In lieu of the series finale frenzy brought upon us by the fantastic Breaking Bad Series Finale, I figured I’d share with you other series finale that had the most number of viewers of all time. Breaking Bad had a record 10.3 million viewers, which is huge considering it airs on AMC and its finale for season 4 was 1.3 million. Major. Here we go:
10) Frasier – 33 million viewers (2004)
9) Home Improvement – 35.5 million viewers (1999)
8) Family Ties – 36 million viewers (1989)
7) All in the Family – 40 million viewers (1979)
6) The Cosby Show – 44 million viewers (1992)
5) Magnum PI – 50 million viewers (1988)
4) Friends – 52 million viewers (2004)
3) Seinfeld – 76 million viewers (1998)
2) Cheers – 84.4 million viewers (1993)
1) M*A*S*H – 125 million viewers (1983)
Interesting numbers eh? I don’t see any current show being able to pull these kind of massive numbers anymore. TV has seen a major overhaul in the past years.
*info from Yahoo.com