List of most-watched television broadcasts
International -- United States
Table:
Event
Viewership (millions)[156][157]
Date
Network

Apollo 11 EVA
125–150[158][159][160]
July 20, 1969
multiple

Super Bowl XLIX
114.4
February 1, 2015
NBC

Super Bowl XLVIII
112.2
February 2, 2014
Fox

Super Bowl 50
111.9
February 7, 2016
CBS

Super Bowl LI
111.3
February 5, 2017
Fox

Super Bowl XLVI
111.3
February 5, 2012
NBC

Super Bowl XLV
111.0
February 6, 2011
Fox

Richard Nixon resignation speech
110[159]
August 9, 1974
multiple

Super Bowl XLVII
108.7
February 3, 2013
CBS

Super Bowl XLIV
106.5
February 7, 2010
CBS

M*A*S*H (Finale)
105.9[161]
February 28, 1983
CBS

Super Bowl LII
103.4
February 4, 2018
NBC

Roots (Part VIII)
100.0[162]
January 30, 1977
ABC

Super Bowl XLIII
98.7
February 1, 2009
NBC

Super Bowl LIII
98.2
February 3, 2019
CBS

Super Bowl XLII
97.4
February 3, 2008
Fox

Police pursuit of O.J. Simpson
95[163][164]
June 17, 1994
multiple

Super Bowl XXX
94.1
January 28, 1996
NBC

Super Bowl XLI
93.2
February 4, 2007
CBS

Super Bowl XX
92.6
January 26, 1986
NBC

Leveraging the table and the supplementary paragraphs listed.

