All-time top-rated TV shows The Associated Press
Here are the top-rated television programs of all time, as compiled by Nielsen Media Research.
Listings include each show's ranking, its household rating (a percentage of the nation's total TV homes), the number of TV households tuned to that show and that show's share of all viewers watching TV at that hour.
1. ``M*A*S*H Special,'' CBS, 60.2, 50.15 million homes, 77 share. Aired Feb. 28, 1983.
2. ``Dallas,'' CBS, 53.3, 41.47 million homes, 76 share. Aired Nov. 21, 1980.
3. ``Roots Part VIII,'' ABC, 51.1, 36.38 million homes, 71 share. Aired Jan. 30, 1977.
4. ``Super Bowl XVI -- San Francisco 49ers vs. Cincinnati Bengals'' CBS, 49.1, 40.02 million homes, 73 share. Aired Jan. 24, 1982.
5. ``Super Bowl XVII -- Washington Redskins vs. Miami Dolphins,'' NBC, 48.6, 40.48 million homes, 69 share. Aired Jan. 30, 1983.
6. ``XVII Winter Olympics,'' (including Tonya Harding vs. Nancy Kerrigan), CBS, 48.5, 45.69 million homes, 64 share. Aired Feb. 23, 1994.
7. ``Super Bowl XX -- Chicago Bears vs. New England Patriots,'' NBC, 48.3, 41.49 million homes, 70 share. Aired Jan. 26, 1986.
8. ``Gone With The Wind -- Part 1,'' NBC, 47.7, 33.96 million homes, 65 share. Aired Nov. 7, 1976.
9. ``Gone With The Wind -- Part 2,'' NBC, 47.4, 33.75 million homes, 64 share. Aired Nov. 8, 1976.
10. ``Super Bowl XII -- Dallas Cowboys vs. Denver Broncos,'' CBS, 47.2, 34.41 million homes, 67 share. Aired Jan. 15, 1978.
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