M*A*S*H

Saturdays at 8:30p ET | 5:30p PT

Set during the Korean War, M*A*S*H follows a group of U.S. military doctors and support staff stationed overseas. As they treat wounded and experience the realities of war, the members of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital use humor to escape the horror of their situation. 

Next Airings

Jul 19th 8:30p ET

Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde

Hawkeye has been in non-stop surgery for 3 straight days without sleep, and the wounded keep coming. He decides to find out who started the war, and sends a telegram to Harry S. Truman. After listening to some of Frank's rubbish about the North Koreans wanting better plumbing, he tries to send the officers' latrine to the North Koreans with an offer of peace. Trapper finally manages to sedate him.

Jul 26th 8:30p ET

Kim

Hawkeye operates on a 5-year old Korean boy, and Radar can't find his family. Henry plans to send him to the orphanage, and the camp enjoys his company while they can. Trapper decides to adopt him after consulting his wife, and has to rescue him after he wanders into the minefield. Kim's mother turns up at the orphanage looking for him.

Aug 2nd 8:30p ET

L.I.P. (Local Indigenous Personnel)

Corporal Walker is being sent home, and he wants to marry his Korean girl so she and their baby can return with him. CID sends Lt Willis to investigate, but when he refuses Hawkeye and Trapper frame him. Hawkeye is upset that a nurse he was pursuing does not approve of the marriage between "a gook" and "one of us".

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