Love Is On The Air: Top 10 LOVE Shows Of The Last 25 Years
Maj Canton - February 5, 2009
Everybody loves a list. Everybody loves TV. So in honor of love's favorite holiday, TV Tango has compiled a list of TV show titles with the word LOVE in it. We’ve culled the TV Tango database, ran the numbers, checked them twice and found the top-10-rated, original, made-for-TV movies and the top-10-rated TV series that aired in the last 25 years.
But we still Love Lucy!
Top-10-Rated, Original, Made-for-TV Movies
with ‘Love’ in the Title from the Last 25 Years:
Title (Network, Year) | Rating/Share | |
1. | Love, Mary (CBS, 1985) | 21.5/33 |
2. | Toughlove (ABC, 1985) | 20.6/31 |
3. | Love Thy Neighbor (ABC, 1984) | 20.0/35 |
4. | Second Sight: A Love Story (CBS, 1984) |
19.8/31 |
5. | Addicted to His Love (ABC, 1988) | 18.1/29 |
6. | This Can't Be Love (CBS, 1994) | 17.8/28 |
7. | Love Lives On (ABC, 1985) | 17.8/26 |
8. | My Two Loves (ABC, 1986) | 17.5/28 |
9. | Aftermath: A Test of Love (CBS, 1991) | 17.3/27 |
10. | Love Is Never Silent (NBC, 1985) | 17.3/26 |
Top-10-Rated TV Series with ‘Love’ in the Title
that Aired in the Last 25 Years:
Title (Network, Premiere Year) | Rating* | |
1. | The Love Boat (ABC, 1977) | 13.3 |
2. | Finder of Lost Loves (ABC, 1984) | 13.0 |
3. | Love & War (CBS, 1992) | 12.4 |
4. | Anything But Love (ABC, 1989) | 11.2 |
5. | Can't Hurry Love (CBS, 1995) | 10.2 |
6. | Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS, 1996) | 9.4 |
7. | Misery Loves Company (FOX, 1995) | 5.9 |
8. | For Love or Money (NBC, 2003) | 5.6 |
9. | Love Monkey (CBS, 2006) | 5.0 |
10. | Love & Money (CBS, 1999) | 4.7 |
Additional reporting by Mike Vicic.