on Thursdays as of the 1994-95 season. That was it's last season on Thursdays, because the next season it moved to Tuesdays right before "NewsRadio."

It's nice to see a couple of my favorite shows on the top twenty list (Wings, Ellen). I know "NewsRadio" made it a couple of times before it's third season. I just can't seem to find that magazine anywhere.

Scoobiedoo30 · 08-19-2007, 01:22 PM

I also did not know that Grace Under Fire was that Popular as well

like2throw · 08-19-2007, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adamantium

I never realized how popular Grace Under Fire was. It was ahead of "Friends." Of course, that was before "Friends" moved to Thursdays at 8pm, a move, I thought would hurt the show.

I also didn't realize that "Wings" was on Thursdays as of the 1994-95 season. That was it's last season on Thursdays, because the next season it moved to Tuesdays right before "NewsRadio."

It's nice to see a couple of my favorite shows on the top twenty list (Wings, Ellen). I know "NewsRadio" made it a couple of times before it's third season. I just can't seem to find that magazine anywhere.

I don't think it was in the original Thursday night lineup that year...it was mad about you, friends, Seinfeld....and that madman and the people show >.>

like2throw · 08-19-2007, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scoobiedoo30

I also did not know that Grace Under Fire was that Popular as well

the lead actress was a lil nutty....

tvfan0101 · 08-19-2007, 02:54 PM

As long as we are sharing weekly ratings, here are the top twenty and the bottom ten for the week May 1st to May 7th, 1995. Look at those numbers! Only twelve years ago...

TOP 20
1. Jurassic Park, NBC, 23.3, 22.2 million homes
2. ER, NBC, 22.4, 21.4 million homes
3. Friends, NBC, 20.7, 19.7 million homes
4. Seinfeld, NBC, 20.0, 19.1 million homes
5. Home Improvement, ABC, 18.2, 17.4 million homes
6. Buffalo Girls 2, CBS, 16.9, 16.1 million homes
7. Ellen, ABC, 15.9, 15.2 million homes
8. Home Improvement, ABC, 15.6, 14.9 million homes
9. Grace Under Fire, ABC, 15.5, 14.8 million homes
10. Coach, ABC, 14.8, 14.1 million homes
11. NYPD Blue, ABC, 14.6, 13.9, million homes
12. 60 Minutes, CBS, 14.5, 13.8 million homes
13. David Copperfield XVI, 14.4, 13.7 million homes
14. Hope & Gloria, NBC, 14.0,13.4 million homes
14. If Someone Had Known, NBC, 14.0, 13.4 million homes
14. 20-20, ABC, 14.0, 13.4 million homes
17. PrimeTime Live, ABC, 13.6, 13.0 million homes
18. Matlock: The Scam, ABC, 13.2, 12.6 million homes
18. Mad About You, (Thursday) NBC, 13.2, 12.6 million homes
20. The Bodyguard, ABC, 13.0, 12.4 million homes
20. Ellen, ABC, 13.0, 12.4 million homes

BOTTOM 10
1. Unhappily (Spcl.), WB, 1.5
2. Unhappily ... WB, 1.7
3. Wayans Bros., WB, 1.8
4. Parent 'Hood, WB, 1.8
5. Marker, UPN, 2.1
6. Platypus Man, UPN, 2.2
7. Pig Sty, UPN, 2.5
8. Legend, UPN, 2.6
9. VR.5, Fox, 3.8
10. Medicine Ball, Fox, 4.0

And, just for kicks, here are the top ten for the second week of the 1970-1971 season, from September 21st to September 27th, 1971:

Code:

01. Marcus Welbcy (ABC)					30.9/56
02. CBS Thursday Night Movie "The Dirty Dozen" (CBS)	30.4/53
03. Here's Lucy (CBS)					24.7/38
04. Bonanza (NBC)					24.3/36
05. Medical Center (CBS)				23.0/37
05. Flip Wilson Show (NBC)				23.0/40
07. Doris Day Show (CBS)
08. Mayberry RFD (CBS)
09. Gunsmoke (CBS)
10. FBI (ABC)

like2throw · 08-19-2007, 10:43 PM

hey were did you find those ratings...I'm interested.

HugeTVFan · 08-19-2007, 11:43 PM

Wow. I never thought Grace Under Fire got such high ratings...I thought it was a moderate....semi-hit...nothing major like Seinfeld...I guess I'm wrong.

