More than 100 million Americans tuned in to bid "Goodbye,
Farewell and Amen" to the doctors, nurses and staff of the
fictional 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital on this day
in history, Feb. 28, 1983.

The final episode of the hit CBS sitcom "M*A*S*H" remained
the most-watched television program in American history for
27 years.

It was finally surpassed by Super Bowl XLIV (the Saints over
the Colts) in February 2010.

Its finale is still the most watched scripted TV show in
American history, 40 years later.