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Comedies that beat Seinfeld

• According to Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinfeld#Ratings, The Seinfeld was not in the top 3 during its first four seasons. I would like to know the names of sitcoms that beat seinfeld during those first four seasons. I'm particularly interested in those that competed with Seinfeld in the same timeslot.

• Answer:

  Hello Jimv_atlanta, Below you will find the Nielsen Ratings for the top 20 TV shows from 1990 to 1995. These ratings will reveal all the Sitcoms that beat Seinfeld during the first four seasons. Home Improvement was the Sitcom that beat Seinfeld in the same timeslot in the 1992-1993 season. Home Improvement also beat Seinfeld in 1993-1994 but they did not share the same timeslot. 1990-1991 (1)Cheers ? NBC (2)60 Minutes ? CBS (3)Roseanne ? ABC (4)A Different World ? NBC (5)The Cosby Show ? NBC (6)Murphy Brown ? CBS (7)(tie) Empty Nest ? NBC (7)(tie) America?s Funniest Home Videos ? ABC (9)NFL Monday Night Football ? ABC (10)The Golden Girls ? NBC (11)Designing Women ? CBS (12)Murder, She Wrote ? CBS (13)America?s Funniest People ? ABC (14)Full House ? ABC (15)Family Matters ? ABC (16)Unsolved Mysteries ? NBC (17)Matlock ? NBC (18)Coach ? ABC (19)(tie) Who?s the Boss ? ABC (19)(tie) CBS Sunday Movie ? CBS 1991-1992 (1)60 Minutes ? CBS (2)Roseanne ? ABC (3)Murphy Brown ? CBS (4)Cheers ? NBC (5)Home Improvement ? ABC (6)Designing Women ? CBS (7)Coach ? ABC (8)Full House ? ABC (9)Unsolved Mysteries ? NBC (10)Murder, She Wrote ? CBS (11)Major Dad ? CBS (12)NFL Monday Night Football ? ABC (13)Evening Shade ? CBS (14)Northern Exposure ? CBS (15)A Different World ? NBC (16)The Cosby Show ? NBC (17)Wings ? NBC (18)The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ? NBC (19)America?s Funniest Home Videos ? ABC (20)20/20 ? ABC 1992-1993 (1)60 Minutes ? CBS (2)Roseanne ? ABC (3)Home Improvement ? ABC (4)Murphy Brown ? CBS (5)Murder, She Wrote ? CBS (6)Coach ? ABC (7)NFL Monday Night Football ? ABC (8)Cheers ? NBC (9)Full House ? ABC (10)Northern Exposure ? CBS (11)20/20 ? ABC (12)Rescue 911 ? CBS (13)Love and War ? CBS (14)(tie) The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ? NBC (14)(tie) Hangin? with Mr. Cooper ? ABC (14)(tie) The Jackie Thomas Show ? ABC (17)Evening Shade ? CBS (18)Unsolved Mysteries ? NBC (19)Hearts Afire ? CBS (20)PrimeTime Live ? ABC 1993-1994 (1)Home Improvement ? ABC (2)60 Minutes ? CBS (3)Seinfeld ? NBC (4)Roseanne ? ABC (5)These Friends of Mine ? ABC (6)Grace Under Fire ? ABC (7)Frasier ? NBC (8)Coach ? NBC (9)Murder, She Wrote ? CBS (10)NFL Monday Night Football ? ABC (11)Murphy Brown ? CBS (12)Thunder Alley ? ABC (13)20/20 ? ABC (14)Love and War ? CBS (15)Wings ? NBC (16)(tie) Full House ? ABC (16)(tie) Northern Exposure ? CBS (16)(tie) PrimeTime Live ? ABC (19)(tie) Dave?s World ? CBS (19)(tie) Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ? CBS (19)(tie) NYPD Blue ? ABC (19)(tie) Rescue 911 ? CBS 1994-1995 (1)Seinfeld ? NBC (2)ER ? NBC (3)Home Improvement ? ABC (4)Grace Under Fire ? ABC (5)NFL Monday Night Football ? ABC (6)60 Minutes ? CBS (7)NYPD Blue ? ABC (8)Friends ? NBC (9)(tie) Roseanne ? ABC (9)(tie) Murder, She Wrote ? CBS (11)Mad About You ? NBC (12)Madman of the People ? NBC (13)Ellen ? ABC (14)Hope & Gloria ? NBC (15)Frasier ? NBC (16)Murphy Brown ? CBS (17)20/20 ? ABC (18)CBS Sunday Movie ? CBS (19)NBC Monday Movie ? NBC (20)Dave?s World ? CBS http://www.angelfire.com/ny2/televisioncity/9095.html Timeslot Competition Prime Time Schedule for 1991-1992 Wednesdays at 9:30 P.M. ABC Sibs CBS Jake and The Fatman NBC Seinfeld http://www.inthe90s.com/prim9192.shtml Prime Time Schedule for 1992-1993 Wednesdays at 9:00 P.M. ABC Home Improvement CBS In The Heat Of The Night NBC Seinfeld http://www.inthe90s.com/prim9293.shtml Prime Time Schedule for 1993-1994 Thursdays at 9:00 PM ABC Matlock CBS Eye To Eye With Connie Chung FOX In Living Color NBC Seinfeld http://www.inthe90s.com/prim9394.shtml "When (Seinfeld) it finally made it to NBC's regular schedule in January 1991, "Seinfeld" aired on Wednesdays, not reaching Must See TV Thursday or the Nielsen Top 10 until mid-season 1993." MSNBC http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5675193/ ?Seinfeld would inherit Cheers' timeslot of 9PM on Thursdays beginning with Season Five (1993-94). The show would jump from #25 to #3 in the Nielsen ratings with a 19.4 rating. It would remain #1 or #2 for the next four consecutive seasons.? Sitcomsonline.com http://www.sitcomsonline.com/seinfeldseason5dvdreview.html Seinfeld began on July 5, 1989, as ''The Seinfeld Chronicles.'' ?The next summer, the show aired six more times, and was scheduled to begin as a regular series in January of 1991, but was bumped off the air by the start of the Persian Gulf war. It finally got a regular time slot on Wednesday nights in the 1991-92 season and for the first half of the 1992-93 season, when it became a cult favorite. In February 1993, when NBC was facing the loss of ''Cheers,'' it moved ''Seinfeld'' to 9:30 P.M. on Thursdays, after ''Cheers,'' and it became a runaway hit. The next season, it moved to 9 P.M. and has dominated that slot ever since.? NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/specials/seinfeld/sein1226a.html Home Improvement beat Seinfeld. ?The second year, when it went up against tougher competition ("Melrose Place" and "Seinfeld"), "Home Improvement" fared even better, finishing at #3, and its third season the show was the top-ranked comedy (#2, following "60 Minutes," and ahead of #3 "Seinfeld"). In fact, "Home Improvement" showed its long-term popularity by finishing in the top-10 every year of its eight-season run.? DVD Town http://www.dvdtown.com/review/homeimprovementseasontwo/16240/2932/ Home Improvement?s domination of Wednesday nights forced "Seinfeld" to move to Thursday where it would become more successful. http://www.ultimatedisney.com/homeimprovement-season1.html Search terms: Seinfeld episode guide Nielsen Ratings Home Improvement 1990..1995 I hope the information provided is helpful! Best regards, Bobbie7