Nielsen Top 20

February 5, 1996 by Strategy Staff

Viewers 2+

january 8 – january 14, 1996

ranking program network day # of viewers

1 America’s Funniest Videos CTV Sunday 2,311,000

2 E.R. CTV Thursday 2,219,000

3 CTV Sunday Movie CTV Sunday 2,196,000

4 Saturday Night Movie CTV Saturday 1,815,000

5 Hockey Night in Canada CBC Saturday 1,616,000

6 Murphy Brown CTV Monday 1,594,000

7 Law & Order CTV Wednesday 1,556,000

8 Royal Canadian Air Farce CBC Friday 1,537,000

9 The Nanny CBC Monday 1,492,000

10 Roseanne CTV Tuesday 1,458,000

11 CTV News CTV Av. 7 1,448,000

12 Road to Avonlea CBC Sunday 1,445,000

13 Road to Avonlea CBC Sunday 1,441,000

14 Due South CTV Thursday 1,407,000

15 North of 60 CBC Thursday 1,245,000

16 Can’t Hurry Love CBC Monday 1,186,000

17 This Hour Has 22 Minutes CBC Monday 1,161,000

18 Champs CTV Tuesday 1,139,000

18 National News CBC Av. 5 1,139,000

20 Magical World of Disney CBC Sunday 1,113,000

This chart lists the 20 highest-rated television programs, the network they aired on and the number of people who watched them, for the time period shown. The data comes from A.C. Nielsen’s people meters.