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Prince Charles and Mike Farrell talking on the set of M*A*S*H  October 1977

Top 10 Decade Defining TV Shows: 1970s

Top Ten Decade Defining TV Shows:

The 1970s

Harry Morgan April 15 1915-December 7 2011

Today we lost another link to television's great past with the passing of Harry Morgan.   He was 96 and left a long legacy of great roles in movies and television.   Most notably, he played Col. Sherman T Potter of the MASH 4077 from 1975-1983.   He was brilliantly cast as Col. Potter, the fatherly old soldier with a great sense of humor.  He could enforce the military's rules and still make you laugh and feel like he was doing it for your own good.

Here is an interview he did for TVLegends on Emmy.org



making an appearance on a Jack Benny special with Jack Webb as Friday and Gannon



and just a brief clip of his work on M*A*S*H*

Top 5

The Top 5 shows of the 1973-74 television season


5 - Hawaii Five-O  24.0 rating (CBS Tues 830-930)



4 - M*A*S*H  25.7 rating (CBS Sat 830-9)



3 - Sanford and Son  27.5 rating (NBC Fri 8-830)


2 - The Waltons  28.1 rating (CBS Thurs 8-9)


1 - All In The Family  31.2 rating (CBS Sat 8-830)

Goodbye, Farewell & Amen

Today in 1983 CBS aired the finale to one of the best shows ever on television, M*A*S*H.
The final episode was a 2 1/2 hour "movie" of the final days of the Korean War for the members of the 4077th MASH, Hawkeye, BJ, Col Potter, Maj Margaret Houlihan, Cpl Klinger, Maj Charles Emerson Winchester III, Father Mulcahey and all the others that made this one of the best shows ever.
First airing in 1972 and barely surviving its low ratings (thanks to a more patient CBS) it developed some of the most memorable characters, episodes and dialogue on tv.
The tv show followed the popular film of the same name but only one actor stayed with the show from the movie, Gary Burghoff as Cpl Walter "Radar" O'Reilly.
Thanks to syndication and airing on TVLand and Hallmark channel as well as the complete series on DVD new generations can discover what great tv is like.
My daughters have watched with me since they were old enough to understand what they were watching and they enjoy it just as much as I do.