Alan Alda Not Bitter About Fallen M*A*S*H Record
OK, maybe he's a little bitter. After Super Bowl XLIV eclipsed the 1983 M*A*S*H series finale to become the most-watched television broadcast ever, the show's former star acknowledged, "If they broke our record, I'm happy for New Orleans and I hope it gives even more to cheer about to a city I love." If, Alan? "I know it sounds evil to mention," Alda continued, "but how does Nielsen know how many actual people were watching either broadcast?" At least he toed a classier company line than former co-star Wayne Rogers, who commented, "That Super Bowl is never going to earn what M*A*S*H earned, that's for sure, because there's no reruns for that Super Bowl -- nobody's going to be interested in that, and M*A*S*H reruns have been on for 30 years." Don't tell that to the NFL Network, which is already rerunning the game today. [LAT]
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I LIKE VERY MUCH THE SERIAD MASH.
Just curious, anyone factor in the number of tv's in the nation vs 25+ yrs ago?
Hawkeye, it's after six, you can stop being a smug asshole.
I bounced around to no less than 3 Super Bowl parties, each with a minimum attendence of 20 people. So Alda may be right, the Nielsens may have that number wrong - it could actually be higher. I doubt there were as many M*A*S*H parties with people dressed in character to watch Hawkeye spell with rocks.
It was BJ who spelled with rocks. Now, as to how BJ got his nickname...