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Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon . Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin formed the American crew that landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20 , 1969 , at 20:17 UTC . Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface six hours and 39 minutes later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC ; Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later . They spent about two and a quarter hours together outside the spacecraft , and they collected 47.5 pounds ( 21.5 kg ) of lunar material to bring back to Earth . Command module pilot Michael Collins flew the Command Module Columbia alone in lunar orbit while they were on the Moon 's surface . Armstrong and Aldrin spent 21 hours , 36 minutes on the lunar surface at a site they named Tranquility Base before lifting off to rejoin Columbia in lunar orbit . Apollo 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island , Florida , on July 16 at 13:32 UTC , and it was the fifth crewed mission of NASA 's Apollo program . The Apollo spacecraft had three parts : a command module ( CM ) with a cabin for the three astronauts , the only part that returned to Earth ; a service module ( SM ) , which supported the command module with propulsion , electrical power , oxygen , and water ; and a lunar module ( LM ) that had two stages - a descent stage for landing on the Moon and an ascent stage to place the astronauts back into lunar orbit . After being sent to the Moon by the Saturn V 's third stage , the astronauts separated the spacecraft from it and traveled for three days until they entered lunar orbit . Armstrong and Aldrin then moved into Eagle and landed in the Sea of Tranquility on July 20 . The astronauts used Eagle 's ascent stage to lift off from the lunar surface and rejoin Collins in the command module . They jettisoned Eagle before they performed the maneuvers that propelled Columbia out of the last of its 30 lunar orbits onto a trajectory back to Earth .
Super Bowl XLIX was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League ( NFL ) for the 2014 season . The American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion New England Patriots defeated the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion and defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks 28-24 to earn their fourth Super Bowl title and their first since Super Bowl XXXIX 10 years earlier . The game was played on February 1 , 2015 , at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale , Arizona . It was the second time the stadium has hosted a Super Bowl ( following Super Bowl XLII seven years earlier ) , and the third one held in the Phoenix metropolitan area . With the loss , the Seahawks became the fourth defending Super Bowl champions to lose in the following year 's title game , after the 1978 Dallas Cowboys , 1983 Washington Redskins and the 1997 Green Bay Packers . After finishing the previous season by defeating the Denver Broncos , 43-8 , in Super Bowl XLVIII , Seattle completed the 2014 regular season with a 12-4 record . The Patriots , who also posted a 12-4 record , joined the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers as one of the three teams to have made eight appearances in the Super Bowl . For the second straight season , but only the third time in the prior 21 seasons , the number one seeds from both conferences met in the league championship game . Seattle became the first team to appear in consecutive Super Bowls since New England won two straight ( XXXVIII and XXXIX ) . After the teams were tied 14-14 at halftime , the Seahawks built a 10-point lead to end the third quarter . The Patriots , however , rallied to take a 28-24 lead with 2:02 left in the game . Seattle threatened to score in the final moments , driving the ball to New England 's 1-yard line .
The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC ) is an American English-language commercial terrestrial radio and television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal , a subsidiary of Comcast . The network is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City , with additional major offices near Los Angeles ( at 10 Universal City Plaza ) , Chicago ( at the NBC Tower ) and Philadelphia ( at the Comcast Technology Center ) . The network is one of the Big Three television networks . NBC is sometimes referred to as the Peacock Network , in reference to its stylized peacock logo , introduced in 1956 to promote the company 's innovations in early color broadcasting . It became the network 's official emblem in 1979 . Founded in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America ( RCA ) , NBC is the oldest major broadcast network in the United States . At that time the parent company of RCA was General Electric ( GE ) . In 1932 , GE was forced to sell RCA and NBC as a result of antitrust charges . In 1986 , control of NBC passed back to General Electric ( GE ) through its $ 6.4 billion purchase of RCA . GE immediately began to liquidate RCA 's various divisions , but retained NBC . Following the acquisition by GE , Bob Wright served as chief executive officer of NBC , remaining in that position until his retirement in 2007 , when he was succeeded by Jeff Zucker . In 2003 , French media company Vivendi merged its entertainment assets with GE , forming NBC Universal .
Super Bowl XLVIII was an American football game between the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Denver Broncos and National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Seattle Seahawks to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2013 season . The Seahawks defeated the Broncos 43-8 , the largest margin of victory for an underdog and tied for the third largest point differential overall ( 35 ) in Super Bowl history with Super Bowl XXVII ( 1993 ) . It was the first time the winning team scored over 40 points , while holding their opponent to under 10 . This became the first Super Bowl victory for the Seahawks and the fifth Super Bowl loss for the Broncos , tied with the New England Patriots for the most of any team . The game was played on February 2 , 2014 at MetLife Stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford , New Jersey , the first Super Bowl played outdoors in a cold-weather city and the first Super Bowl to be played on February 2 . This marked the third time the number one seed from each conference met in the league championship , joining Super Bowl XXVIII ( 1994 ) and Super Bowl XLIV ( 2010 ) . The Seahawks posted a 13-3 record and were making their second Super Bowl appearance in eight years . The Broncos were making their seventh Super Bowl appearance after also posting a 13-3 record . The game also featured the league 's top offense ( Denver ) against the top defense ( Seattle ) , the first time this occurred since Super Bowl XXXVII ( 2003 ) . This also marked the only time that two former divisional rivals met in a Super Bowl , as the Seahawks and Broncos were in the same division from 1977 to 2001 . Seattle built a 22-0 halftime lead , and then a 36-0 advantage before allowing Denver 's first and only score on the final play of the third quarter . The Seahawks defense scored a safety on the first play from scrimmage ( coincidentally , the final play from scrimmage of the previous Super Bowl was also a safety ) , the quickest score in Super Bowl history at 12 seconds .
