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AfterMASH
AfterMASH is an American sitcom television series produced as a spin-off and continuation of M*A*S*H that aired on CBS from September 26, 1983, to May 31, 1985. It was developed as the sequel series as it takes place immediately following the end of the Korean War and chronicles the postwar adventures of three main characters from the original series: Colonel Sherman T. Potter (Harry Morgan), Sergeant Maxwell Klinger (Jamie Farr) and Father John Mulcahy (William Christopher).
AfterMASH was developed as a vehicle for Morgan, Farr, and Christopher (as they were the only main cast members of M*A*S*H who wanted the series to continue beyond an eleventh season when a vote was taken prior to production of what was to be the final season of M*A*S*H). Rosalind Chao rounded out the starring cast as Soon-Lee Klinger, a Korean refugee whom Klinger met, fell in love with, and married in the prior series finale "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen". M*A*S*H supporting cast-member Kellye Nakahara joined them, albeit off-camera, as the voice of the hospital's public address system, and former M*A*S*H regular Gary Burghoff and recurring player Edward Winter made guest appearances as Radar O'Reilly and Colonel Samuel Flagg respectively.
The series was created by Larry Gelbart, who developed the M*A*S*H series of which he was writer/showrunner for its first four seasons. Also involved with the production of AfterMASH were Burt Metcalfe (the only producer to stay with the M*A*S*H during its entire run from 1972 to 1983) and writer/producers Ken Levine and David Isaacs, who worked on M*A*S*H in its fifth to eighth seasons.
AfterMASH made frequent references to M*A*S*H, and likewise featured storylines that highlighted the horrors and suffering of war, from the non-combat perspective of a veterans' hospital. The series was released to much fanfare but was later subjected to much retooling (including changes to its supporting cast, theme music, and timeslot) and suffered diminishing ratings before its cancellation in 1985 after only two seasons, the second of which was cut short with only nine episodes produced (one of which did not air in the USA). A total of 31 episodes of AfterMASH were produced and broadcast.
AfterMASH premiered in late 1983 in the same Monday at 9 p.m. time slot as its predecessor, M*A*S*H. It finished at No. 15 out of 101 network shows for the 1983–1984 season according to Nielsen Media Research television ratings. For its second season, CBS moved the show to Tuesday nights at 8:00 p.m., opposite NBC's Top 10 hit The A-Team, and launched a marketing campaign featuring illustrations by Sanford Kossin of Max Klinger in a female nurse's uniform shaving off Mr. T's signature mohawk, theorizing that AfterMASH would take a large portion of the A-Team audience. The opposite occurred, as AfterMASH's ratings plummeted to near the bottom of the television rankings, leading to its cancellation just nine episodes into its second season, finishing at only No. 72 out of 77 shows for the 1984–1985 season. Meanwhile, The A-Team continued until 1987, with 97 episodes.
Critics were mostly negative about the program. In 1999, Time magazine listed the show as one of the 100 worst ideas of the century, and in 2002, TV Guide listed it as the seventh-worst TV series ever.
Ken Levine later named AfterMASH when asked what was the worst thing he'd written, stating, "It's hard to top (or bottom) AfterMASH," before adding sarcastically, "Take the three weakest characters of M*A*S*H, put them in the hilarious confines of a Veteran's Hospital and you have a recipe for classic comedy." When Burt Metcalfe died in 2022, Levine - who described Metcalfe as "the best boss I ever worked for. More like a father figure, role model, and mentor" - wrote, "When I am asked why we did AfterMASH, a big reason was the chance to work with Burt again. You just don't meet wonderful quality people like that very often — especially in this industry. I would have happily signed aboard for After-AfterMASH if Burt were running it." In his blog in 2011, Levine wrote, "People always wonder why I wrote for AfterMASH. Because it was a chance to work with Larry Gelbart. I established a life-long friendship, and got to learn at the feet of the absolute master. Tell me you wouldn’t jump at that chance, too."
