U.S. Television Ratings and Awards
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Unsolved Mysteries.
- Note: U.S. network television seasons generally start in late September and end in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.
| Season | TV Season | Rank | Viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1987–1988 | #17 | 15.73 |
| 2 | 1988–1989 | #11 | 16.58 |
| 3 | 1989–1990 | #16 | 14.71 |
| 4 | 1990–1991 | #13 | 15.20 |
| 5 | 1991–1992 | #21 | 13.22 |
The original NBC telecast was nominated six times for an Emmy Award for outstanding informational series in 1989-1993 and 1995.
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“Television ... helps blur the distinction between framed and unframed reality. Whereas going to the movies necessarily entails leaving one’s ordinary surroundings, soap operas are in fact spatially inseparable from the rest of one’s life. In homes where television is on most of the time, they are also temporally integrated into one’s “real” life and, unlike the experience of going out in the evening to see a show, may not even interrupt its regular flow.”
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