The Fox Broadcasting Company ( often shortened to Fox and stylized in all caps as FOX ) is an American broadcast television network that is a flagship property of the Fox Corporation . The network is headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City , with additional offices at the Fox Broadcasting Center ( also in New York ) and at the Fox Television Center in Los Angeles . Launched on October 9 , 1986 , as a competitor to the Big Three television networks ( ABC , CBS and NBC ) , Fox went on to become the most successful attempt at a fourth television network . It was the highest-rated network in the 18-49 demographic from 2004 to 2012 , and earned the position as the most-watched American television network in total viewership during the 2007-08 season . Fox and its affiliated companies operate many entertainment channels in international markets , although these do not necessarily air the same programming as the U.S. network . Most viewers in Canada have access to at least one U.S.-based Fox affiliate , either free-to-air or through a pay television provider , although Fox 's National Football League broadcasts and most of its prime time programming are subject to simultaneous substitution regulations for pay television providers imposed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ) to protect rights held by domestically based networks . Fox is named after what was once called 20th Century Fox , its original corporate sibling ( and still its major supplier of programming , despite its acquisition by Disney ) and indirectly for producer William Fox , who founded one of the movie studio 's predecessors , Fox Film . Fox is a member of the North American Broadcasters Association and the National Association of Broadcasters .
Super Bowl 50 was an American football game to determine the champion of the National Football League ( NFL ) for the 2015 season . The American Football Conference ( AFC ) champions Denver Broncos defeated the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champions Carolina Panthers , 24-10 . The game was played on February 7 , 2016 , at Levi 's Stadium in Santa Clara , California , in the San Francisco Bay Area . As this was the 50th Super Bowl game , the league emphasized the golden anniversary with various gold-themed initiatives during the 2015 season , as well as suspending the tradition of naming each Super Bowl game with Roman numerals ( under which the game would have been known as Super Bowl L ) , so the logo could prominently feature the Arabic numerals 5 and 0 . The Panthers finished the regular season with a 15-1 record , racking up the league 's top offense , and quarterback Cam Newton was named the NFL Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) . They defeated the Arizona Cardinals 49-15 in the NFC Championship Game and advanced to their second Super Bowl appearance since the franchise began playing in 1995 . The Broncos finished the regular season with a 12-4 record , bolstered by having the league 's top defense . The Broncos defeated the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots 20-18 in the AFC Championship Game joining the Patriots , Dallas Cowboys , and Pittsburgh Steelers as one of four teams that have made eight appearances in the Super Bowl . This record would later be broken the next season , in 2017 , when the Patriots advanced to their ninth Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl LI . The Broncos took an early lead in Super Bowl 50 and never trailed . Denver recorded seven sacks and forced four turnovers . Carolina likewise kept pace by recording five sacks and forcing two turnovers .
CBS ( an initialism of the network 's former name , the Columbia Broadcasting System ) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network that is the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of ViacomCBS . The company is headquartered at the CBS Building in New York City with major production facilities and operations in New York City ( at the CBS Broadcast Center ) and Los Angeles ( at CBS Television City and the CBS Studio Center ) . CBS is sometimes referred to as the Eye Network , in reference to the company 's trademark symbol , in use since 1951 . It has also been called the Tiffany Network , alluding to the perceived high quality of CBS programming during the tenure of William S. Paley . It can also refer to some of CBS 's first demonstrations of color television , which were held in a former Tiffany & Co. building in New York City in 1950 . The network has its origins in United Independent Broadcasters Inc. , a collection of 16 radio stations purchased by Paley in 1928 and renamed the Columbia Broadcasting System . Under Paley 's guidance , CBS would first become one of the largest radio networks in the United States , and eventually one of the Big Three American broadcast television networks . In 1974 CBS dropped its former full name and became known simply as CBS , Inc . The Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquired the network in 1995 , renamed its corporate entity to the current CBS Broadcasting , Inc. in 1997 , and eventually adopted the name of the company it had acquired to become CBS Corporation . In 2000 CBS came under the control of the first Viacom , which was formed as a spin-off of CBS in 1971 . In late 2005 , Viacom split itself into two separate companies and re-established CBS Corporation through the spin-off of its broadcast television , radio , and select cable television and non-broadcasting assets , with the CBS television network at its core . CBS Corporation was controlled by Sumner Redstone through National Amusements , which also controlled the second Viacom until December 4 , 2019 , when the two separated companies agreed to re-merge to become the new single entity known as ViacomCBS .
