Mash goodbye, farewell, and amen tv episode 1983 imdb. The local affiliates that played mash when i was a kid had a half hour slot, so they werent going to air a 2 hour episode. While the finale of mash was goodbye, farewell, amen, which received over 100 million views and has been raised to the status of pop culture legend, it wasnt the final episode for the cast and crew. The final episode of game of thrones sets viewership. The following content contains the tentative list of the mostwatched television. In this final episode, the staff of the 4077th mash unit find their lives no less hectic despite. Approximately 1 million years ago ok fine, the exact date was feb. With approximately 125 million viewers, this overtook dallas. However, while the episode marked the end of the series for the viewers, it wasnt the same for the series cast.
Archie and edith bunkers final appearance duration. Final episode of mash drew record 106 million tv viewers on feb. Tvs best and worst series finales from lost to the sopranos, these are last episodes that got it right and very, very wrong. Its finale was the most watched program on tv that week with an audience of. Although, in the case of cheers, after that last episode was filmed and the audience was sent home, the final scene of everyone sitting around the bar was shot. Game of thrones finale sets record audience for hbo with. Goodbye, farewell, and amen has a runtime of 2 hours.
The record for the mostwatched us television show is still held by the korean war comedy mash, which attracted nearly 106 million viewers for the final episode in 1983. The last episode that aired, the season 7 finale in 2017, attracted a series high of 16. Of course, the television landscape has changed dramatically here over the last 30 years. The episode was written by eight collaborators, including series star alan alda, who also directed. The final is a thankful farewell to those who survived the terrible and those who didnt. Why do they not show the final episode of mash on tv. Popular television comedy friends ends decadelong run with 52. Alan alda on writing the mash episode dear sigmund and the performance of allan arbus as m. How many viewers watched goodbye, farewell and amen in february 1983.
The real last episode shot was as time goes by, the one penultimately aired. Goodbye, farewell and amen is a television film that served as the 256th and final episode of the american television series mash. The final episode of mash monday night was seen by 125. Mash 30th anniversary reunion special full episode may 2002 duration. Friends finales audience is the fourth biggest ever. Mash may have secured victory in 8283 race for cbs. The final episode of mash on cbstv on monday night was the mostwatched single program in television history, according to cbs. While mash always dealt with serious issues of life and loss, the fin. The twohour episode, titled goodbye, farewell and amen, was written by alan alda and eight more collaborators that had written for the series through its eleven seasons from 1972 to 1983. The 10 mostwatched tv series finales ever mental floss. What happened in the last episode of the tv series bonanza. As with trapper john, when wayne rogers didnt want to come back, larry linville thought hed taken frank burns as far as he could and they just handled his. Closing out the series 11th season, the 2 hour episode first aired on cbs on february 28, 1983, ending the series original run.
In the closing days of the korean war, the staff of the 4077 mash unit find themselves facing irrevocable changes in their lives. Mash major winchester leaves the 4077th for the last. Goodbye, farewell and amen is a television film that served as the 256th and final episode of. Tv is much more for the worse without shows like mash. Mash the final episode, goodbye, farewell, amen was the most watched tv serial ever watched when it aired. So when the final wrap was called it was just the staff there to see it. The good doctor ended season 3 on monday night in dramatic fashion with a major character death, and a large audience tuned in to watch. Thats not only the biggest audience to date for the super bowl, but the biggest audience for a televised event in the u. The sequel to the series aired in 2009 and episode 26 was the final episode for the entire series. The biggest finale episode ever was for mash, which pulled in 106 million viewers on cbs in 1983. The last episode of the third year when we read the script page and found out that henry died, we were all stunned, and larry gelbart asked for comments and a. Final episode of mash airs on february 28, 1983, the celebrated sitcom mash bows out after 11 seasons, airing a special twoandahalf hour episode watched by 77 percent of the television. Larry linville was in the final episode of season 5, in which major houlihan gets married, and is not in the first episode of season 6. The final episode set records for viewership, not to mention the most expensive kiss in tv history between hawkeye and margaret based on length of time and the episode s ad.
