As promised, I’ve updated my Goodbye, Farewell and Amen Ratings Analysis with new information relating to Super Bowl XLIV, which broke several records that for 27 years were held by M*A*S*H and its series finale. Despite no longer being the most-watched television broadcast in the United States (nor the broadcast seen by the most television households), “Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen” is still the highest-RATED television broadcast of all time, with a huge 60.2 Nielsen rating.
I’ve rewritten portions of the analysis and added citations rather than just a list of sources.