MAS*H
Summary
TheMASHfranchise was kill off by the achiever of a major eighties series - which was for the best . Much has been written about how big of an impactMASHhad on television . place aside its enceinte gag and ensemble roll , it took handsome creative swings , such as wipe out offHenry Blake during the third time of year . Killing off a major character was a big no - no during the 1970s , but not only did the medical sitcom take the risk - which receive major rebound - but it went on to pioneer blend in comedy with drama .
MASHran for 11 seasonsin aggregate , but of course , any show that runs that farseeing risks diminishing take . The series was consistently popular - with the coda being the most look out written sequence of television ever broadcast - but by the final few seasons , the energy had dipped . Like most hit shows , CBS attempted a fewMASHspinoffs too , includingTrapper John , M.D. ( which for legal reasons , later distance itself fromMASH)andWALTE*R , a give way TV movie buffer for a Radar show .
AfterMASH Was Crushed By The A-Team In The Ratings
The MASH spinoff stood no chance against B. A. Baracus
Cast
The most ( in)famous spinoff wasAfterMASHstarring the retrovert Harry Morgan , Jamie Farr and William Christopher . This reunite Colonel Potter , Father Mulcahy and Klinger at a ex-serviceman ’s infirmary following the last of the Korean War , with the sequel series go far about six month afterMASHended . The show is regard as a monumental , mortifying nonstarter now , but despite its reputation , AfterMASHscored well in the ratings during the first season .
Still , CBS wanted the second season to be evenbigger . For some bizarre cause , CBS decide to pitAfterMASHagainst the third season of NBC ’s action hit TheA - Team , which by then was a pop acculturation phenomenon . CBS even put out a bill poster have Farr ’s Klinger enclothe in a nurse ’s consistent knock off off Mr. T ’s mohawkto point it would win the evaluation battle ; the opposite was true .
The A - Team continued to be a rating smash , while AfterMASH perform so disastrously that CBS cancel the spinoff after nine episodes .
To add insult to injury , the final produce episode " Wet Feet " never even aired in the U.S. alternatively , according toMASH4077TH , CBS replaced it with a news peculiar about taxation reform . Given how badly find the second season was , this tax special may have ultimately been odd than " Wet Feet . "
AfterMASH signaled the end of the franchise
Every MASH Movie & TV Series
Release twelvemonth
MASH(Movie )
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1970
MASH(TV Series )
1972 - 1983
Trapper John , M.D.
1979 - 1986
AfterMASH
1983 - 1985
WALTE*R
1984
AfterMASHnever won over critics , but its first serial was still a prosperous achiever . The novelty of the spinoff was over by the time season 2 come around , and placing it in the same slot asThe A - Teamwas a really piteous choice . BothAfterMASHand the barely seenWALTE*Rfailed to extend the shelf living of the franchise , and both feel like transparent motion by CBS to keep one of its biggest shows going .
Several key MASH thespian get out the show at the height of its popularity , with reason graze from fear of type to originative difference .
With the independent hurl ofMASHhaving prompt on , it was unmortgaged the show ’s time was done . In the aftermath ofAfterMASH , there were no further attempts at create spinoffsor more offshoots . The ensemble has reunited several times in the decades since forMASHreunion specials , but gratefully , nobody has dared to revive it .
MASH Should NEVER Be Revived
If CBS learned any lessons fromAfterMASH , it would be that any exertion to unnaturally keep the property alive was doom . MASHwas lightning in the bottleful and a great example of a series that found its foot over the course of a few season . It began as a sitcom but evolved into a dramedy and one that really link up with viewing audience . It may have miss the grit of the source novel or the 1970 Robert Altman movie , but it carved out its own bequest .
This is why MASH can never - or more accurately , SHOULD never - be reboot , since its cultural footprint is too large .
It ’s hard to cerebrate which modern - twenty-four hour period performers could replace Alan Alda as Hawkeye or Gary Burghoff as Radar , and it would be foolish to hear . The only means aMASHreboot could work would be to get much grittierand thin into the darkness of being a surgeon in a warzone . Even then , there was a lovingness to the show that kept viewers coming back for 11 age , and a gory aesculapian drama would n’t bring in the same investment .
The series is one of those classic sitcoms likeCheersorSeinfeldthat needs to be left alone . A revitalisation / reboot could never have the same impact , and it ’s best to leave its legacy in place . There have been no signs of any internet even mulling a new take onMASH- and it should stay that means .
reference : MASH4077TH.com
MAS*H is a drama - comedy series set during the Korean War , center on the living of the stave at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital as they navigate the challenge of wartime aesculapian serve with humor and resilience .
