M*A*S*H

It was on television from 1972 to 1983 on CBS. The show had amassed a whopping 125 million viewers for its series finale, proving that it is one of the best television shows ever. Based on the 1970 satirical war comedy of Robert Altman, this show, created by Larry Gelbart, featured the story of the doctors and staff of Mobile Army Surgical

Hospital during the Korean War. It focused on how characters lived their lives in the face of war while in the line of duty. The characters’ personalities were presented with a degree of humanity as they had to depend on each other to survive the call of their duty while being away from home.