I need help with this. I'm trying to find out if RHODA"S Wedding in 1974 was the MOST HYPED UP EPISODE in TV HISTORY. I think I remember hearing that but I'm not 100% sure. If Anyone knows that would be great.

Some others worth mentioning:

The final episode of "M*A*S*H"

The episode of Dallas when they revealed "who shot J.R."

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
MOST HYPED UP EPISODE in TV HISTORY.

That's a very subjective statement. I don't think anyone could really say for sure. As TJL suggested, the last episode of M*A*S*H was hyped an awful lot, if I recall correctly the National Enquirer was offering $15,000 or so for a copy of the script. And the last episode of Cheers or Seinfeld? Both very hyped.

I'm sure the episode of Rhoda with Rhoda's wedding was hyped, most TV weddings are, but I highly doubt anyone can help you prove that it was the most hyped up ever.

Originally posted by tvobscurities
That's a very subjective statement. I don't think anyone could really say for sure. As TJL suggested, the last episode of M*A*S*H was hyped an awful lot, if I recall correctly the National Enquirer was offering $15,000 or so for a copy of the script. And the last episode of Cheers or Seinfeld? Both very hyped.

I'm sure the episode of Rhoda with Rhoda's wedding was hyped, most TV weddings are, but I highly doubt anyone can help you prove that it was the most hyped up ever.



I swear i remeber hearing that Rhoda's Wedding received the most huped or was the most watched episode of ALL TIME.

I don't doubt that you may have heard it. Saying that a particular episode is the most hyped episode of all time is, of course, more hype. I just personally doubt that any one episode of any one show can truthfully claim the title of "most hyped up" episode ever, that's all.

Gotta be Seinfeld's finale. At least that wins for most hyped up let down.

Originally posted by Jen1989
I know there was a lot of hype around the episode "A My Name Is Alex" where Alex's friend Greg dies and he has a hard time dealing with it. That was a Family Ties episode. Also the last episode of Family Ties- Alex Doesn't Live Here Anymore- had a lot of hype.



Do you know if TV guide had it on the front cover?

Who Shot JR?

or the finales of Cheers and Seinfeld.

I also heard somewhere numerous times that the finale episode of "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper" got VERY hyped and got HUGE ratings.
I do remember a big deal about it.
But I wouldnt think it was the biggest of all time.

Hangin with Mr. Cooper??????? You got to be kiddin me

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper wasn't hyped. ABC aired it in the summer. I even forgot to watch it.

Originally posted by mr roper
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper wasn't hyped. ABC aired it in the summer. I even forgot to watch it.


that's what I figured

Originally posted by dawsongirl
Gotta be Seinfeld's finale. At least that wins for most hyped up let down.

Amen to that...And Cheers is def. on the list there...And it was a pretty big thing when Shelley Long left Cheers in 1987.

the most hyped shows were:

final episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore show"

"The Stivics go west"-"All in the Family" episode when Mike & Gloria left.

the Who Shot J.R.? episode of "Dallas" (ironically, the final show of "Dallas" didn't get any hype)

final episodes of "Cheers" "Seinfeld" "MASH" & "Newhart"
final episode of "Family Ties"



and next month, you can bet "Friends" & "Frasier" will be on that list.
In fact, I just read on another site that they're going to realese the "Friends" finale on DVD just 5 DAYS!!! after it airs! TALK ABOUT OVERHYPE!!!!!
ohno: ohno:

The Simpsons - Who Shot Mr. Burns ;)

I remember the most hyped up show for me was the Seinfeld Finale, Just because I was getting ready for it, and I was totally satisfyed with how it ended.

I think it'd be "Who Shot JR" - that had a whole summer of hype

The Dallas episode #58 "Who Done It?" was very hyped up, and in my opinion, it was a GREAT episode. The summer of 1980 was all about the show. Dozens of magazine covers, polls across the world were being conducted, and in one incident, Linda Grey (who played JR's wife Sue Ellen) was traveling on an airplane and the pilot said over the speaker "I'm not landing this plane until Linda Grey tells me who shot JR!" And he was serious!

WHAT ABOUT RHODA WEDDING??? I could use some help from someone who was atleast 18 in the Fall of 1974

The premiere of Survivor Outback. All I remember seeing a month before it premiered was the cast on every magazine cover- every single one. I can't remember a show in recent history that hyped.

Originally posted by db108108
I can't remember a show in recent history that hyped.