On the subject of AfterMASH, Larry Gelbart stated,
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AfterMASH
AfterMASH is an American sitcom television series produced as a spin-off and continuation of M*A*S*H that aired on CBS from September 26, 1983, to May 31, 1985. It was developed as the sequel series as it takes place immediately following the end of the Korean War and chronicles the postwar adventures of three main characters from the original series: Colonel Sherman T. Potter (Harry Morgan), Sergeant Maxwell Klinger (Jamie Farr) and Father John Mulcahy (William Christopher).
AfterMASH was developed as a vehicle for Morgan, Farr, and Christopher (as they were the only main cast members of M*A*S*H who wanted the series to continue beyond an eleventh season when a vote was taken prior to production of what was to be the final season of M*A*S*H). Rosalind Chao rounded out the starring cast as Soon-Lee Klinger, a Korean refugee whom Klinger met, fell in love with, and married in the prior series finale "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen". M*A*S*H supporting cast-member Kellye Nakahara joined them, albeit off-camera, as the voice of the hospital's public address system, and former M*A*S*H regular Gary Burghoff and recurring player Edward Winter made guest appearances as Radar O'Reilly and Colonel Samuel Flagg respectively.
The series was created by Larry Gelbart, who developed the M*A*S*H series of which he was writer/showrunner for its first four seasons. Also involved with the production of AfterMASH were Burt Metcalfe (the only producer to stay with the M*A*S*H during its entire run from 1972 to 1983) and writer/producers Ken Levine and David Isaacs, who worked on M*A*S*H in its fifth to eighth seasons.
AfterMASH made frequent references to M*A*S*H, and likewise featured storylines that highlighted the horrors and suffering of war, from the non-combat perspective of a veterans' hospital. The series was released to much fanfare but was later subjected to much retooling (including changes to its supporting cast, theme music, and timeslot) and suffered diminishing ratings before its cancellation in 1985 after only two seasons, the second of which was cut short with only nine episodes produced (one of which did not air in the USA). A total of 31 episodes of AfterMASH were produced and broadcast.
AfterMASH premiered in late 1983 in the same Monday at 9 p.m. time slot as its predecessor, M*A*S*H. It finished at No. 15 out of 101 network shows for the 1983–1984 season according to Nielsen Media Research television ratings. For its second season, CBS moved the show to Tuesday nights at 8:00 p.m., opposite NBC's Top 10 hit The A-Team, and launched a marketing campaign featuring illustrations by Sanford Kossin of Max Klinger in a female nurse's uniform shaving off Mr. T's signature mohawk, theorizing that AfterMASH would take a large portion of the A-Team audience. The opposite occurred, as AfterMASH's ratings plummeted to near the bottom of the television rankings, leading to its cancellation just nine episodes into its second season, finishing at only No. 72 out of 77 shows for the 1984–1985 season. Meanwhile, The A-Team continued until 1987, with 97 episodes.
Critics were mostly negative about the program. In 1999, Time magazine listed the show as one of the 100 worst ideas of the century, and in 2002, TV Guide listed it as the seventh-worst TV series ever.
Ken Levine later named AfterMASH when asked what was the worst thing he'd written, stating, "It's hard to top (or bottom) AfterMASH," before adding sarcastically, "Take the three weakest characters of M*A*S*H, put them in the hilarious confines of a Veteran's Hospital and you have a recipe for classic comedy." When Burt Metcalfe died in 2022, Levine - who described Metcalfe as "the best boss I ever worked for. More like a father figure, role model, and mentor" - wrote, "When I am asked why we did AfterMASH, a big reason was the chance to work with Burt again. You just don't meet wonderful quality people like that very often — especially in this industry. I would have happily signed aboard for After-AfterMASH if Burt were running it." In his blog in 2011, Levine wrote, "People always wonder why I wrote for AfterMASH. Because it was a chance to work with Larry Gelbart. I established a life-long friendship, and got to learn at the feet of the absolute master. Tell me you wouldn’t jump at that chance, too."
On the subject of AfterMASH, Larry Gelbart stated,