What Nielsen rating is listed for Season 6?

The Nielsen rating listed for Season 6 of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is 9.6. In the season overview, that figure represents the show's average Nielsen rating for its 1995–96 broadcast season.

Season 6 premiered on September 18, 1995, and concluded with the series finale on May 20, 1996. It contained 24 episodes and ranked 55th among the season's programs, according to the overview shown on the episode-list article.

The number is easy to mix up with other ratings in the same table. Season 5 is listed at 10.4, while Season 4 is listed at 13.7; earlier seasons were stronger, with Season 2 at 14.5 and Season 3 at 14.6. Thus, 9.6 is the season-level rating, not an individual episode's audience total.

Nielsen ratings measured the percentage of television households tuned to a program during the era. The decline by Season 6 reflected the show's later position in its run, although the series remained culturally influential and completed its planned six-season NBC run.