Plot
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.
Cast
as Hawkeye Pierce
as B. J. Hunnicutt
as Sherman Potter
as Margaret Houlihan
as Charles Winchester
as Maxwell Klinger
as Father Mulcahy
Creator
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
September 17, 1972
Last Aired Date
February 28, 1983
Production Companies
20th Century Fox Television
Type
Scripted
Number of Season
11
Number of Episodes
251
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Reviews
Before Cheers, M*A*S*H was a long running sitcom that spanned a decade (ironically, was much longer than the war itself). There were hilarious moments, and there were serious, heart wrenching moments. We said goodbye to Henry Blake and hello to Sherman Potter, goodbye to Trapper and hello to BJ, and goodbye (and good riddance) to Frank Burns and hello to Charles Winchester. And we had a defin…
This Korean War medical team unit is really two shows. So, it's rated in two parts. MASH is sort of four different shows. I've read the book. I've seen the movie, and I've seen the two different formats of the TV show. The book was much like the first show, where Major Burns is a total scapegoat. There's no way to believe that Hawkeye is a god and Burns is responsible for every terrible thing …