Super Bowl LI was an American football game played at NRG Stadium in Houston , Texas , on February 5 , 2017 , to determine the champion of the National Football League ( NFL ) for the 2016 season . The American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion New England Patriots , after trailing by as many as 25 points ( 28-3 ) during the third quarter , defeated the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Atlanta Falcons , 34-28 in overtime . As such , the game is often known as 28-3 after the Falcons ' blown lead . The Patriots ' 25-point comeback is the largest in Super Bowl history , and Super Bowl LI was the first to be decided in overtime . The Patriots ' victory was their fifth , and moved them into a three-way tie with the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers for second place on the all-time Super Bowl wins list , and at that time , trailing only the Pittsburgh Steelers who have six victories . New England , after finishing the regular season with a league-best 14-2 record , advanced to their record-setting ninth Super Bowl appearance , their second in three years , and their seventh under the leadership of head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady . The Falcons entered the game after completing an 11-5 regular season record , and were trying to win their first Super Bowl title , having lost their only previous appearance in Super Bowl XXXIII . After a scoreless first quarter , Atlanta scored 21 points before New England made a field goal with two seconds left in the second quarter , to make it a 21-3 halftime lead . The Falcons then increased their lead to 28-3 midway through the third quarter , with quarterback Matt Ryan completing his second touchdown pass . The Patriots then scored 25 unanswered points to tie the game at 28-28 with 57 seconds left in regulation . New England won the overtime coin toss , received the kickoff and drove 75 yards to win with a 2-yard touchdown run by running back James White . When the game ended , more than 30 team and individual Super Bowl records had been either broken or matched .
Fox NFL ( also known as NFL on Fox ) is the branding used for broadcasts of National Football League ( NFL ) games produced by Fox Sports and televised on the Fox Broadcasting Company ( Fox ) . Game coverage is usually preceded by the pre-game shows Fox NFL Kickoff and Fox NFL Sunday and is followed on most weeks by post-game show The OT . The latter two shows feature the same studio hosts and analysts for both programs , who also contribute to the former . In weeks when Fox airs a doubleheader , the late broadcast ( which airs nationwide in nearly all markets , there typically being only one or two games taking place at the time ) airs under the brand America 's Game of the Week . The network aired its inaugural NFL game telecast on August 12 , 1994 , with a preseason game between the Denver Broncos and the San Francisco 49ers at Candlestick Park in San Francisco . Coverage formally began the following month on September 4 , with the premiere of Fox NFL Sunday , followed by a slate of six regionally televised regular season games on the first Sunday of the 1994 season .
Super Bowl XLVI was an American football game between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion New York Giants and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2011 season . The Giants defeated the Patriots by the score of 21-17 . The game was played on February 5 , 2012 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis , the first time that the Super Bowl was played in Indiana . In addition to winning their fourth Super Bowl in team history , the Giants set a new record for the lowest regular season record ( 9-7 , win percentage of 56.3% ) by a Super Bowl champion . The Patriots entered the game with a 13-3 regular season record , and were also seeking their fourth Super Bowl win . Some considered this game to be a rematch of Super Bowl XLII , which New York also won , spoiling New England 's run at a perfect 2007 season . The Giants and the Patriots also played in Week 9 a few months earlier , with the Giants winning on the road 24-20 . The Giants jumped to a 9-0 lead in the first quarter of Super Bowl XLVI before the Patriots scored 17 unanswered points to take a 17-9 lead in the third quarter . But the Giants prevented the Patriots from scoring again , and two consecutive New York field goals chipped away New England 's lead , 17-15 , late in the third quarter . The Giants capped off an 88-yard drive with running back Ahmad Bradshaw 's 6-yard game-winning touchdown with 57 seconds left in the game . Eli Manning , who completed 30 of 40 passes for 296 yards , one touchdown , and no interceptions , was named Super Bowl MVP for the second time in his career . He became the third consecutive quarterback to win the award after Aaron Rodgers in Super Bowl XLV and Drew Brees in Super Bowl XLIV .
Super Bowl XLV was an American football game between the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Green Bay Packers to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2010 season . The Packers defeated the Steelers by the score of 31-25 . The game was played on February 6 , 2011 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington , Texas , the first time the Super Bowl was played in the Dallas-Fort Worth area . Unlike most other Super Bowls , this game featured two title-abundant franchises : coming into the game , the Packers held the most NFL championships with 12 ( 9 league championships prior to the Super Bowl era and 3 Super Bowl championships ) , while the Steelers held the most Super Bowl championships with 6 . The Packers entered their fifth Super Bowl in team history , and became the first 6-seed team in the NFC to compete in the Super Bowl , after posting a 10-6 regular season record . The Steelers finished the regular season with a 12-4 record , and advanced to a league-tying 8th Super Bowl appearance . Green Bay dominated most of the first half of Super Bowl XLV , jumping to a 21-3 lead before Pittsburgh cut it down to 21-10 just before halftime . Then after the teams exchanged touchdowns , the Steelers made the score 28-25 midway through the fourth quarter with wide receiver Mike Wallace 's 25-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and a two-point conversion . But the Packers answered with Mason Crosby 's 23-yard field goal with 2:07 remaining , and then prevented the Steelers from scoring on their final drive of the game . Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was named Super Bowl MVP , completing 24 of 39 passes for 304 yards and three touchdowns . The broadcast of Super Bowl XLV on Fox averaged about 111 million viewers , breaking the record for the most-watched program in American television history . The game 's attendance was 103,219 , just short of the Super Bowl record 103,985 set in Super Bowl XIV at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena , California .
