This past week included a few anniversaries of note. On Tuesday, February 28th, it was the 40th anniversary of the broadcast of the final episode of M*A*S*H . The series ran 11 seasons, 9 of which were in the ratings top 10 . 256 episodes. That its first season was so poorly-rated (coming in at #46) that it nearly wasn't renewed, largely buried on Sunday night, and so would have become a tv footnote, remains another of those important media lessons. Among them was that the show's second season, when it first became a top ten program, was when CBS moved it into a prime Saturday night spot after All In the Family , a spot vacated by the previous season's #5 ratings-getter, Bridget Loves Bernie , which had been canceled purely because of controversy and pressure from groups that objected to the premise of a Jew and a Catholic marrying. M*A*S*H 's final episode, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen"...
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