Editing Melrose Place (section)

==Nielsen ratings==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Season
! Rank
! Rating
! US viewers (in millions)
|-
| 1) 1992–93
| No. 94
| 8.35 
| 11.9
|-
| 2) 1993–94
| No. 50 
| 10.24
| 14.8
|-
| 3) 1994–95
| No. 57<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thesoapoperasaga.blogspot.com/search/label/Melrose%2BPlace?updated-max=2014-10-18T20:39:00-07:00&max-results=20&start=80&by-date=false |title=The Soap Opera Saga |website=thesoapoperasaga.blogspot.com |access-date=March 3, 2018 |archive-date=April 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404003210/https://thesoapoperasaga.blogspot.com/search/label/Melrose%2BPlace?updated-max=2014-10-18T20:39:00-07:00&max-results=20&start=80&by-date=false |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 9.64
| 14.1
|-
| 4) 1995–96
| No. 61
| 9.37
| 13.2
|-
| 5) 1996–97
| No. 58
| 8.48
| 11.8
|-
| 6) 1997–98
| No. 80<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1998/05/29/what-ranked-and-what-tanked/ |title=What ranked and what tanked |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |author=''EW'' Staff |date=May 29, 1998 |access-date=May 15, 2020 |archive-date=November 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113005831/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,283382,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 7.47
| 9.5
|-
| 7) 1998–99
| No. 95<ref>{{cite web |url=http://geocities.com/Hollywood/4616/ew0604.html |title=Final ratings for the 1998–1999 TV season |date=October 29, 2009 |website=geocities.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029011819/http://geocities.com/Hollywood/4616/ew0604.html |archive-date=October 29, 2009}}</ref>
| 6.14
| 8.4
|}

''Melrose Place'' debuted on July 8, 1992, at No. 19 on the [[Nielsen ratings]] with a 10.3/19 share and 16 million viewers.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} In December 1993, Meredith Berkman of ''Entertainment Weekly'' called the show "arguably the hottest one-hour drama on television."<ref name="Berkman">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1993/12/24/models-inc-melrose-second-place/|title=''Models Inc.'': ''Melrose'' Second Place|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Meredith|last=Berkman|date=December 24, 1993|access-date=November 2, 2018|archive-date=November 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119091941/https://ew.com/article/1993/12/24/models-inc-melrose-second-place/|url-status=live}}</ref> Though ratings dropped slightly over the [[Melrose Place (season 1)|first season]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1993/08/06/heather-locklears-pay-increase/|title=Heather Locklear's pay increase|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=April 13, 2020|archive-date=April 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420123513/https://ew.com//article/1993/08/06/heather-locklears-pay-increase/|url-status=live}}</ref> the addition of Heather Locklear as Amanda is credited for improving ratings and bringing the show from No. 94 to No. 50 in the [[Melrose Place (season 2)|second season]].<ref name="Berkman"/>

The [[series finale]] was watched by 10.38&nbsp;million viewers.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}