Richard Nixon 's resignation speech was an address made on August 8 , 1974 , by President of the United States Richard Nixon to the American public . It was delivered in the Oval Office of the White House . The purpose of the speech was for Nixon to announce that he was resigning from office . Nixon 's resignation was the culmination of what he referred to in his speech as the long and difficult period of Watergate , the federal political scandal stemming from the June 17 , 1972 , break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Office Building in Washington , D.C. , by five men and the Nixon administration 's subsequent attempts to cover up its involvement in the crime . Nixon ultimately lost much of his popular and political support as a result of the scandal . At the time of his resignation , he faced almost certain impeachment and removal from office . In his address , Nixon said he was resigning because I have concluded that because of the Watergate matter I might not have the support of the Congress that I would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of the nation would require . He also stated his hope that , by resigning , I will have hastened the start of that process of healing which is so desperately needed in America . Nixon acknowledged that some of his judgments were wrong , and he expressed contrition , saying : I deeply regret any injuries that may have been done in the course of the events that led to this decision . He made no mention , however , of the articles of impeachment pending against him . The following morning , August 9 , Nixon submitted a signed letter of resignation to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger , becoming the first U.S. president to resign from office . Vice President Gerald Ford succeeded to the presidency upon Nixon 's resignation .
Super Bowl XLVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Baltimore Ravens and the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion San Francisco 49ers to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2012 season . The Ravens defeated the 49ers by the score of 34-31 , handing the 49ers their first Super Bowl loss in franchise history . The game was played on Sunday , February 3 , 2013 at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans , Louisiana . This was the tenth Super Bowl to be played in New Orleans , equaling Miami 's record of ten in an individual city . This was the first Super Bowl to be held in New Orleans since Super Bowl XXXVI and it was the first to be played in that city since Hurricane Katrina on August 29 , 2005 . For the first time in Super Bowl history , the game featured two brothers coaching against each other - Jim and John Harbaugh , head coaches of the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens , respectively - earning it the nickname Har-bowl . In addition , Super Bowl XLVII was the first to feature two teams that had undefeated records in previous Super Bowl games ( Baltimore , 1-0 ; San Francisco , 5-0 ) . The 49ers , who posted a regular-season record of 11-4-1 , entered the game seeking their sixth Super Bowl win in team history ( and first since Super Bowl XXIX at the end of the 1994 season ) , which would have tied the Pittsburgh Steelers for the most by a franchise . The Ravens , who posted a 10-6 regular-season record , made their second Super Bowl appearance in 12 years , having previously won Super Bowl XXXV . Ray Lewis , the Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) from that game , as well as the last remaining member of the inaugural Ravens roster from 1996 , also played in this game , his last before his retirement from professional football . Baltimore built a 28-6 lead early in the third quarter before a partial power outage in the Superdome suspended play for 34 minutes ( earning the game the added nickname of the Blackout Bowl ) . After play resumed , San Francisco scored 17 unanswered third-quarter points to cut the Ravens ' lead to 28-23 , and continued to chip away in the fourth quarter .
Super Bowl XLIV was an American football game between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champions New Orleans Saints and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champions Indianapolis Colts to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2009 season . The Saints defeated the Colts by a score of 31-17 , earning their first Super Bowl win . The game was played at Sun Life Stadium ( now Hard Rock Stadium ) in Miami Gardens , Florida , for the fifth time ( and in South Florida for the tenth time ) , on February 7 , 2010 , the latest calendar date for a Super Bowl yet . This was the Saints ' first Super Bowl appearance and the fourth for the Colts franchise , their second appearance in four seasons . The Saints entered the game with a 13-3 record for the 2009 regular season , compared to the Colts ' 14-2 record . In the playoff games , both teams placed first in their respective conferences , marking the first time since Super Bowl XXVIII ( 16 years previously ) that both number-one seeds have reached the Super Bowl . The Colts entered the Super Bowl off victories over the Baltimore Ravens and New York Jets , while the Saints advanced after defeating the previous year 's runners up the Arizona Cardinals and then overcoming the Minnesota Vikings in the Conference Championship . It was also the first time both teams started with a thirteen-game winning streak . Down 10-6 at halftime of Super Bowl XLIV , in what many consider the turning point of the game , New Orleans recovered a surprise onside kick on the second half kickoff , then took their first lead of the game on Pierre Thomas 's 16-yard touchdown reception . The Colts responded with Joseph Addai 's 4-yard touchdown run to regain the lead at 17-13 . The Saints then scored 18 unanswered points , including Tracy Porter 's 74-yard interception return for a touchdown , to clinch the victory . New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees , who completed 32 of 39 passes for 288 yards and two touchdowns , was named the Super Bowl MVP .
