The 10 Most-Watched TV Show Finales of All Time
February 29, 2024 7:16AM PST
A youth group, teenage boys and girls together, watching a large flat screen TV, streaming TV programs. They are friends in s social gathering.
We have so many entertainment choices these days that it’s not hard to believe the 10 most-watched TV finales of all time are all AT LEAST 20 years old.
Mental Floss put together a list of those 10 finales and how many people watched them when they first aired . . . which used to be a thing you had to do in the Caveman Times. Here they are:
1. “M*A*S*H” (1983): 105.9 million
2. “Cheers” (1993): 80.4 million
3. “The Fugitive” (1967): 78 million
4. “Seinfeld” (1998): 76.3 million
5. “Friends” (2004): 52.5 million
6. “Magnum, P.I.” (1988): 50.7 million
7. “The Cosby Show” (1992): 44.4 million
8. “All in the Family” (1979): 40.2 million
9. “Family Ties” (1989): 36.3 million
10. “Home Improvement” (1999): 35.5 million