{"id":2334134,"date":"2026-03-18T01:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T01:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2334134"},"modified":"2026-03-18T01:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T01:27:20","slug":"the-mash-episode-that-changed-the-show-for-good-also-infuriated-a-cbs-executive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-mash-episode-that-changed-the-show-for-good-also-infuriated-a-cbs-executive\/","title":{"rendered":"The M*A*S*H Episode That Changed The Show For Good Also Infuriated A CBS Executive"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When fans think about shows that changed television forever, it’s a given to include “M*A*S*H” on that list. The series, which was created by Larry Gelbart<\/a> and Gene Reynolds<\/a>, is a generational classic, with its reputation stemming from its balance of levity and the realities of wartime turmoil. But that balance had to begin somewhere, and it infuriated network executives at CBS<\/a> at first.<\/p>\n

It began with “Sometimes You Hear a Bullet,” the seventeenth episode of Season 1 of “M*A*S*H<\/a>,” which shifted the show’s tone from humor to serious introspection. But before the show even began, star Alan Alda<\/a>…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When fans think about shows that changed television forever, it’s a given to include “M*A*S*H” on that list. The series, which was created by Larry Gelbart and Gene Reynolds, is a generational classic, with its reputation stemming from its balance of levity and the realities of wartime turmoil. But that balance had to begin somewhere, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2334135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[25538,31714,21751,22556,21993,22860,21912,21738,24141,22205,21913],"class_list":["post-2334134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-actors","tag-actresses","tag-celebrities","tag-directors","tag-films","tag-hollywood","tag-movies","tag-news","tag-stars","tag-television","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-MASH-Episode-That-Changed-The-Show-For-Good-Also.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2334134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2334136,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334134\/revisions\/2334136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2334135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2334134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2334134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2334134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}