# Which of these highly rated events did you see? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 10, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019 "2012-01-10T05:13:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/21 "2012-01-10T16:12:04Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Plus the moon landing, which you left out. The record for most watched program doesn’t include events like the moon landing/JFK’s funeral/9/11 coverage since those were on multiple channels. I didn’t list them either because I assumed those had universal viewership. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/22 "2012-01-10T16:19:27Z")
Only **M [sub]_[/sub] A [sub]_[/sub] S [sub]\*[/sub] H**. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/23 "2012-01-10T16:19:59Z")
All of the last four. I didn’t really watch _Dallas_ much (I was 15 when the “Who Shot J.R.” storyline was going on), but I did watch the “reveal” episode out of curiosity. I missed the first 15 minutes of the last episode of _M_A_S_H\*, as I was driving home from work that evening (I was working at my dad’s hardware store…ironically, it was the very last night that the store was open; we closed it due to the recession of the early 80s, from which the store never really recovered). Watched the Apollo 11 landing, too – I was four at the time, but absolutely fascinated by the space program. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/24 "2012-01-10T17:01:26Z")
My sister and I saw The Beatles on Ed Sullivan, and squealed appropriately. I was \*in \*a show the night _Gone with the Wind_ premiered on TV, and our damn theater was _empty_–was asked the dozen or so people to just come up to the front row, and played to them. One of our best shows, actually! ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/25 "2012-01-10T17:10:45Z")
I was in Korea at the time so it was hard not to watch MASH. I also watched the whole Roots saga, but nothing else on the list. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/26 "2012-01-10T17:17:58Z")
You really should have added a “none” option. I was born in 1974 and have never lived in the US. Kind of narrows my options. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/27 "2012-01-10T17:18:48Z")
I definitely saw the last 4, and I definitely did NOT see the finale of _ **The Fugitive** _. I’m just not sure about the Beatles. I was 3 years old when they first appeared… and I definitely remember my parents letting me stay up later one night to see the Beatles play on \*\*\*The Ed Sullivan Show. \*\*\* But I was so young, I really don’t remember what song(s) they played, and can’t be sure if it was their FIRST appearance or a subsequent appearance. What I do remember clearly is that I thought they were terrible, and since I’d already seen Topo Gigio (the only thing I liked on\*\*\* Ed Sullivan \*\*\*at the time), I went to bed. It’s embarrassing to admit, given what a BEatles fan I became years later! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/28 "2012-01-10T17:18:56Z")
I went to England with my parents the summer after J.R. was shot and before his killer was revealed, and everyone there wanted to know about the story. The show was very big in the UK. And of course my brother and I watched the last episode of MASH, as we’d been watching the show for years. I don’t remember if I saw the last episode of Roots, but we did watch most of the miniseries. ABC had several epic miniseries in the 1970s and we watched most of them. And I read the book Roots in school. I think there was even an assignment to trace our family trees, as the book and miniseries triggered a great interest in genealogy. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/29 "2012-01-10T17:25:46Z")
All except the first two. Though it may have been slightly possible that I “watched” the last episode of The Fugitive as I was 5 months old at the time… ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/30 "2012-01-10T17:30:45Z")
A couple other highly rated events are the O.J. verdict and Luke and Laura’s wedding on General Hospital. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/31 "2012-01-10T17:33:18Z")
I didn’t check The Beatles choice because I’m honestly not sure. I know that my family watched Ed Sullivan regularly so odds are that I did see it, but I don’t remember it. I was pretty young in '64 and if I liked anything on Sullivan it was things like puppets, acrobats, and magicians. At that age I found music performances on TV to be boring, and of course I had no idea that the performance would become historic. I probably sat through it whining that I was bored and then promptly forgot about it. :smack: God knows what my parents must have thought of it. I did see _Roots_, _Dallas_, and _Mash_. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/32 "2012-01-10T17:35:51Z")
Apollo 11 probably belongs on that list, and maybe Apollo 13. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/33 "2012-01-10T17:36:55Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > The record for most watched program doesn’t include events like the moon landing/JFK’s funeral/9/11 coverage since those were on multiple channels. I didn’t list them either because I assumed those had universal viewership. Right, or the wedding of Charles/Diana or William/Kate. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/34 "2012-01-10T17:38:36Z")
Saw the Beatles. Listened to my father complain about their long hair. Didn’t watch The Fugitive and saw GWtW in the theater so didn’t bother watching it on TV. Don’t like the movie anyway. Saw all the rest. None of them but the Beatles was worth the hype. I had already figured out who shot J.R. and MASH was pathetic when it finally creaked to an end. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/35 "2012-01-10T17:43:22Z")
Saw all but the last half hour of the M_A_S\*H finale when it originally aired because Mom made me go to sleep. It was, after all, past my bedtime on a school night. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/36 "2012-01-10T17:46:26Z")
I saw only the last two, assuming that you’re not counting reruns or DVDs. If you are, then I also saw the first two. I’m old enough to have seen them all when they first aired, but wasn’t interested at the time. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/37 "2012-01-10T17:48:13Z")
Voted Roots and MASH. Beatles I have seen post hoc a bajillion times. Never saw the Fugitive, don’t think I ever saw an episode even though I would be interested. Dallas and GWTW I just couldnt care less. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/38 "2012-01-10T17:53:51Z")
I did see the Beatles on Sullivan in 1964, but I don’t know if I saw the very first one. I only paid attention to it because my father wanted me to, apparently figuring that it was something that “the kids” enjoyed. I was seven, and like **BobLibDem** , more of a Topo Gigio man at the time. Keess me goodnight, Eddie? The only other thing on that list that I watched was the _M_A_S_H\* finale. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/39 "2012-01-10T18:03:05Z")
I saw the last three. I didn’t care much for Gone With the Wind or the Fugitive. I was seven in '64, and although I was aware of the Beatles and had heard some of their songs, I didn’t get into them until later. I did eventually get the DVD set with their Sullivan appearances. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-highly-rated-events-did-you-see/609019/40 "2012-01-10T21:58:45Z")
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