I’ve add another reference — this one on ABC’s Pushing Daisies — to M*A*S*H References on Television:

During the October 15th, 2008 episode (“Bad Habits”) two characters go undercover at a Catholic nunnery. Chi McBride’s character, Emerson Cod, pretends to be a priest named Father Mulcahy. Later on, one of the real nuns sees through the ruse, saying “Perhaps your associate, M*A*S*H’s Father Mulcahy, would like to help.”

In the tag scene to “Your Retention Please,” after signing up for another six years in the military while depressed, Klinger attempts something drastic to convince Colonel Potter he’s nuts. While the whole camp is assembled he does his best Lady Godiva impression, arriving on Sophie wearing nothing but a white cloth:

Charles: “Good grief? What is this disgusting spectacle?”
Father Mulcahy: “It’s Klinger on Sophie. And they’re both naked.”

But Klinger (and thus Jamie Farr as well ) wasn’t naked, as this image proves:

This is the last instance I’m aware of where a character was supposedly naked but for obvious and understandable reasons the actor in question wasn’t entirely nude.

NBC has released updated numbers for its broadcast of Super Bowl XLIII. It now stands as the most watched Super Bowl in history and the most watched television broadcast in history in terms of total viewers (those who watch six or more minutes). An average of 98.7 million viewers watched Super Bowl XLIII compared to 97.5 million for Super Bowl XLII, last year’s game. But the final episode of M*A*S*H averaged 106 million viewers, so its still the most watched broadcast.

The total number of viewers for Super Bowl XLIII is 151.6 compared to 148.3 million for last year’s game and 121.6 million for the final episode of M*A*S*H. Given the fact that the potential television audience grows every year it is most likely only a matter of time before the Super Bowl outdraws even M*A*S*H.

According to an NBC press release, last night’s broadcast of Super Bowl XLIII is now the third most-watched telecast of all time in the United States of America with 95.4 million viewers. It trails only series finale of M*A*S*H (106 million) and last year’s Super Bowl XLII (97.5 million).

In terms of total audience, or viewers who watched all or part of the broadcast, Super Bowl XLIII’s 147 million viewers places it behind only the 148.3 million Super Bowl XLII drew last year. The total audience for the final episode of M*A*S*H was 121.6 million viewers. The potential television audience has grown by millions of viewers since 1983, however. Learn more about the Nielsen ratings for the final episode of M*A*S*H here.