M*A*S*H ( an acronym for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital ) is an American war comedy-drama television series that aired on CBS from 1972 to 1983 . It was developed by Larry Gelbart as the first spin-off series adapted from the 1970 feature film M*A*S*H , which , in turn , was based on Richard Hooker 's 1968 novel MASH : A Novel About Three Army Doctors . The series , which was produced with 20th Century Fox Television for CBS , follows a team of doctors and support staff stationed at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Uijeongbu , South Korea , during the Korean War ( 1950-53 ) . The show 's title sequence features an instrumental-only version of Suicide Is Painless , the original film 's theme song . The show was created after an attempt to film the original book 's sequel , M*A*S*H Goes to Maine , failed . The television series is the best-known of the M*A*S*H works , and one of the highest-rated shows in U.S. television history .
Goodbye , Farewell and Amen is a television film that served as the 256th and final episode of the American television series M*A*S*H. Closing out the series ' 11th season , the two-hour episode first aired on CBS on February 28 , 1983 , ending the series ' original run . The episode was written by eight collaborators , including series star Alan Alda , who also directed . The episode 's plot chronicles the final days of the Korean War at the 4077th MASH ; it features several storylines intended to show the war 's effects on the individual personnel of the unit and to bring closure to the series . After the ceasefire goes into effect , the members of the 4077th throw a party before taking down the camp for the last time . After tear-filled goodbyes , the main characters go their separate ways , leading to the final scene of the series .
Super Bowl LII was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League ( NFL ) for the 2017 season . The National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Philadelphia Eagles defeated the American Football Conference ( AFC ) and defending Super Bowl LI champion New England Patriots , 41-33 , to win their first Super Bowl and their first NFL title since 1960 . The game was played on February 4 , 2018 , at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis , Minnesota . This was the second time that a Super Bowl was played in Minneapolis , the northernmost city to ever host the event , after Super Bowl XXVI at the Metrodome during the 1991 season . It was also the sixth Super Bowl held in a cold-weather city . New England finished the regular season with an AFC-best 13-3 record , then extended their record Super Bowl appearances to ten , their third in four years , and their eighth under the leadership of head coach Bill Belichick and MVP quarterback Tom Brady . Philadelphia also finished the regular season with an NFC-best 13-3 record but entered the playoffs as underdogs after starting quarterback Carson Wentz suffered a season-ending injury late in the regular season ; prior to his injury , Wentz was the media and fan favorite to win MVP after leading his team to a 11-2 start . Backup quarterback Nick Foles , who was widely underestimated and discredited by pre-game broadcasts , was the Eagles ' starting quarterback for the rest of the season . With Foles , the Eagles advanced to their third Super Bowl appearance , having previously lost to the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XV and to the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX . Several records were set during Super Bowl LII , including most yards gained in an NFL game by both teams combined ( 1,151 ) , fewest punts from both teams in a Super Bowl ( one ) , and most points scored by a Super Bowl losing team ( 33 ) . The game was settled after the Eagles converted a fumble recovery deep within Patriots territory to a field goal with 1:05 remaining to extend their lead to eight points , and Brady 's Hail Mary pass fell incomplete as time expired . Foles , who completed 28 of 43 pass attempts for 373 yards and three touchdowns with one interception , and also caught a one-yard touchdown pass on a trick play , was named Super Bowl MVP .
Roots is an American television miniseries based on Alex Haley 's 1976 novel Roots : The Saga of an American Family . The series first aired on ABC in January 1977 . Roots received 37 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won nine . It also won a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award . It received unprecedented Nielsen ratings for the finale , which still holds a record as the third-highest-rated episode for any type of television series , and the second-most watched overall series finale in U.S. television history . It was produced on a budget of $ 6.6 million . The series introduced LeVar Burton in the role of Kunta Kinte . A sequel , Roots : The Next Generations , first aired in 1979 , and a second sequel , Roots : The Gift , a Christmas TV movie , starring Burton and Louis Gossett Jr. , first aired in 1988 . A related film , Alex Haley 's Queen , is based on the life of Queen Jackson Haley , who was Alex Haley 's paternal grandmother . In 2016 , a remake of the original miniseries , with the same name , was commissioned by the History channel and screened by the channel on Memorial Day .
The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC ) is an American commercial broadcast radio and television network owned by the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company . The network is headquartered in Burbank , California , on Riverside Drive , directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building . The network 's secondary offices , and headquarters of its news division , is in New York City , at its broadcast center at 77 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan . Since 2007 , when ABC Radio ( also known as Cumulus Media Networks ) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting , ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television . It is the fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world and the youngest of the Big Three television networks . ABC is nicknamed The Alphabet Network , as its initialism also represents the first three letters of the English alphabet , in order . ABC launched as a radio network on October 12 , 1943 , serving as the successor to the NBC Blue Network , which had been purchased by Edward J. Noble . It extended its operations to television in 1948 , following in the footsteps of established broadcast networks CBS and NBC . In the mid-1950s , ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres , a chain of movie theaters that formerly operated as a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures . Leonard Goldenson , who had been the head of UPT , made the new television network profitable by helping develop and greenlight many successful series . In the 1980s , after purchasing an 80 percent interest in cable sports channel ESPN , the network 's corporate parent , American Broadcasting Companies , Inc. , merged with Capital Cities Communications , owner of several print publications , and television and radio stations . In 1996 , most of Capital Cities/ABC 's assets were purchased by The Walt Disney Company .
