Here’s a lengthy segment from the Monday, February 28th, 1983 broadcast of WCBS-TV’s (New York City’s CBS affiliate) Channel 2 News at 5 discussing the upcoming series finale of M*A*S*H. Note the teaser for the M*A*S*H segment at the beginning. The segment itself includes footage from the final scene being filmed, the series finale press conference and interviews with Larry Gelbart and Loretta Swit.
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Thanks for sharing these clips. At the time, I was collecting news stories like these too. It was quite the event.
I actually got a little misty-eyed as I was watching this.
So did I.
I would love to watch that press conference. Fox must have it in the archives somewhere.