On 17 September 2010 Coronation Street entered the Guinness World Records book as the world's longest-running television soap opera after the American soap opera As the World Turns had its final episode.

In the final lap of the 2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500, Harvick beat Jeff Gordon by. 006 seconds, the same margin that Earnhardt had won over Bobby Labonte at the same race a year prior, and the images of Earnhardt's longtime gas man, Danny " Chocolate " Myers, crying after the victory, Harvick's tire-smoking burnout on the frontstretch with three fingers held aloft outside the driver's window, and the Fox television call by Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, and Darrell Waltrip, concluding with " Gordon got loose, but he ( Harvick ) is gonna get him though, it's Harvick!

At the time, the final episode of The Fugitive held the record for the greatest number of American homes with television sets to watch a series finale, at 72 % in August 1967.

* 1986 – The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its final episode after 35 years on the air.

He is the star and co-creator of the television show Rescue Me, which ended its seventh and final season on September 7, 2011.

Groucho's final appearance was a brief sketch with George Burns in the Bob Hope television Special Joys in 1976.

* The poem was used as the title of one of the final episodes of the 1987-1989 television series Beauty and the Beast.

He also co-created with Michael Jacobs the television show Dinosaurs during his final years.

After her final film, Davis appeared for a brief time as a guest star in television dramas such as Wagon Train and The Tall Man until 1962, when she retired as an actress.

Three years later, the show returned to television for its final series, which was produced with an aspect ratio of 16: 9.

A party of this kind may also be held following the end of shooting for a motion picture ( called a “ wrap party ”) or after the season ’ s final episode of a television series.

Super Bowl XVI also became one of the most watched broadcasts in American television history, with more than 85 million viewers, and a final national Nielsen rating of 49. 1 ( a 73 share ).

The final national Nielsen rating was a 49. 1 ( a 73 share ), which is still a Super Bowl record, and ranks second only to the final episode of M * A * S * H in 1983 among television broadcasts in general.

The NBC television broadcast averaged 95. 13 million people in the United States, breaking the then-record most watched sporting event ever on American television, and the second most watched program of all, trailing only the final episode of M * A * S * H.

This was Summerall's 26th and ( to date ) final Super Bowl broadcast on television or radio.

Cable television represented a possible alternative to deployment of UHF converters as broadcasts could be frequency-shifted to VHF channels at the cable head-end instead of the final viewing location.

1987 also saw the band embark on another national tour, appearances on national television – including playing the final episode of Countdown and the lead single " At First Sight " making the Young Einstein soundtrack.

* December 26 – After 35 years on the airwaves and holding the title of longest-running non-news program on network television, NBC airs the final episode of daytime drama Search for Tomorrow.

** The Tiananmen Square massacre takes place in Beijing on the army's approach to the square, and the final stand-off in the square is covered live on television.

Furthermore, Dame Eva Turner, the most renowned Turandot of the inter-war period, insisted on pronouncing the word as " Turan-do " ( i. e. without the final " t "), as television interviews with her attest.

Finney made several television productions for the BBC in the 1990s, including The Green Man ( 1990 ), based on a story by Kingsley Amis, the acclaimed drama A Rather English Marriage ( 1998 ) ( with Tom Courtenay ), and the lead role in Dennis Potter's final two plays, Karaoke and Cold Lazarus in 1996 and 1997.

He retired from filmmaking in 1959, soon after receiving his sixth Academy Award nomination for The Last Angry Man ; however, he made a final television appearance in the series Saints and Sinners in 1962.

A critically panned film he made about the life of Richard Wagner ( noted for having the only onscreen teaming of Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson in the same scenes ) was shown as a television miniseries in 1983 after failing to achieve a theatrical release in most countries, but Burton enjoyed a personal triumph in the American television miniseries Ellis Island in 1984, receiving a posthumous Emmy Award nomination for his final television performance.

During the year that followed, Dick co-operated whole-heartedly with the dentist and was delighted with the final result achieved -- an upper row of strong straight teeth that completely changed his facial appearance.

It then toured to other states, with the final appearance at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery on 21 January 2007.

Buster Keaton made his final film appearance in the role of Erronius.

In the graphics pipeline, it is the last major step, giving the final appearance to the models and animation.

In 1999, 88 years after his final major league appearance and 44 years after his death, editors at The Sporting News ranked Cy Young 14th on their list of " Baseball's 100 Greatest Players ".

Plato actually returned for several appearances during the show's final 1986 season, which appeared on ABC, including an episode ( Plato's final appearance in the series ) in which Kimberly suffers the effects of bulimia.

From 1995 to 1997 they played all their games there, from 1998 to 2000 they split their home matches between Murrayfield and Glasgow's Hampden Park, then moved to Glasgow full-time, with one final Murrayfield appearance in 2002.

Their best performance since was a semi final appearance in 1990.

England have never won the UEFA European Football Championship – their best performance being a semi final appearance at the 1968 and 1996 Championships.

Jackie Mason was banned from the series in October 1964 ( the ban was removed a year and a half later, and Mason made his final appearance on the show ).

This was Bruce Lee's final film appearance before his death on July 20, 1973.

1941 brought Essendon's first grand final appearance since 1923, but the side again lowered its colours to Melbourne.

Her final public appearance was at an after-party at the Sardi's restaurant in New York City, following the premiere of the documentary film Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There.

After his final on-screen appearance, introducing That's Entertainment!

His final appearance was a 2 – 3 defeat away to local rivals Tampa Bay Rowdies on 17 June 1978, in which Rodney Marsh scored all three for the home team.

Jack Lemmon presented Groucho with an honorary Academy Award in 1974, his final major public appearance, in which he received a standing ovation.

On his final league appearance, he scored twice in a 3 – 1 home win over a West Ham side whose title hopes had just disappeared.

A dramatic season end included wins in 10 of their last 12 games, but the Astros missed a playoff appearance when they lost the final game of the season to the Atlanta Braves.

Booth made the final appearance of his acting career at Ford's on March 18, 1865, when he again played Duke Pescara in The Apostate.

His final appearance, for England was on 10 June 1962, as England were defeated 3-1 by Brazil in the World Cup quarter-final at Estadio Sausalito in Viña del Mar, Chile.

He made his final public appearance on October 15, 1972, throwing the ceremonial first pitch before Game 2 of the World Series.

In 1976, he appeared for the last time in a motion picture, playing a movie crewman who is fired by a movie mogul, played by Art Carney, in Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood, and he also made his final public appearance in that year when he was inducted into the Body Building Guild Hall of Fame.

Dalglish did not play in Liverpool's 1988 – 89 campaign, and he made his final league appearance on 5 May 1990 as a substitute against Derby.