title: List of most watched United States television broadcasts of 1990
text: # 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) |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | January 1 | Roseanne | ABC | 39.3 |
  | January 8 | NFC Championship | CBS | 43.0 |
  | January 15 | The Cosby Show | NBC | 38.4 |
  | January 22 | Super Bowl XXIV | CBS | 73.9 |
  | January 29 | Roseanne | ABC | 38.0 |
  | February 5 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 40.5 |
  | February 12 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 38.0 |
  | February 19 | The Cosby Show | NBC | 37.6 |
  | February 26 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 40.5 |
  | March 5 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 43.6 |
  | March 12 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 41.0 |
  | March 19 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 40.7 |
  | March 26 | 62nd Academy Awards | ABC | 40.4 |
  | April 2 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 40.3 |
  | April 9 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 35.1 |
  | April 16 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 38.1 |
  | April 23 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 39.7 |
  | April 30 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 36.6 |
  | May 7 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 36.7 |
  | May 14 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 46.7 |
  | May 21 | Newhart | CBS | 29.5 |
  | May 28 | The Simpsons | Fox | 28.7 |
  | June 4 | Roseanne | ABC | 24.3 |
  | June 11 | The Simpsons | Fox | 25.4 |
  | June 18 | The Simpsons | Fox | 23.2 |
  | June 25 | Cheers | NBC | 24.6 |
  | July 2 | Cheers | NBC | 24.3 |
  | July 9 | 1990 MLB All-Star Game | CBS | 26.8 |
  | July 16 | The NBC Monday Movie | NBC | 22.5 |
  | July 23 | Roseanne | ABC | 22.1 |
  | July 30 | The Simpsons | Fox | 22.0 |
  | August 6 | The Simpsons | Fox | 21.8 |
  | August 6 | Cheers | NBC | 21.8 |
  | August 13 | The Simpsons | Fox | 23.5 |
  | August 20 | The Cosby Show | NBC | 24.0 |
  | August 27 | Cheers | NBC | 25.1 |
  | September 3 | Miss America 1991 | NBC | 25.5 |
  | September 10 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 30.8 |
  | 1990–91 television season begins |||||
  | September 17 | Cheers | NBC | 32.9 |
  | September 24 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 30.1 |
  | October 1 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 31.5 |
  | October 8 | The Simpsons | Fox | 33.6 |
  | October 15 | America's Funniest People | ABC | 33.3 |
  | October 22 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 33.1 |
  | October 29 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 34.1 |
  | November 5 | Cheers | NBC | 45.9 |
  | November 12 | Cheers | NBC | 34.1 |
  | November 19 | It | ABC | 35.0 |
  | November 26 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 31.1 |
  | December 3 | Monday Night Football | ABC | 41.6 |
  | December 10 | Cheers | NBC | 33.8 |
  | December 17 | Cheers | NBC | 28.8 |
  | December 17 | Home for Christmas | ABC | 28.8 |
  | December 24 | 60 Minutes | CBS | 34.0 |
  | December 31 | Bears vs. Saints (NFL) | CBS | 39.5 |
  