Super Bowl XLIII was an American football game between the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champions Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champions Arizona Cardinals to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2008 season . The Steelers defeated the Cardinals by the score of 27-23 . The game was played on February 1 , 2009 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa , Florida . With this victory , the Steelers became the first team to win six Super Bowl championships . The win was also Pittsburgh 's second Super Bowl victory in four years , after winning Super Bowl XL at the end of the 2005 season . The Cardinals entered the game seeking their first NFL title since 1947 , the longest championship drought in the league . The club became an unexpected winner during the regular season , compiling a 9-7 record , and the playoffs with the aid of head coach Ken Whisenhunt , who was the Steelers ' offensive coordinator in Super Bowl XL , and the re-emergence of quarterback Kurt Warner , who was the Super Bowl MVP in Super Bowl XXXIV with his former team , the St. Louis Rams . Pittsburgh jumped to a 17-7 halftime lead , aided by linebacker James Harrison 's Super Bowl-record 100-yard interception return for a touchdown . Trailing 20-7 at the start of the fourth quarter , Arizona scored 16 consecutive points , including a safety by Pittsburgh that led to wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald 's 64-yard touchdown reception , to take the first lead of the game with 2:37 remaining . But the Steelers marched 78 yards to score on wide receiver Santonio Holmes ' 6-yard game-winning touchdown catch with 35 seconds left . Holmes , who caught nine passes for 131 yards and a touchdown , including four receptions for 73 yards on that final game-winning drive , was named Super Bowl MVP . He became the sixth wide receiver to win the award , half of whom are Steelers ( Lynn Swann and Hines Ward ) .
Super Bowl LIII was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League ( NFL ) for the 2018 season . The American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion New England Patriots defeated the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Los Angeles Rams , 13-3 . The game was played on February 3 , 2019 , at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta , Georgia . This was the first Super Bowl played at that stadium , and the third one held in Atlanta . The Patriots ' victory was their sixth , tying the Pittsburgh Steelers for the most Super Bowl championships . New England , after finishing the regular season with a 11-5 record , advanced to their 11th Super Bowl appearance , their fourth in five years , and their ninth under the leadership of head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady . The Rams , who finished the regular season with a 13-3 record under 33-year-old head coach Sean McVay and third-year quarterback Jared Goff , advanced to their fourth Super Bowl appearance overall , and their first one since relocating back from St. Louis to Los Angeles in 2016 . Super Bowl LIII was a rematch of Super Bowl XXXVI , a 20-17 Patriots win over the Rams that gave the Belichick-Brady tandem its first Super Bowl championship . Coincidentally , the Patriots reached that Super Bowl with an 11-5 record as well . With the Rams now playing in Los Angeles , Super Bowl LIII marked the first Super Bowl appearance of a Los Angeles-based team since the then-Los Angeles Raiders ' victory in Super Bowl XVIII and the Rams ' first Super Bowl appearance as a Los Angeles-based team since Super Bowl XIV . This marked the 14th meeting in a major sports championship between the Los Angeles and Greater Boston areas . Super Bowl LIII was the lowest-scoring Super Bowl game in history , eclipsing the previous record of 14-7 held by Super Bowl VII , and the lowest-scoring league championship contest since a 14-0 score was recorded during the 1949 NFL Championship Game .
Super Bowl XLII was an American football game between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion New York Giants and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2007 season . The Giants defeated the Patriots by the score of 17-14 . The game was played on February 3 , 2008 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale , Arizona . The game is regarded as one of the biggest upsets in the history of professional sports , as well as one of the finest Super Bowl games ever . The Patriots entered the game as 12-point favorites after becoming the first team to complete a perfect regular season since the 1972 Miami Dolphins , and the only one since the league expanded to a 16-game regular season schedule in 1978 . The Giants , who finished the regular season with a 10-6 record , were seeking to become the first NFC wild card team to win a Super Bowl , and were also looking for their third Super Bowl victory and first since they won Super Bowl XXV seventeen years earlier . This Super Bowl was also a rematch of the final game of the regular season , in which New England won , 38-35 . The game is best remembered for the Giants ' fourth-quarter game-winning drive . Down 14-10 , New York got the ball on their own 17-yard line with 2:39 left and marched 83 yards down the field . In the drive 's most memorable play , David Tyree made the Helmet Catch on 3rd down , a leaping one-handed catch pinning the football with his right hand to the crown of his helmet for a 32-yard first down conversion . After a second first-down conversion by Steve Smith on 3rd and 11 , wide receiver Plaxico Burress scored the winning touchdown on a 13-yard reception with 35 seconds remaining . The game was tight throughout , with both teams ' defense dominating the competition until near the end of the game .
