On September 17, 1972, M*A*S*H aired on TV for the first time.
Sun Sep 18, 2022: On September 17, 1972, M*A*S*H aired for the first time.
M*A*S*H (TV series)
Based on:
MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, by Richard Hooker; and the screenplay by Ring Lardner, Jr.
No. of seasons: 11
No. of episodes: 256 (list of episodes)
Original release: September 17, 1972 February 28, 1983
M*A*S*H (an acronym for
Mobile
Army
Surgical
Hospital) is an American war comedy-drama television series that aired on CBS from September 17, 1972 to February 28, 1983. It was developed by Larry Gelbart as the first original spin-off series adapted from the 1970 feature film
M*A*S*H, which, in turn, was based on Richard Hooker's 1968 novel
MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors. The series, which was produced with 20th Century Fox Television for CBS, follows a team of doctors and support staff stationed at the "4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital" in Uijeongbu, South Korea, during the Korean War (195053).
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