The full national tally gave the program a 21.8 rating and a 31 share, according to the A. C. Nielsen Company.

The show is seen in 7,680,000 homes around the country, according to the A. C. Nielsen Company.

On the average, according to the A. C. Nielsen Company, preschoolers watch 30 hours of television a week.

The networks were long content with a single national audience measurement service, the A. C. Nielsen Company.

According to the A. C. Nielsen Company, 34.9 percent of the nation's 87.4 million television households watched the show during the 1986-87 season.

As the decade started, just 20 percent of American households were wired for cable television, according to the A. C. Nielsen Company.

Arbitron shut down its experimental national television ratings system, leaving A. C. Nielsen Company without competition.

After its first four shows, it was the second most popular show on television, according to the A. C. Nielsen Company.

The 31.6 million figure referred to numbers from the A. C. Nielsen Company that included viewers who were getting the service illegally.

According to the A. C. Nielsen Company, 18 million households were watching.