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  ALMANAC   Top Ten Lists    Most Watched Television Shows of All-Time

 
 
Most Watched Television Shows of All-Time
Most watched television episodes of all-time ranked by percentage of households that viewed the program

1
 Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen (M*A*S*H episode)   60.2% (50.15 million viewers)

 "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" was the 251st and final episode of M*A*S*H. The episode aired on Monday, February 28, 1983 and was 2½ hours long. It was viewed by nearly 125 million Americans which established it as the most watched episode in American television history, a record which still stands today.
 

2
 Dallas (TV series)   53.3% (41.47 million viewers)

 Dallas was a popular, long-running primetime television soap opera about the Ewings, a very wealthy Texas oil family. It aired on the CBS network for 13 seasons, from April 2nd, 1978 to May 3rd, 1991. It was broadcast around the world and is still considered to be the most successful drama series in TV history, in or out of the United States.
 

3
 Roots (TV miniseries)   51.1% (36.38 million viewers)

 Roots was a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's work , his critically acclaimed genealogical novel. Roots was a ground-breaking event in U.S. television history. It won 9 Emmys, a Golden Globe, and a Peabody Award.
 

4
 Super Bowl XVI   49.1% (40.02 million viewers)

 Super Bowl XVI was the 16th Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League . The game was played on January 24, 1982 at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan following the 1981 regular season. The National Football Conference champion San Francisco 49ers defeated the American Football Conference champion Cincinnati Bengals, 26–21.
 

5
 Super Bowl XVII   48.6% (40.48 million viewers)

 Super Bowl XVII was the 17th Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League . The game was played on January 30, 1983 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California following the 1982 regular season. The National Football Conference champion Washington Redskins defeated the American Football Conference champion Miami Dolphins, 27–17, as the Redskins scored 17 unanswered points in the second half.
 

6
 Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics   48.5% (45.69 million viewers)

 The 1994 Winter Olympics Figure skating results Ladies Men Pairs Ice dancing
 

7
 Super Bowl XX   48.3% (41.49 million viewers)

 Super Bowl XX was the 20th Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League . The game was played on January 26, 1986 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana following the 1985 regular season. The National Football Conference champion Chicago Bears defeated the American Football Conference champion New England Patriots, 46–10.
 

8
 Gone with the Wind (film)   (Part 1) 47.7% (33.96 million viewers)

 Gone with the Wind is a 1939 film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel of the same name. It went on to win 10 Academy Awards, and has been dubbed by the American Film Institute as fourth in the top 100 American films of the 20th Century.
 

9
 Gone with the Wind (film)   (Part 2) 47.4% (33.75 million viewers)

 Gone with the Wind is a 1939 film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel of the same name. It went on to win 10 Academy Awards, and has been dubbed by the American Film Institute as fourth in the top 100 American films of the 20th Century.
 

10
 Super Bowl XII   47.2% (34.41 million viewers)

 Super Bowl XII was the 12th Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League . The game was played on January 15, 1978 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, the first Super Bowl played inside a domed stadium, following the 1977 regular season.
 
 
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