Superbatboy · 08-20-2007, 01:46 AM

I love seeing old weekly ratings like this. Funny how during the mid-90's seems like ABC and NBC were choking CBS in the ratings. Much different story now

Superbatboy · 08-20-2007, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by HugeTVFan

Wow. I never thought Grace Under Fire got such high ratings...I thought it was a moderate....semi-hit...nothing major like Seinfeld...I guess I'm wrong.

You also have to look at the time slot, which was right after Home Improvement which was a huge hit. There are several shows IMO that had inflating ratings from having a #1 show as their lead in...some of those are

A Different World....Lead In-The Cosby Show
Veronica's Closet....Lead In-Seinfeld
Coach...Lead In-Roseanne
Family Ties...Lead In-The Cosby Show
Jesse...Lead In-Friends
Grace Under Fire...Lead In-Home Improvement
Night Court...Lead In-Cheers

like2throw · 08-20-2007, 02:05 AM

NBC DOMINATED In 96.

1996-1997 Season
1.ER NBC 20,564,000
2.Seinfeld NBC 19,885,000
3.Suddenly Susan NBC 16,490,000
4.Friends NBC 16,296,000
5.The Naked Truth NBC 16,296,000
6.Fired Up NBC 16,005,000
7.Monday Football ABC 15,520,000
8.The Single Guy NBC 13,677,000
9.Home Improvement ABC 13,580,000
10.Touched by an Angel CBS 13,192,000

http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1996.htm

...you don't see that anymore, thats total tv DOMINATION

.

Superbatboy · 08-20-2007, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by like2throw

NBC DOMINATED In 96.

1996-1997 Season
1.ER NBC 20,564,000
2.Seinfeld NBC 19,885,000
3.Suddenly Susan NBC 16,490,000
4.Friends NBC 16,296,000
5.The Naked Truth NBC 16,296,000
6.Fired Up NBC 16,005,000
7.Monday Football ABC 15,520,000
8.The Single Guy NBC 13,677,000
9.Home Improvement ABC 13,580,000
10.Touched by an Angel CBS 13,192,000

http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1996.htm

...you don't see that anymore, thats total tv DOMINATION

.

There's some inflating going on there considering Suddenly Susan, and the Naked truth BOTH aired in the time slot after Seinfeld during that season, as well as Fired Up and The Single Guy airing in the slot after Friends. Making it appear as if NBC had 6 hit sitcoms in the 10 ten when they really had 2 real hits and the other 4 benefitting from being in the slots at 8:30 and 9:30 on NBC Thursday night schedule. Funny too how NONE of those shows made it past their 2nd and/or 3rd seasons once they were moved to different time slots.

TVFactFan · 08-20-2007, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adamantium

I found some old Entertainment Weekly's and thought it would be fun to share the weekly ratings with you.

The Week of July 11-17, 1994
1. Home Improvement (rerun) ABC, Wednesday, 9pm
2. Grace Under Fire (rerun) ABC, Wednesday, 9:30pm
3. Major League Baseball All-Star Game ABC, Tuesday, 8:40pm
4. Seinfeld (rerun) NBC, Thursday, 9pm
5. Frasier (rerun) NBC, Thursday, 9:30pm
6. 60 Minutes CBS, Sunday, 7pm
7. 20/20 ABC, Friday, 10pm
8. Movie: In a Child's Name, Part 2 (rerun) CBS, Tuesday, 9pm
9. Murder She Wrote (rerun) CBS, Sunday, 8pm
10. Wings (rerun) NBC, Thursday, 8:30pm
11. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (rerun) ABC, Friday, 9:30pm
12. Roseanne (rerun) ABC, Tuesday, 9pm
13. Major League Baseball All-Star Pregame Show NBC, Tuesday, 8pm
14. Murphy Brown (rerun) CBS, Monday, 9pm
15. Coach (rerun) ABC, Tuesday, 9pm
16. Step by Step (rerun) ABC, Friday, 9pm
17. Movie: Without a Kiss Goodbye (rerun) CBS, Sunday, 9pm
18. Northern Exposure (rerun) CBS, Monday, 10pm
19. 48 Hours (rerun) CBS, Wednesday, 10pm
20. Unsolved Mysteries (rerun) NBC, Wednesday, 8pm

