{"id":464,"date":"2011-02-28T12:30:40","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T18:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/?p=464"},"modified":"2024-12-05T16:28:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T22:28:46","slug":"this-day-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/featured-designs\/this-day-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"This day in history&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/mashcast.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mashcast\" width=\"350\" height=\"223\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/mashcast.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/mashcast-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Twenty eight years ago today, the final episode of the TV Series M*A*S*H set the record for the most watched episode in US television history with 105.97 million viewers.\u00a0 This record was not suprassed until 2010 by Super Bowl XLIV.<\/p>\n<p>According to Wikipedia, &#8220;Stories persist that the episode was seen by so many people that, during the commercial breaks of the episode, the New York City Sanitation\/Public Works Department reported that the plumbing systems had broken down in some parts of the city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> M*A*S*H won a total of 14 Emmy&#8217;s during its eleven-year run, and it&#8217;s influence on pop culture endures today. 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