I recently came across what appears to be complete record of viewer ratings for KNT's initial run
here (post #837). The post didn't actually specify a show, but the dates seem to match KNT perfectly, and one subsequent poster states that KNT is the only show they can think of that matches the dates provided. Here's a transcription, along with translations of the comments that I can make sense of:
1990.02.01 7.8%
1990.02.08 8.3%
1990.02.15 7.3% Effective(?) lowest ratings.
1990.02.22 8.1%
1990.03.01 8.8%
1990.03.08 7.7%
1990.03.15 9.1%
1990.03.22 9.2%
1990.03.29 8.2%
1990.04.03 5.9% First airing in new time slot.
1990.04.10 8.9%
1990.04.17 12.1%
1990.04.24 9.3%
1990.05.01 10.5%
1990.05.08 9.9%
1990.05.15 9.3%
1990.05.22 9.4%
1990.05.29 10.2%
1990.06.05 8.8%
1990.06.12 10.4%
1990.06.19 8.6%
1990.06.26 9.3%
1990.07.03 7.6%
1990.07.10 9.3%
1990.07.17 8.6%
1990.07.24 10.6%
1990.07.31 10.4%
1990.08.07 9.9%
1990.08.14 5.0% Lowest ratings.
1990.08.21 9.6%
1990.08.28 11.2%
1990.09.04 12.6%
1990.09.11 10.9%
1990.09.18 11.5%
1990.09.25 14.0%
1990.10.02 11.2%
1990.10.09 9.8%
1990.10.16 12.0%
1990.10.23 12.3%
1990.10.30 13.1%
1990.11.06 12.9%
1990.11.13 11.4%
1990.11.20 11.5%
1990.11.27 14.6% Highest ratings.
1990.12.04 12.6%
1990.12.11 13.9%
1990.12.18 12.0%
1990.12.25 10.2%
1991.01.08 11.7%
1991.01.15 7.9% Sudden drop due to airing on
Coming of Age Day?
1991.01.22 11.3%
1991.01.29 13.4%
1991.02.05 12.9%
1991.02.12 14.2% Ends on a high note of 6.4% higher than the premiere and only -0.4% lower than the highest ratings of the run.
Average ratings:10.32% Highest/Lowest ratings:14.6%/5.0% Post Ep. 13 average VS Ep. 1-13 average:+27.9%
This falls in line with the numbers mentioned in the
AnimeNation Ask John article I've previously mentioned, and shows that viewership actually steadily increased as the show's run continued.