The Week of Feb. 27-march 5, 1995
1. Home Improvement ABC, Tuesday, 9pm
2. Seinfeld (rerun) NBC, Thursday, 9pm
3. Grace Under Fire ABC, Tuesday, 9:30pm
4. Friends NBC, Thursday, 9:30pm
5. ER (rerun) NBC, Thursday, 10pm
6. 60 Minutes CBS, Sunday, 7pm
7. Wings (rerun) NBC, Thursday, 8:30pm
8. America's Funniest Home Videos (rerun) ABC, Sunday, 7:30pm
9. NYPD Blue ABC, Tuesday, 10pm
10. Movie: Tom Clancy's 'Op Center,' Part Two NBC, Monday, 9pm
11. Mad About You NBC, Thursday, 8pm
12. Movie: Children of the Dust, Part Two CBS, Tuesday, 9pm
13. Ellen ABC, Wednesday, 9:30pm
14. Murphy Brown CBS, Monday, 9pm
15. Frasier NBC, Tuesday, 9pm
16. Me and the Boys ABC, Tuesday, 8:30pm
17. Dave's World CBS, Monday, 8:30pm
18. Full House ABC, Tuesday, 8pm
19. Roseanne ABC, Wednesday, 8:30pm
20. Chicago Hope CBS, Monday, 10pm

I'll add some more later on.

My family has encouraged me to watch Home Improvement on N@N next month so I will give this show a chance and watch the entire month or 4 weeks worth of episodes.

factsoflife · 08-20-2007, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adamantium

I found some old Entertainment Weekly's and thought it would be fun to share the weekly ratings with you.

The Week of July 11-17, 1994
1. Home Improvement (rerun) ABC, Wednesday, 9pm
2. Grace Under Fire (rerun) ABC, Wednesday, 9:30pm
3. Major League Baseball All-Star Game ABC, Tuesday, 8:40pm
4. Seinfeld (rerun) NBC, Thursday, 9pm
5. Frasier (rerun) NBC, Thursday, 9:30pm
6. 60 Minutes CBS, Sunday, 7pm
7. 20/20 ABC, Friday, 10pm
8. Movie: In a Child's Name, Part 2 (rerun) CBS, Tuesday, 9pm
9. Murder She Wrote (rerun) CBS, Sunday, 8pm
10. Wings (rerun) NBC, Thursday, 8:30pm
11. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (rerun) ABC, Friday, 9:30pm
12. Roseanne (rerun) ABC, Tuesday, 9pm
13. Major League Baseball All-Star Pregame Show NBC, Tuesday, 8pm
14. Murphy Brown (rerun) CBS, Monday, 9pm
15. Coach (rerun) ABC, Tuesday, 9pm
16. Step by Step (rerun) ABC, Friday, 9pm
17. Movie: Without a Kiss Goodbye (rerun) CBS, Sunday, 9pm
18. Northern Exposure (rerun) CBS, Monday, 10pm
19. 48 Hours (rerun) CBS, Wednesday, 10pm
20. Unsolved Mysteries (rerun) NBC, Wednesday, 8pm

The Week of Feb. 27-march 5, 1995
1. Home Improvement ABC, Tuesday, 9pm
2. Seinfeld (rerun) NBC, Thursday, 9pm
3. Grace Under Fire ABC, Tuesday, 9:30pm
4. Friends NBC, Thursday, 9:30pm
5. ER (rerun) NBC, Thursday, 10pm
6. 60 Minutes CBS, Sunday, 7pm
7. Wings (rerun) NBC, Thursday, 8:30pm
8. America's Funniest Home Videos (rerun) ABC, Sunday, 7:30pm
9. NYPD Blue ABC, Tuesday, 10pm
10. Movie: Tom Clancy's 'Op Center,' Part Two NBC, Monday, 9pm
11. Mad About You NBC, Thursday, 8pm
12. Movie: Children of the Dust, Part Two CBS, Tuesday, 9pm
13. Ellen ABC, Wednesday, 9:30pm
14. Murphy Brown CBS, Monday, 9pm
15. Frasier NBC, Tuesday, 9pm
16. Me and the Boys ABC, Tuesday, 8:30pm
17. Dave's World CBS, Monday, 8:30pm
18. Full House ABC, Tuesday, 8pm
19. Roseanne ABC, Wednesday, 8:30pm
20. Chicago Hope CBS, Monday, 10pm

I'll add some more later on.

I never realized "Hanging With Mr. Cooper" was such a big hit... i thought it was kind of mid-level... and omg i used to like "Me and the Boys", i don't understand why it got cancelled so quickly. omg daves world, that's a blast from the past... omg i miss the 1990's.