The final Episode of "Sex And The City" was hyped nonstop on HBO. For a month, almost every promo was about the finale.

The final episode of "Friends" will most definatly be a candidate for most overhyped episode in TV history.

Originally posted by TJL
The final episode of "Friends" will most definatly be a candidate for most overhyped episode in TV history.



I hope not

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
WHAT ABOUT RHODA WEDDING??? I could use some help from someone who was atleast 18 in the Fall of 1974

Well, I wasn't alive back then, but I do think it was pretty well hyped. Not on a par with "Who Shot JR?" but it had to have been up there. I read somewhere that Howard Cosell had to cover a football game on the night the wedding ep. aired, and he arranged a private screening of it, just so he wouldn't have to miss it. LOL. Something like 60 million people tuned in to see Rhoda get married.

Originally posted by Kristen
Well, I wasn't alive back then, but I do think it was pretty well hyped. Not on a par with "Who Shot JR?" but it had to have been up there. I read somewhere that Howard Cosell had to cover a football game on the night the wedding ep. aired, and he arranged a private screening of it, just so he wouldn't have to miss it. LOL. Something like 60 million people tuned in to see Rhoda get married.


Yeah I watched part 2 of her wedding last week. Seeing her running through the NYC streets with her wedding dress on was very funny.

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
WHAT ABOUT RHODA WEDDING??? I could use some help from someone who was atleast 18 in the Fall of 1974
well, from what I remember of it when it first aired, it was very hyped. People were talking about it for a couple weeks before, and they were even talking about it on "The Mary Tyler Moore show".

Originally posted by treky
well, from what I remember of it when it first aired, it was very hyped. People were talking about it for a couple weeks before, and they were even talking about it on "The Mary Tyler Moore show".

Was Rhoda on front of TV GUIDE with her wedding dress on?

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
Yeah I watched part 2 of her wedding last week. Seeing her running through the NYC streets with her wedding dress on was very funny.

The image of Rhoda in her wedding dress running through the streets is one of those images that is practically BURNED into my memory.

Originally posted by JT
The image of Rhoda in her wedding dress running through the streets is one of those images that is practically BURNED into my memory.


Hard to lose that image

Originally posted by calvertfan
The Simpsons - Who Shot Mr. Burns ;)


I remember that like it was yesterday. I can remember watching Mr. Burns get shot when it aired. Then I waited all summer for the season premiere. It was a big subject in the classroom. I was surprised when I saw who shot him. I didn't know until years later that it was a spoof of Dallas, where J.R. gets shot. Before then I was wondering why Mr. Burns turned so mean in that episode. I also watched the special they had before the episode revealed who shot him. I don't think it has aired since then. It was called "Springfield's Most Wanted."

Originally posted by Brian
I remember that like it was yesterday. I can remember watching Mr. Burns get shot when it aired. Then I waited all summer for the season premiere. It was a big subject in the classroom. I was surprised when I saw who shot him. I didn't know until years later that it was a spoof of Dallas, where J.R. gets shot. Before then I was wondering why Mr. Burns turned so mean in that episode. I also watched the special they had before the episode revealed who shot him. I don't think it has aired since then. It was called "Springfield's Most Wanted."



I don't remember hearing anything about this

This was in 1996. I remember it being hyped up.

Originally posted by Brian
This was in 1996. I remember it being hyped up.

Me, too. It was 1995. The sixth season cliffhanger.

I just don't understand why would anything having to do with the Simpsons be hyped up?

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
I just don't understand why would anything having to do with the Simpsons be hyped up?


The Simpsons was well into its prime then. It was probably the most popular show on FOX at the time.

Originally posted by AKA
Me, too. It was 1995. The sixth season cliffhanger.

Oh, yeah. I knew there was something amiss when I said 1996.

Originally posted by Brian
I remember that like it was yesterday. I can remember watching Mr. Burns get shot when it aired. Then I waited all summer for the season premiere. It was a big subject in the classroom. I was surprised when I saw who shot him. I didn't know until years later that it was a spoof of Dallas, where J.R. gets shot. Before then I was wondering why Mr. Burns turned so mean in that episode. I also watched the special they had before the episode revealed who shot him. I don't think it has aired since then. It was called "Springfield's Most Wanted."

You know what's scary?



I remember that. :eek:

Originally posted by Brian
The Simpsons was well into its prime then. It was probably the most popular show on FOX at the time.

