hɪz fˈaɪnəl ʃˈoʊ ɡˈɑːɹnɚd fˈoːɹhˈʌndɹɪd,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ vjˈuːɚz, ɡˈɪvɪŋ ðə nˈuːzkæst ɐ fˈɪftiːn.sˈɪks nˈiːlsən ɹˈeɪɾɪŋ ænd mˈeɪkɪŋ hˌɪm "mˈoːɹ pˈɑːpjʊlɚ ðɐn ˈɑːpɹə".
His final show garnered 400,000 viewers, giving the newscast a 15.6 Nielsen rating and making him "more popular than Oprah".