The M*A*S*H Episode That Changed The Show For Good Also Infuriated A CBS Executive 🌟🥺
2026/06/04
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"M*A*S*H" is a generational classic, known for its unique mix of levity and the horrors of war. But when the show's creative team first decided to strike that delicate balance, CBS network executives were furious.
It began with "Sometimes You Hear a Bullet," the seventeenth episode of Season 1 of "M*A*S*H," which shifted the show's tone from humor to serious introspection.
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"I wanted us all to agree that we wouldn't just have high jinks [sic] at the front. That it would take seriously what these people were going through," Alda told the New York Times in a 2022 interview about the series, which was created by Larry Gelbard and Gene Reynolds.
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