|
Complete official NBC broadcast ratings for the Classic Series (1989-1993)
Thanks to Matt Dale for compiling this information.
|
|
|||||
| What's YOUR Rating? |
||||||
Rate
and review the episodes |
||||||
|
|
||||||
| Season One (1989) |
|
Season Two (1990) |
|
Season Three (1991) | ||
1x01 Genesis 14.9 million
1x02 Star-Crossed 10.1 million
1x03 The Right Hand of God 8.0 million
1x04 How The Tess Was Won 8.9 million
1x05 Double Identity 6.9 million
1x06 The Color of Truth 10.6 million
1x07 Camikazi Kid 13.3 million
1x08 Play It Again,
Seymour 10.5 million
|
2x01 Honeymoon Express 9.7 million
2x02 Disco Inferno 9.5 million
2x03 The Americanization of
Machiko 9.9 million
2x04 What Price Gloria? 10.0 million
2x05 Blind Faith 9.4 million
2x06 Good Morning, Peoria 10.3 million
2x07 Thou Shalt Not... 9.8 million
2x08 Jimmy 10.4 million
2x09 So Help Me God 12 million
2x10 Catch A Falling Star 9.8 million
2x11 A Portrait for Troian 9.1 million
2x12 Animal Frat 10.5 million
2x13 Another Mother 11.6 million
2x14 All-Americans 10.1 million
2x15 Her
Charm 12.5 million
2x16 Freedom 11.2 million
2x17 Good Night, Dear Heart 11.7 million
2x18 Pool Hall Blues 10.2 million
2x19 Leaping In Without A Net 11.2 million
2x20 Maybe Baby 11.9 million
2x21 Sea
Bride 10.2 million
2x22 M.I.A. 11.0 million
|
3x01 The Leap Home 8.4 million
3x02 The Leap Home, Part II (Vietnam) 8.4 million
3x03 Leap of Faith 9.0 million
3x04 One Strobe Over the Line 8.3 million
3x05 The
Boogiem*n 8.1 million
3x06 Miss Deep South 8.2 million
3x07 Black On White On Fire 8.2 million
3x08 The Great Spontini 7.8 million
3x09 Rebel Without A Clue 8.3 million
3x10 A Little Miracle 7.5 million
3x11 Runaway 8.3 million
3x12 8
1/2 Months 11.8 million
3x13 Future Boy 11.2 million
3x14 Private Dancer 14.1 million
3x15 Piano Man 12.1 million
3x16 Southern Comforts 10.7 million
3x17 Glitter Rock 10.9 million
3x18 A Hunting We Will Go 11.7 million
3x19 Last Dance Before
An
Execution 12.5 million
3x20 Heart of a Champion 10.9 million
3x21 Nuclear Family 9.3 million
3x22 Shock Theater 12.8 million
|
||||
| Best & Worst |
||||||
|
The top five rated episodes were:
Camikazi Kid (13.3m) Mirror Image (13.7m) The Leap Back (14.1m) Private Dancer (also 14.1m) Genesis (14.9m) Most of these were ‘event’ episodes, with Debbie Allen’s appearance likely assisting in the boost for Private Dancer. The worst five were: Liberation (7.3m) Blood Moon (also 7.3m) The Beast Within (7.1m) Memphis Melody (also 7.1m) Double Identity (6.8m) A Tale of Two Sweeties (6.7m) |
||||||
| Season Four (1992) | Season Five (1993) | Weekday Ratings (averages) | ||||
|
4x01 The Leap Back 14.1 million
4x02 Play
Ball 10.7 million
4x03 Hurricane 10.4 million
4x04 Justice 10.9 million
4x05 Permanent Wave 11.3 million
4x06 Raped 11.2 million
4x07 The Wrong Stuff 10.0 million
4x08 Dreams 9.7 million
4x09 A Single Drop of Rain 11.0 million
4x10 Unchained 11.2 million
4x11 The Play's the Thing 11.4 million
4x12 Running For Honor 11.9 million
4x13 Temptation Eyes 11.7 million
4x14 The Last Gunfighter 9.4 million
4x15 A Song for the Soul 9.2 million
4x16 Ghost Ship 10.2 million
4x17 Roberto! 10.2 million
4x18 It's A Wonderful Leap 11.1 million
4x19 Moments to Live 11.8 million
4x20 The Curse of Ptah-Hotep 10.6 million
4x21 Stand-Up 9.6 million
4x22 A
Leap For Lisa 11.7 million
|
5x01 Lee Harvey Oswald 10.8 million
5x02 Leaping of The Shrew 11.1 million
5x03 Nowhere to Run 9.8 million
5x04 Killin' Time 10.1 million
5x05 Star Light, Star Bright 8.0 million
5x06 Deliver Us From
Evil 9.3 million
5x07 Trilogy Part I: One Little Heart 8.9 million
5x08 Trilogy Part II: For Your Love 9.3 million
5x09 Trilogy Part III: The Last Door 9.3 million
5x10 Promised Land 8.1 million
5x11 A Tale of Two Sweeties 6.7 million
5x12 Liberation 7.3 million
5x13 Dr.
Ruth 7.7 million
5x14 Blood Moon 7.3 million
5x15 Return of the Evil Leaper 7.5 million
5x16 Revenge of the Evil Leaper 7.5 million
5x17 Good-Bye Norma Jean 9.0 million
5x18 The Beast Within 7.1 million
5x19 The Leap Between The States 8.3 million
5x20 Memphis Melody 7.1 million
5x21 Mirror Image 13.7 million
|
|
Sunday 14.9 million Tuesday 8.5 million Wednesday 10.1 million Friday 9.8 million When the broadcast day changed there was generally a noticeable impact. The Color of Truth was the first episode broadcast on a Wednesday and saw an increase of 3.8m on the previous week. The Leap Home was the first first-run episode broadcast back in the Friday slot from early season one (although some repeats had already been tested on Fridays) and was 2.6m down on the audience for M.I.A. When 8½ Months moved back to Wednesdays, an immediate upturn of 3.5m was visible. Lee Harvey Oswald then switched to a Tuesday, dropping 0.9m from the audience for A Leap for Lisa. Additionally, Star-Crossed had lost 4.8m after moving from Friday to Sunday, but there is always a downturn after a pilot as an initially intrigued audience may choose not to stick with the show long term. Similarly, the increased rating of 6.6m from Memphis Melody to Mirror Image is most likely attributable to Mirror Image being the series finale, rather than the day change from Tuesdays back to Wednesdays. |
|||
|
|
||||||
| Ratings by Seasons (averages) | ||||||
|
Season One 8.4 million Season Two 9.6 million Season Three 11.4 million Season Four 9.7 million Season Five 10.2 million The show overall continued to gain viewers until a peak of 11.4m (average) for the third season, which dropped
considerably for season four and picked up a little for the final season.
For Revival Series (2022-2014) official ratings, click the logo below:  |
||||||
