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| rdfs:label | - Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen (TV series episode)
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| rdfs:comment | - Goodbye, Farewell and Amen is a television movie that served as the 256th (251st, actually, if you count the several 2 and 3 episode story arcs as a single episode) and final episode of the M*A*S*H television series]. Closing out the series' 11th season, the 2½-hour episode first aired on CBS on February 28, 1983. Written by a large number of collaborators, including series star Alan Alda, who also directed, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" surpassed the single-episode ratings record that had been set by the Dallas episode that resolved the "Who Shot J.R.?" cliffhanger. From 1983 until 2010, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" remained the most watched television broadcast in American history, passed in total viewership (but not in Ratings or Share) in February 2010 by Super Bowl XLIV.
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| Caption | - Title card for "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen," the series finale to M*A*S*H at the end of Season 11.
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| Writers | - Alan Alda, Burt Metcalfe, John Rappaport, Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford , Elias Davis & David Pollock, Karen Hall
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| abstract | - Goodbye, Farewell and Amen is a television movie that served as the 256th (251st, actually, if you count the several 2 and 3 episode story arcs as a single episode) and final episode of the M*A*S*H television series]. Closing out the series' 11th season, the 2½-hour episode first aired on CBS on February 28, 1983. Written by a large number of collaborators, including series star Alan Alda, who also directed, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" surpassed the single-episode ratings record that had been set by the Dallas episode that resolved the "Who Shot J.R.?" cliffhanger. From 1983 until 2010, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" remained the most watched television broadcast in American history, passed in total viewership (but not in Ratings or Share) in February 2010 by Super Bowl XLIV. The episode's plot chronicles the final days of the Korean War at the 4077th MASH and features several storylines intended to show the war's effects on the individual personnel of the unit, and to bring closure to the series. After the cease-fire goes into effect, the members of the 4077th throw a closing party before taking down the camp for the last time. After tear-filled goodbyes, the main characters go their separate ways, leading up to the iconic final scene of the series. The episode drew 121.6 million American viewers, more than both that year's Super Bowl and the famed Roots miniseries. It still stands as the most watched finale of any television series. While the M*A*S*H series ended with this episode, three of the series' main characters (Sherman Potter, Maxwell Klinger, and Father Mulcahy) would later meet again in 1983–1985 spin-off series AfterMASH. The episode was added to the syndication package for the series in 1993.
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