On this day in 1983, a record 106 million viewers tuned in to watch “Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen,” the 2½-hour series finale of “MASH” on CBS. The Emmy Award-winning series aired for 11 seasons (and 256 episodes). From Wipekedia: The episode’s plot chronicles the final days of the Korean War at the 4077th MASH; it […]
Kellye Nakahara, the actress known for playing Nurse Kellye on CBS’ long-running “MAS*H,” has died from complications from cancer. She was 72. Her death was confirmed on the Facebook page for her art studio, Kellye Wallett Studio. Nakahara was born in Oahu, Hawaii, and moved to San Francisco as a young adult to pursue a […]
Fred Silverman, the television producer and executive who was the head of programming at one time at each of the Big 3 broadcast networks, died yesterday from complications from cancer. He was 82. Born on Sept. 13, 1937 in New York City, Silverman caught the eye of CBS executives after they read his nearly 600-page […]
David Ogden Stiers, who joined the cast of classic CBS comedy “MASH” in season six as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III, lost his battle with bladder cancer today. He was 75. “I am very sad to report that David died this morning peacefully at his home in Newport, Oregon after a courageous battle with bladder […]
SundanceTV will feature sitcoms “MASH,” “All in the Family,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Andy Griffith Show” a daily seven hour (6 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET) programming block featuring one show on each day. To kick off the new programming block, SundanceTV will air a 48-hour marathon of […]
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Wayne Rogers, who is remembered as “Trapper John” McIntyre on the first three seasons of CBS’ “M.A.S.H,” died Thursday in Los Angeles due to complications from pneumonia. He was 82. Born William Wayne McMillan Rogers III on April 7, 1933 in Birmingham, Alabama, Rogers got an early start on television on daytime soap opera “The […]
