List of most watched United States television broadcasts of 1990

The following is a list of most watched United States television broadcasts of 1990.

Most watched by week

Broadcast (primetime only)
Week of Title Network Viewers
(in millions) 		Ref.
January 1 Roseanne ABC 39.3 [1]
January 8 NFC Championship CBS 43.0 [2]
January 15 The Cosby Show NBC 38.4 [3]
January 22 Super Bowl XXIV CBS 73.9 [4]
January 29 Roseanne ABC 38.0 [5]
February 5 America's Funniest Home Videos 40.5 [6]
February 12 38.0 [7]
February 19 The Cosby Show NBC 37.6 [8]
February 26 America's Funniest Home Videos ABC 40.5 [9]
March 5 43.6 [10]
March 12 41.0 [11]
March 19 40.7 [12]
March 26 62nd Academy Awards 40.4 [13]
April 2 America's Funniest Home Videos 40.3 [14]
April 9 35.1 [15]
April 16 38.1 [16]
April 23 39.7 [17]
April 30 36.6 [18]
May 7 36.7 [19]
May 14 46.7 [20]
May 21 Newhart CBS 29.5 [21]
May 28 The Simpsons Fox 28.7 [22]
June 4 Roseanne ABC 24.3 [23]
June 11 The Simpsons Fox 25.4 [24]
June 18 23.2 [25]
June 25 Cheers NBC 24.6 [26]
July 2 24.3 [27]
July 9 1990 MLB All-Star Game CBS 26.8 [28]
July 16 The NBC Monday Movie NBC 22.5 [29]
July 23 Roseanne ABC 22.1 [30]
July 30 The Simpsons Fox 22.0 [31]
August 6 21.8 [32]
Cheers NBC [32]
August 13 The Simpsons Fox 23.5 [33]
August 20 The Cosby Show NBC 24.0 [34]
August 27 Cheers 25.1 [35]
September 3 Miss America 1991 25.5 [36]
September 10 America's Funniest Home Videos ABC 30.8 [37]
1990–91 television season begins
September 17 Cheers NBC 32.9 [38]
September 24 America's Funniest Home Videos ABC 30.1 [39]
October 1 31.5 [40]
October 8 The Simpsons Fox 33.6 [41]
October 15 America's Funniest People ABC 33.3 [42]
October 22 America's Funniest Home Videos 33.1 [43]
October 29 34.1 [44]
November 5 Cheers NBC 45.9 [45]
November 12 34.1 [46]
November 19 It ABC 35.0 [47]
November 26 America's Funniest Home Videos 31.1 [48]
December 3 Monday Night Football 41.6 [49]
December 10 Cheers NBC 33.8 [50]
December 17 28.8 [51]
Home for Christmas ABC [51]
December 24 60 Minutes CBS 34.0 [52]
December 31 Bears vs. Saints (NFL) 39.5 [53]

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