The O. J. Simpson murder case ( officially People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson ) was a criminal trial held in Los Angeles County Superior Court . Former National Football League ( NFL ) player , broadcaster , and actor O. J. Simpson was tried on two counts of murder for the June 12 , 1994 slashing deaths of his ex-wife , Nicole Brown Simpson , and her friend Ron Goldman . At 12:10 a.m. on June 13 , 1994 , Brown and Goldman were found stabbed to death outside her condominium in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles . Simpson was a person of interest in the murders . He did not turn himself in , and on June 17 he became the object of a low-speed pursuit in a white 1993 Ford Bronco SUV owned and driven by his friend Al Cowlings . TV stations interrupted coverage of the NBA finals to broadcast the incident . The pursuit was watched live by an estimated 95 million people . The pursuit , arrest , and trial were among the most widely publicized events in American history . The trial - often characterized as the trial of the century because of its international publicity - spanned eleven months , from the jury 's swearing-in on November 9 , 1994 . Opening statements were made on January 24 , 1995 , and the verdict was announced on October 3 , 1995 , when Simpson was acquitted on two counts of murder . Following his acquittal , no additional arrests related to the murders have been made , and the crime remains unsolved to this day . According to USA Today , the case has been described as the most publicized criminal trial in history .
Super Bowl XXX was an American football game between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Pittsburgh Steelers to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 1995 season . The Cowboys defeated the Steelers by the score of 27-17 . The game was played on January 28 , 1996 , at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe , Arizona , the first time the Super Bowl was played in the Phoenix metropolitan area . Both teams entered the game trying to tie the San Francisco 49ers for the record for most Super Bowl wins by a franchise ( 5 ) . The Cowboys , who posted a 12-4 regular season record , were making their eighth Super Bowl appearance , while the Steelers , who recorded an 11-5 regular season record , were making their fifth appearance . This game was also the fifth rematch between Super Bowl teams . Moreover , it was the third meeting between the two longtime rivals in a Super Bowl ( after Super Bowl X and Super Bowl XIII ) , the most between any two NFL teams . Dallas became the first team to win three Super Bowls in four years , while Pittsburgh 's defeat was their first Super Bowl loss in team history . Dallas ' Larry Brown , a 12th-round draft pick , became the first cornerback to be named Super Bowl MVP by recording two interceptions in the second half , which the Cowboys converted into two touchdowns to prevent a Steelers comeback . Dallas built a 13-0 lead in the second quarter before Pittsburgh scored with 13 seconds left in the half to cut their deficit to 13-7 . Midway through the 3rd quarter , Brown made his first interception and returned it 44 yards to the Pittsburgh 18-yard line to set up running back Emmitt Smith 's 1-yard touchdown run . The Steelers then rallied to cut their deficit to 20-17 in the 4th quarter .
Super Bowl XLI was an American football game played between the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Indianapolis Colts and the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Chicago Bears to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2006 season . The Colts defeated the Bears by the score of 29-17 . The game was played on February 4 , 2007 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens , Florida . This game featured two teams ending long Super Bowl appearance droughts . The Colts , who finished with a 12-4 regular season record , were making their first Super Bowl appearance since winning Super Bowl V in the 1970 season during the team 's tenure in Baltimore , they had moved to Indianapolis in 1984 . Meanwhile , the Bears , who posted an NFC-best 13-3 regular season record , were making their first appearance since winning Super Bowl XX in the 1985 season . In addition , the Bears ' Lovie Smith and the Colts ' Tony Dungy both became the first African-American head coaches to coach in the Super Bowl , with Dungy the first to win . In the first Super Bowl played in rainy conditions , the Colts overcame a 14-6 first-quarter deficit to outscore the Bears 23-3 in the last three quarters . Chicago posted the then-earliest lead in Super Bowl history when returner Devin Hester ran back the opening kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown after 14 seconds had elapsed ( a record later broken in Super Bowl XLVIII when the Seattle Seahawks scored a safety 12 seconds into the game ) . The Colts forced five turnovers , including cornerback Kelvin Hayden 's 56-yard interception return for a touchdown . Indianapolis kicker Adam Vinatieri also scored three field goals . Colts quarterback Peyton Manning was named the game 's Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) , completing 25 of 38 passes for 247 yards and a touchdown , with one interception for a passer rating of 81.8 .
Super Bowl XX was an American football game between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Chicago Bears and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 1985 season . The Bears defeated the Patriots by the score of 46-10 , capturing their first NFL championship since 1963 , three years prior to the birth of the Super Bowl . Super Bowl XX was played on January 26 , 1986 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans . This was the fourth Super Bowl and , to date , the last time in which both teams made their Super Bowl debuts . The Bears entered the game after becoming the second team in NFL history to win 15 regular season games . With their then-revolutionary 46 defense , Chicago led the league in several defensive categories , outscored their opponents with a staggering margin of 456-198 , and recorded two postseason shutouts . The Patriots were considered a Cinderella team during the 1985 season , and posted an 11-5 regular season record , but entered the playoffs as a wild card because of tiebreakers . But defying the odds , New England posted three road playoff wins to advance to Super Bowl XX . In their victory over the Patriots , the Bears set or tied Super Bowl records for sacks ( seven ) , fewest rushing yards allowed ( seven ) , and margin of victory ( 36 points ) . At the time , New England broke the record for the quickest lead in Super Bowl history , with Tony Franklin 's 36-yard field goal 1:19 into the first quarter after a Chicago fumble . But the Patriots were eventually held to negative yardage ( −19 ) throughout the entire first half , and finished with just 123 total yards from scrimmage , the second lowest total yards in Super Bowl history , behind the Minnesota Vikings ( 119 total yards ) in Super Bowl IX . Bears defensive end Richard Dent , who had 1.5 quarterback sacks , forced two fumbles , and blocked a pass , was named the game 's Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) .