Will Super Bowl XLVII draw more viewers than the final episode of M*A*S*H?
Will Super Bowl XLVII Beat Goodbye, Farewell and Amen?
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Entertainment Weekly Ranks GFA 6th Best Series Finale
To help mark the end of the 2011-2012 television season, Entertainment Weekly has published its list of the 20 Best TV Series Finales Ever. M*A*S*H ranks sixth on the list; here’s the five shows that were ranked higher: 6. M*A*S*H 5. Cheers 4. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 3. The Fugitive 2. St. Elsewhere 1. …
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Vote for M*A*S*H as best TV ending of all time
The UK’s Radio Times website has a poll running asking visitors “What’s the best TV ending of all time?” (both season and series finales) and one of the 20 poll options is the series finale of M*A*S*H, “Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen” (originally broadcast February 28th, 1983). A direct link to the poll can be found …
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Yahoo! News Makes M*A*S*H Mistake
Yahoo! News has a feature called Who Knew? in which a short video is presented and then a brief quiz offered. Today’s entry is titled Series Finales: “House” And “Desperate Housewives” Ending This Month, Can They Compare To Classic Finales?. The video mentions the series finale of M*A*S*H (“Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen,” originally broadcast February …
More on Robert Pierpoint
After reporter Robert Pierpoint, whose voice was heard announcing the end of the Korean War in “Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen,” passed away last year at the age of 86, I wondered whether the audio heard in the episode was Pierpoint’s original radio report or a recreation. Two people left comments stating they had heard or …
29th Anniversary of Goodbye, Farewell and Amen
I forgot to mark the 29th anniversary of “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen” on Tuesday.
Super Bowl XLVI and M*A*S*H
Not surprisingly, Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVI broke the record made last year by Super Bowl XLV, drawing 111.3 viewers, marking the third consecutive year the Super Bowl has set a new record as the most-watched television program. Here’s the current top five, courtesy of the futon critic and an NBC press release: MOST-WATCHED PROGRAMS IN …
Robert Pierpoint (1925-2011)
Many M*A*S*H fans may not recognize the name Robert Pierpoint but they should recognize his voice from “Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen” as the radio reporter announcing the end of the Korean War. Pierpoint, who passed away on Saturday (October 22nd) at the age of 86, spent more than four decades as a newscaster for CBS …