Closing out the series 11th season, the twohour episode first aired on cbs on february 28, 1983, ending the series original run. In san francisco alone, 86 percent of all the people with television sets watched. Sunday nights super bowl xliv victory for the new orleans saints was the most watched programme in us tv history, overtaking the 27yearold record set by the final episode of korean war comedy mash. The series would wrap its 11season run with a twohour finale that would. Setting a record for an hbo series, the final episode of game of thrones drew an audience of 19.
In the yalu brick road 1979, he and hawkeye are given a bike with a sidecar by a korean farmer they rescue. The final episode of game of thrones brought in a series record of 19. Asked in drama tv shows, desperate housewives is series 8 the last. Margaret houlihanpenobscott leaves for her honeymoon, maj. The mash series was as funny 30 years later as when it first aired. Final mash show mash ended february 28, 1983, with the finale becoming the mostwatched television episode in u. Call sheet from 20th century fox showing that final exterior photography took place at malibu. The final episode of mash, the movielength goodbye, farewell, and amen, aired on. The final episode of mash, the movielength goodbye, farewell, and amen, aired on februsuary 28th, 1983 following months of intense press coverage. The last episode filmed was the penultimate episode, as time goes by, which featured the previouslydiscussed time capsule. The episodes plot chronicles the final days of the korean war at the 4077th mash. Saints super bowl win nips mash finale for mostwatched. The total audience for a show represents the total number of viewers who watched all or any part of it.
The final episode of the miniseries roots on abctv in 1977 had 99 million viewers. Why did the final episode of mash receive one of the highest. This final episode is a far cry from the early wacky episodes, it is much more thoughtful and pensive. List of mostwatched television broadcasts wikipedia. With alan alda, mike farrell, harry morgan, loretta swit.
The 4077th is designated as the setting for the making of an army film on mobile army surgical hospital units. Its viewership continues to grow, even after seven seasons. Watch full episodes of metv remembers the mash finale and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. On that night, the nation seemingly shut down to watch the final episode of cbs groundbreaking military comedy mash. The final episode of m ash on cbstv on monday night was the mostwatched single program in television history, according to cbs research. Bricker is producing and, having exposed the original film, reshoots a new one his way. Why did the final episode of mash receive one of the highest nielsen ratings in us television history.
Frasier was only a few episodes behind its successor, cheers, clocking in 264 episodes compared with cheers 275. This clip is from the final episode of mash s11e16 which aired on 1983 february 28th. It was that final episode that made me want to see the entire mash. Goodbye, farewell and amen remains the king of tv series finales. The 1990 series finale of alien comedy alf brought 21.
But i digressas usual the cast and staff of mash from that final season watched the finale in a screening room. One could safely estimate that at least half of the 76. The final episodes of perennial crowdpleasing 1990sera sitcoms, including cheers, seinfeld, and friends did not surpass the mash audience either. On february 28, 1983, the celebrated sitcom mash bows out after 11 seasons, airing a special twoandahalf hour episode watched by 77 percent of the television viewing audience.
Hawkeye is chosen as the star while margaret and frank compose a screenplay. Alan alda discusses the final episode of mash emmytvlegends. One thing the media focused on was whether or not ratings for the last episode of mash would break records. Hawkeye objects to the piece of propaganda that filmmaker lt. When season 11 was shown on tv years ago, that was the first time i ever saw mash. The 20 mostwatched tv show finales of all time, ranked business. In november 2000, alan lada sat down with the television academy foundation to talk about everything mash related, including the shooting of that episode. Mash is a classic and i do believe there will never be another like it. Episode 16 goodbye, farewell and amen the final episodes of the series which was set in korea during the war there in the early 50s, follows the antics of the medical staff of the 4077th mash, or mobile army surgical hospital. One of the first episodes to keep audiences laughing before delivering a realistic, sober gutpunch about the horrors of war was in sometimes you hear the bullet, which aired on january 28, 1973.
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