[net.tv] Say Goodbye to M*A*S*H

sjb (01/15/83)

It was with great sadness that I learned that the final scene to
the FINAL episode of M*A*S*H was filmed yesterday.  The last show,
which will air on 28 February, will run as a 2 or 2.5 hour movie
depicting the end of the Korean War and the breaking up of the
4077th.  The show, now in its 11th season, is not ending due to
low ratings (it still places 3rd on the Neilson's list, behind
60 Minutes and Dallas) but rather because the crew wants to end
it before it does start declining.  Its producers are hoping to,
in the future, star Harry Morgan, Jamie Farr, and William Christopher
in a post-war M*A*S*H, in which the three will be working together
in a Veteran's Hospital.

So we must now bid farewell to an American legacy.  May the reruns
live on forever!