Later, the 7th episode ratings crossed the 20% marking and reaching a high of 21.1%, rivaling JIN 2's peak of 23.7%.

Rank 1 of the Year, average rating 12%, highest episode rating is 20%.

Giving the episode a rating of B+, Malkowski listed "The Parent Rap" among episodes in the season where "We see wacky scenarios force Homer to bond with his family, to a rather heartwarming effect".

It was the lowest original episode rating for The Office in two years, a fact commentators said was especially surprising given that the episode was a season finale.

The plot, nicknamed 'Sharongate', gave the soap one of its highest episode ratings in October 1994, watched by over 25.3 million viewers.

The single episode ratings are as follows:

"Winter Madness" ranked third in the timeslot and was the only episode getting more viewers, going up 22 percent from the previous week's episode rating.

The third episode ratings picked up slightly from the previous episode with 324,000 viewers.

Last week's episode of We Got Married gathered 7.1%; higher than their second episode ratings, which is 6.4%.

Ratings began to dive with the third episode rating 1.2 million viewers.