Despite being one of the most cherished finales of all time, audiences werent always so nice about one for the road. For comparison, last years season finale for the mostwatched show on tv, cbss the big bang theory, had 14. Most watched singles episodes on television in the u. Game of thrones has received the most ratings of any tv show on. Finale season 9, episode 24 nbc a tv shows final episode needs to offer longtime fans a bit of closure and its good when familiar faces pop up to help close things out. Whenever a wildly popular tv show ends, its always a massive event. The 25 most watched tv series finales of all time nbc universal. No matter how critically lauded during their respective runs, relatively few popular television series finales end up pleasing critics and. Jaime weinman of macleans complained that the 2009 list was composed of the most wellknown episode of famous series, claiming that they were largely unexceptional episodes. The 20 mostwatched tv show finales of all time, ranked. After sorting through hundreds of shows from the past 18 years, the ringer presents a definitive ranking of the best episodes since the turn of the century. The 10 most downloaded podcasts of alltime sam thomas davies. Currently, bigg boss has been the most watched show of 2020, recording an 11.
The most watched tv series finales in history statista. But no matter what happens, game of thrones is the most popular show in hbo history. However, mashs final episode remains the alltime most watched u. It was by far the mostwatched final episode of any show airing in the 1990s, and the second mostwatched series finale of all time. In a poignant, emotional and still toprated finale, the 11year run of mash eight years longer than the koreanwar it depicted came to an end as hawkeye pierce alan alda and most of the. Its also the mostviewed series finale ever for a syndicated show. In this doublesized episode, michael, jim and karen all head to new york to interview for a job that michael eventually discovers belongs to the soontobefired jan his. In essence, it had to be pretty much perfect for its entire length. The 20 mostwatched tv show finales of all time, ranked business. The top tv show broadcasts in nielsen ratings include miniseries roots and finale episodes of some of most popular shows in tv history like. Power finale sets alltime ratings records for starz.
The finale, one for the road, was a special triplelength episode airing on may 20, 1993, and it featured shelley long returning as diane chambers. When they do, they tabulate viewing over several days. I think breaking bad is the greatest television show of all time, so naturally my pick for this category is the best episode of that show. According to the source, the final episode of mash, which aired on february 28, 1983, is the most watched episode of television ever. The best and worst tv series finales of all time yes, including game of thrones. The 10 most disappointing tv finales, according to angry. Users are invited to rate individual episodes of nearly every popular television series. Watching the final episode of your favorite tv show can be an emotional. A series finale refers to the last installment of an episodic entertainment series, most often the. For example, the seinfeld series finale in 1998 was the most recent episode to crack the top 100. Popular sitcom friends turned 20 two weeks ago but its last episode only comes fourth in the all time finale league table with 52. Is game of thrones the mostwatched show in hbos history.
Here are 10 of the most terribly received series finales of all time. He preferred the 1997 list, which he said was produced when tv guide was a higher caliber publication. According to nielsen s measurements of the top network telecasts of all time, the top 20 mostwatched tv episodes ever all date back at least a decade. List of mostwatched television broadcasts wikipedia. Nightmare at 20,000 feet season 5, episode 3 one of the most famous episodes of all time has been remade twice first, relatively faithfully in the movie starring john lithgow, and.
Tv guides 100 greatest episodes of alltime wikipedia. Louisdreyfus, concluded sunday with its highest score ever. Game of thrones is pretty darn great even at the worst of times. Prior to this seasons final two episodes of power, the most watched episode of a starz original series had been 3. This is a list of the 10 most downloaded podcasts of alltime. Tvs best and worst series finales from lost to the sopranos, these are last episodes that got it right and very, very wrong. Hollywoods 100 favorite tv shows the hollywood reporter. This culminates with a touching scene in the final episode. How fans rated the last episode of game of thrones the new.