'Friends' (1996)

<b>The plot:</b> This double episode, aptly titled "The One After the Super Bowl," features the gang on a film set. Joey wrangles with a crazed stalker (Brooke Shields), Ross chases after his kidnapped monkey Marcel, Chandler pursues a girl he used to bully (Julia Roberts), and Monica and Rachel fight over the film's star- <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id=" PECLB004075" title="Jean-Claude van Damme" href="/topic/entertainment/jean-claude-van-damme-PECLB004075.topic">Jean-Claude Van Damme</a>.<br>
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<b>How many watched:</b> 52.9 million<br>
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<b>Touchdown or Fumble?</b> Touchdown. With six guest stars (Dan Castellaneta, <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id=" PECLB002531" title="Chris Isaak" href="/topic/entertainment/music/chris-isaak-PECLB002531.topic">Chris Isaak</a>, Roberts, Shields, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Fred Willard), not only was "The One After the Super Bowl" the series' most watched episode, it is the clear ratings winner among all post-Super Bowl television shows. Director Michael Lembeck won an Emmy for the episode and Shields' cameo landed her "Suddenly Susan" the next season.<br>
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--<i>Heather Robertson. LATimes.com</i>

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( Associated Press / February 4, 2013 )

The plot: This double episode, aptly titled "The One After the Super Bowl," features the gang on a film set. Joey wrangles with a crazed stalker (Brooke Shields), Ross chases after his kidnapped monkey Marcel, Chandler pursues a girl he used to bully (Julia Roberts), and Monica and Rachel fight over the film's star- Jean-Claude Van Damme.

How many watched: 52.9 million

Touchdown or Fumble? Touchdown. With six guest stars (Dan Castellaneta, Chris Isaak, Roberts, Shields, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Fred Willard), not only was "The One After the Super Bowl" the series' most watched episode, it is the clear ratings winner among all post-Super Bowl television shows. Director Michael Lembeck won an Emmy for the episode and Shields' cameo landed her "Suddenly Susan" the next season.

--Heather Robertson. LATimes.com

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