And it's still popular. It's going to be ending its 14th season and will be up to 16 seasons by the time their contract runs out in 2005. Only then will they decide if they want to try to break 20 seasons or just quit right there. :)

I can still remember when The Simpsons got started - December 1989. I was 4 years old :D

Originally posted by Miss Vicki
And it's still popular. It's going to be ending its 14th season and will be up to 16 seasons by the time their contract runs out in 2005. Only then will they decide if they want to try to break 20 seasons or just quit right there. :)

I can still remember when The Simpsons got started - December 1989. I was 4 years old :D

I remember watching the very first Simpsons short on The Tracey Ullman Show in 1987. I was seven years old.

Originally posted by Miss Vicki
And it's still popular. It's going to be ending its 14th season and will be up to 16 seasons by the time their contract runs out in 2005. Only then will they decide if they want to try to break 20 seasons or just quit right there. :)

I can still remember when The Simpsons got started - December 1989. I was 4 years old :D


Yep. It's the only prime time fictitious series from the 1980s that is still airing today, even though only one episode aired in 1989 but still. It would be cool if they matched or broke Gunsmoke's record of years on the air with 20 (1955-1975).

Originally posted by Brian
Yep. It's the only prime time fictitious series from the 1980s that is still airing today, even though only one episode aired in 1989 but still. It would be cool if they matched or broke Gunsmoke's record of years on the air with 20 (1955-1975).


Gunsmoke was only popular because it wasn't a such thing of cable TV in the 50's. People back then didn't have much to choose from.

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
Gunsmoke was only popular because it wasn't a such thing of cable TV in the 50's. People back then didn't have much to choose from.

Although I think "The Simpsons" isnt as good as it used to be.... I think it will outlast Gunsmoke, and go for 21 Seasons.

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
Gunsmoke was only popular because it wasn't a such thing of cable TV in the 50's. People back then didn't have much to choose from.

(added the underlining for emphasis)

I honestly don't see how you can state something like that as simple fact. Saying that Gunsmoke was only popular because there was no cable when it aired is like saying I Love Lucy was only popular because of no cable. The actual fact of the matter is, people enjoyed the series and watched it in large numbers.

Originally posted by tvobscurities
(added the underlining for emphasis)

I honestly don't see how you can state something like that as simple fact. Saying that Gunsmoke was only popular because there was no cable when it aired is like saying I Love Lucy was only popular because of no cable. The actual fact of the matter is, people enjoyed the series and watched it in large numbers.



My point is tha back in the 50's there was nothing else for American viewers to choose from. It was only 3 channels. ABC, CBS, and NBC. So they had to FORCE their self to like something about shows like Gunsmoke, Mr. Ed, and I love Lucy.

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
My point is tha back in the 50's there was nothing else for American viewers to choose from. It was only 3 channels. ABC, CBS, and NBC. So they had to FORCE their self to like something about shows like Gunsmoke, Mr. Ed, and I love Lucy.

It's true that viewers had only three networks to chose from (after DuMont fell apart) but the reason Gunsmoke rose from 8th in the ratings during the 56-57 season to 1st in the 57-58 season wasn't simply because there were only a few things to watch. People liked the show. Your point is valid; I just don't agree with the way you presented it in your first post.

Originally posted by tvobscurities
It's true that viewers had only three networks to chose from (after DuMont fell apart) but the reason Gunsmoke rose from 8th in the ratings during the 56-57 season to 1st in the 57-58 season wasn't simply because there were only a few things to watch. People liked the show. Your point is valid; I just don't agree with the way you presented it in your first post.



My grandmom said if she had DirecTV in 1955 she would probably have never watched Gunsmoke-LOL

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
My grandmom said if she had DirecTV in 1955 she would probably have never watched Gunsmoke-LOL

To be totally honest, I wouldn't have watched it either. The only Western I really enjoy is Bonanza and for the life of me I can't tell you why. ;)

Originally posted by tvobscurities
To be totally honest, I wouldn't have watched it either. The only Western I really enjoy is Bonanza and for the life of me I can't tell you why. ;)

Bonanza would have failed today just because it's TOO MUCH COMPETITION.

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
Bonanza would have failed today just because it's TOO MUCH COMPETITION.

Well not just that.
If westerns were still "cool".... it would do well.

Originally posted by barwars88
Well not just that.
If westerns were still "cool".... it would do well.


My grandmom is the only one i know who would Bonanza in 2004