Top-rated United States television programs of 1990–91

This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1990–91 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research.^[1]

Rank	Program	Network	Rating
1	Cheers	NBC	21.3
2	60 Minutes	CBS	20.6
3	Roseanne	ABC	18.1
4	A Different World	NBC	17.5
5	The Cosby Show		17.1
6	Murphy Brown	CBS	16.9
7	Empty Nest	NBC	16.7
	America's Funniest Home Videos	ABC
9	Monday Night Football		16.6
10	The Golden Girls	NBC	16.5
	Designing Women	CBS
12	Murder, She Wrote		16.4
13	America's Funniest People	ABC	16.3
14	Full House		15.9
15	Family Matters		15.8
16	Unsolved Mysteries	NBC	15.7
17	Matlock		15.5
18	Coach	ABC	15.3
19	Who's the Boss?		15.0
	CBS Sunday Movie	CBS
21	In the Heat of the Night	NBC	14.9
	Major Dad	CBS
23	L.A. Law	NBC	14.8
24	Doogie Howser, M.D.	ABC	14.7
25	Grand	NBC	14.6
26	Head of the Class	ABC	14.5
27	Growing Pains		14.3
	Baby Talk
	Davis Rules
30	The Wonder Years		14.2

References

1. Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (Ninth ed.). Ballantine Books. p. 1692. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.