CBS | Release Date: September 17, 1972
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Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
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Mixed:
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Negative:
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Los Angeles TimesCecil SmithFeb 13, 2023
Season 1 Review: MASH is a smash! [18 Sep 1972, p.61]
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Village VoiceDaniel GoldbergFeb 13, 2023
Season 1 Review: Whas makes M*A*S*H great, however, is not political/social statement but the artistic finesse which makes is simultaneously good entertainment and of mass appeal. [29 Sep 1972, p.50]
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Miami HeraldJack AndersonFeb 13, 2023
Season 1 Review: The TV version has the same fast, funny pacing of the movie. Lines and situations ricochet from every angle. [19 Sep 1972, p.8C]
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New York Daily NewsKay GardellaFeb 13, 2023
Season 1 Review: It plays beautifully, the guys are good and believable and, most important, very funny. [18 Sep 1972, p.9]
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Arizona RepublicPhil StrassbergFeb 13, 2023
Season 1 Review: A rollicking spoof of the medicos, the army, the nurses, the Korean conflict. [17 Sep 1972, p.118]
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Pittsburgh Post-GazetteWin FanningFeb 13, 2023
Season 1 Review: How really pleasant it is to report that M*A*S*H turned up on Sunday night with the spirit of the original, if not all the blood and free-swinging language, intact. [18 Sep 1972, p.31]
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St. Louis Post-DispatchFeb 13, 2023
Season 1 Review: It definitely is not family entertainment, but the times they are a-changin' and M-A-S-H should do well with folks who aren't watching "The World of Disney." [18 Sep 1972, p.41]
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Chicago TribuneClarence PetersenFeb 13, 2023
Season 1 Review: As a wild and wooly satire on army life, however, M*A*S*H will delight anyone who has spent even eight weeks in basic training let alone fought in a war. [18 Sep 1972, p.75]
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The GuardianPeter FiddickFeb 13, 2023
Season 1 Review: If the jokes seem funnier -- which they do -- then it's a good deal because they are slicker. [04 Jun 1973, p.8]
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Baltimore SunJudy BachrachFeb 13, 2023
Season 1 Review: Of the main characters there are about 11 in number, the large majority being thoroughly reprehensible in nature while the rest are simply boors; in this respect the series pays homage to the movie. [18 Sep 1972, p.B6]
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Detroit Free PressJack RyanFeb 13, 2023
Season 1 Review: While I am at once outraged at this profiteering by bad taste, I am sympathetic to those who are cast in the roles of the medical staff. [24 Sep 1972, p.90]