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M*a*s*h

  1. anniversaries
    The Chicken and the BabyForty years ago this week, M*A*S*H signed off with an emotional jab at network TV’s commitment to sanitizing the ugly stuff.
  2. obits
    M*A*S*H Co-creator Gene Reynolds Dead at 96Reynolds directed and wrote for the show.
  3. obits
    René Auberjonois, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Boston Legal Actor, Dead at 79Among his many roles, the Madam Secretary actor voiced Chef Louis in Disney’s The Little Mermaid.
  4. hulu
    M*A*S*H, How I Met Your Mother, and, Most Importantly, Bones Are Coming to HuluHulu’s deal with 20th Century Fox TV also includes rights to Glee, The Practice, and Dollhouse.
  5. ‘M*A*S*H’ Star Loretta Swit Explains How She Helped Turn ‘Hot Lips’ […]One of the many reasons M*A*S*H was such a beloved and wildly successful series was Loretta Swit, the lone female star of the show who played […]
  6. r.i.p.
    M*A*S*H Actor William Christopher Dies at 84Christopher played the show’s Father Mulcahy.
  7. Presenting ‘Mastergate,’ an October Comedy SurpriseI’ve seen countless posts across the Internet this year saying some variation of “2016 sucks for killing so many of our favorite celebrities.” […]
  8. Why You Should Watch ‘M*A*S*H’ If You Haven’t AlreadyThere’s been a rising trend in the past year or so of turning beloved comedy series into bingeable packages: NBC aired classic Saturday Night […]
  9. vulture lists
    8 Ways TV Shows Have Killed Off Unhappy ActorsWriters have a long history of exacting their revenge on an actor by giving his character a Faces of Death–style ending.
  10. streaming
    What’s New on Netflix: February 2015Including Joe, Spartacus, and the first five seasons of M*A*S*H.
  11. imagined games
    What If Mad Men’s Peggy Olson Played M-A-S-H?Mansion, Apartment, Shack, House.
  12. spinoffs
    Vince Gilligan Very Chill About Better Call SaulAfterMASH doesn’t scare him.
  13. Former ‘M*A*S*H’ Showrunner Says ‘Community’ Might Be Better Off than Dan […]Ken Levine is a TV writer that has worked on some of the most acclaimed sitcoms there are: M*A*S*H, Cheers, The Simpsons, Frasier, and Becker […]
  14. games
    Great Moments in Fictional Sitcom GamesNew Girl’s True American is fun. But is it as fun as It’s Always Sunny’s Chardee MacDennis?
  15. Parks and Rec vs. Arrested Development and WKRP in Cincinnati vs. MASHThe Best Sitcom Episode Ever Tournament is pitting 32 of the greatest episodes of funny TV shows ever produced against each other in a […]
  16. Ten Funny People Who Passed Away in 2011“Let’s all drink to the death of a clown.” Another year, another group of people funnier than you or I who passed away. Death’s such a bitch, […]
  17. obits
    Harry Morgan, M*A*S*H*’s Colonel Potter, Dies at 96He won an Emmy for the role in 1980.
  18. The Laugh Track: A Film NoirThey call him Bickelhaupt. First name John. He’s a “re-recording mixer,” you know the old Hollywood type. Only thing dirtier’n his pockets is […]
  19. Think Twice, It’s Alright: the Best Two-Part Sitcom EpisodesIt’s tough enough for TV writers to make viewers laugh for 22 minutes — to extend an episode’s length to 44 minutes, even spread over two […]
  20. M*A*S*H*: The Video Game on the Atari 2600I write video games and I write and perform comedy. Both keep the lights on and I love both very, very much. Therefore, the ultimate […]
  21. ratings
    Suck It, M*A*S*H FinaleWith 105.97 viewers, last night’s Super Bowl beat the ‘M*A*S*H’ series finale’s 27-year-old record to become the most-watched TV program in U.S. history.