Full House on Television

Last updated: February 21 2023

This article covers when Full House was broadcasted, where it was broadcasted and the ratings.

Time slot

The first episode of Full House was broadcasted on Friday, September 22, 1987. During the next couple of months, there were two episodes a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, to help the series build an audience. After that, the show could be watched on Fridays until August 1991. During its first four seasons, it became an important part of ABC’s TGIF block. Starting with season 5, the show was moved to Tuesdays, where it remained until its ending in 1995. Because the first season was placed in an 8/7c time slot, it was not very successful. Most new series start out in protected time slots, preceded by successful lead-ins, but this was not the case for Full House. Despite the low ratings in season 1, ABC decided to continue the show for a second season. In season 2, the show quickly became more popular. Part of its popularity was because it was placed immediately following the established hit show “Perfect Strangers”.

Ratings

From season three onwards, Full House was ranked among the Nielsen ratings' Top 30. By season 4, it jumped to the top 20, where it remained until season 7. Both season 5 and 6 even earned the show a spot in the top 10! Although the show was still rated in the top 25 by 1995, ABC announced that it was canceling the show after the 8th season. The main reason were the increasing production costs. The new WB network wanted to pick up the show for a 9th season, however, but John Stamos announced season 8 to be his last. Eventually the other actors also announced they were ready to move on to other projects. 24.3 million viewers watched the hour-long finale of Full House. This meant a #7 ranking for the week and attracting a 14.6 household rating and 25 percent audience share.

Season	Episodes	Ranking	Estimated viewers
1	22	#53	9,632,400
2	22	#27	11,875,800
3	24	#23	14,091,300
4	26	#15	14,802,900
5	26	#8	15,997,770
6	24	#10	14,709,800
7	24	#12	13,376,400
8	24	#24	11,829,600