08-19-2007, 01:09 AM	#2
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08-19-2007, 02:54 PM	#7
tvfan0101 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 29, 2003 Posts: 961	As long as we are sharing weekly ratings, here are the top twenty and the bottom ten for the week May 1st to May 7th, 1995. Look at those numbers! Only twelve years ago... TOP 20 1. Jurassic Park, NBC, 23.3, 22.2 million homes 2. ER, NBC, 22.4, 21.4 million homes 3. Friends, NBC, 20.7, 19.7 million homes 4. Seinfeld, NBC, 20.0, 19.1 million homes 5. Home Improvement, ABC, 18.2, 17.4 million homes 6. Buffalo Girls 2, CBS, 16.9, 16.1 million homes 7. Ellen, ABC, 15.9, 15.2 million homes 8. Home Improvement, ABC, 15.6, 14.9 million homes 9. Grace Under Fire, ABC, 15.5, 14.8 million homes 10. Coach, ABC, 14.8, 14.1 million homes 11. NYPD Blue, ABC, 14.6, 13.9, million homes 12. 60 Minutes, CBS, 14.5, 13.8 million homes 13. David Copperfield XVI, 14.4, 13.7 million homes 14. Hope & Gloria, NBC, 14.0,13.4 million homes 14. If Someone Had Known, NBC, 14.0, 13.4 million homes 14. 20-20, ABC, 14.0, 13.4 million homes 17. PrimeTime Live, ABC, 13.6, 13.0 million homes 18. Matlock: The Scam, ABC, 13.2, 12.6 million homes 18. Mad About You, (Thursday) NBC, 13.2, 12.6 million homes 20. The Bodyguard, ABC, 13.0, 12.4 million homes 20. Ellen, ABC, 13.0, 12.4 million homes BOTTOM 10 1. Unhappily (Spcl.), WB, 1.5 2. Unhappily ... WB, 1.7 3. Wayans Bros., WB, 1.8 4. Parent 'Hood, WB, 1.8 5. Marker, UPN, 2.1 6. Platypus Man, UPN, 2.2 7. Pig Sty, UPN, 2.5 8. Legend, UPN, 2.6 9. VR.5, Fox, 3.8 10. Medicine Ball, Fox, 4.0 And, just for kicks, here are the top ten for the second week of the 1970-1971 season, from September 21st to September 27th, 1971: Code: 01. Marcus Welbcy (ABC) 30.9/56 02. CBS Thursday Night Movie "The Dirty Dozen" (CBS) 30.4/53 03. Here's Lucy (CBS) 24.7/38 04. Bonanza (NBC) 24.3/36 05. Medical Center (CBS) 23.0/37 05. Flip Wilson Show (NBC) 23.0/40 07. Doris Day Show (CBS) 08. Mayberry RFD (CBS) 09. Gunsmoke (CBS) 10. FBI (ABC)

08-20-2007, 01:46 AM	#10
Superbatboy The Brandon Show Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: California..USA Posts: 793	I love seeing old weekly ratings like this. Funny how during the mid-90's seems like ABC and NBC were choking CBS in the ratings. Much different story now
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08-19-2007, 11:12 AM	#3
Adamantium TVAdam No More Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 11, 2002 Location: Springfield, Ohio Posts: 7,820	I never realized how popular Grace Under Fire was. It was ahead of "Friends." Of course, that was before "Friends" moved to Thursdays at 8pm, a move, I thought would hurt the show. I also didn't realize that "Wings" was on Thursdays as of the 1994-95 season. That was it's last season on Thursdays, because the next season it moved to Tuesdays right before "NewsRadio." It's nice to see a couple of my favorite shows on the top twenty list (Wings, Ellen). I know "NewsRadio" made it a couple of times before it's third season. I just can't seem to find that magazine anywhere.

08-19-2007, 01:22 PM	#4
Scoobiedoo30 Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Jun 27, 2002 Location: KENNER, LOUISIANA Posts: 27,654	I also did not know that Grace Under Fire was that Popular as well

08-19-2007, 10:43 PM	#8
like2throw Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 03, 2006 Posts: 29	hey were did you find those ratings...I'm interested.

08-19-2007, 11:43 PM	#9
HugeTVFan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 04, 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 326	Wow. I never thought Grace Under Fire got such high ratings...I thought it was a moderate....semi-hit...nothing major like Seinfeld...I guess I'm wrong.

08-20-2007, 02:05 AM	#12
like2throw Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 03, 2006 Posts: 29	NBC DOMINATED In 96. 1996-1997 Season 1.ER NBC 20,564,000 2.Seinfeld NBC 19,885,000 3.Suddenly Susan NBC 16,490,000 4.Friends NBC 16,296,000 5.The Naked Truth NBC 16,296,000 6.Fired Up NBC 16,005,000 7.Monday Football ABC 15,520,000 8.The Single Guy NBC 13,677,000 9.Home Improvement ABC 13,580,000 10.Touched by an Angel CBS 13,192,000 http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1996.htm ...you don't see that anymore, thats total tv DOMINATION .