Amazing Little-Known Facts About M*A*S*H

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While M*A*S*H eventually became a huge hit, it wasn’t always successful. In the first season, ratings tanked. Viewers didn’t seem to click with the show, causing the network to doubt their decision to keep it on. Before deciding to cancel the series because of the low viewership the network revived it by moving it to a different time slot.

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This wouldn’t be the last time the network had to take the show off the air, if you keep reading you will learn more about which scene caused the show to go dark for a while. When M*A*S*H moved to Saturday nights from its old time, after popular show All In The Family and before The Mary Taylor Moore Show. Moving the show obviously paid off, and it immediately boosted the ratings of the show, resulting in it keeping its place as one of America’s favorite television programs. While some veterans appreciated the shows lighthearted take on war, and veterans of the Korean war participated in relaying real life stories about their experiences, others found it to be a far too sterilized version of what war actually is.