List of most watched United States television broadcasts of 1989

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The following is a list of most watched United States television broadcasts of 1989 (single-network only) according to Nielsen.

Most watched by week

Week ofProgramNetworkViewers
(millions)		Ref.
January 2 The Cosby Show NBC 46.1 [1]
January 948.4 [2]
January 16 Super Bowl XXIII 81.6 [3]
January 23The Cosby Show44.1 [4]
January 3045.7 [5]
February 644.2 [6]
February 1343.8 [7]
February 2045.0 [8]
February 2742.3 [9]
March 6 Roseanne ABC 44.3 [10]
March 1341.2 [11]
March 2041.2 [12]
March 27 61st Academy Awards 42.6 [13]
April 3Roseanne36.2 [14]
April 1039.2 [15]
April 1741.8 [16]
April 2433.2 [17]
May 135.8 [18]
May 8 Family Ties NBC36.3 [19]
May 15 Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure ABC37.6 [20]
May 22 I Know My First Name Is Steven , Part 2NBC40.3 [21]
May 29RoseanneABC31.8 [22]
June 528.5 [23]
June 1229.0 [24]
June 1927.6 [25]
June 2626.9 [26]
July 3 Cheers NBC24.1 [27]
July 10RoseanneABC26.3 [28]
July 1726.2 [29]
July 2425.5 [30]
July 3128.5 [31]
August 728.2 [32]
August 1427.9 [33]
August 2130.4 [34]
August 2830.1 [35]
September 4CheersNBC26.5 [36]
September 11RoseanneABC39.4 [37]
September 18The Cosby ShowNBC39.3 [38]
September 25RoseanneABC41.7 [39]
October 243.5 [40]
October 940.8 [41]
October 16The Cosby ShowNBC38.0 [42]
October 23RoseanneABC38.6 [43]
October 30The Cosby ShowNBC40.2 [44]
November 642.3 [45]
November 1341.8 [46]
November 20RoseanneABC38.8 [47]
November 27The Cosby ShowNBC42.8 [48]
December 437.4 [49]
December 11RoseanneABC37.3 [50]
December 1833.8 [51]
December 25 AFC Wild Card Game NBC36.1 [52]

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