The lovable surgeons of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, take their jobs, their patients and their leisure time very seriously. The side-splitting antics of one of the greatest ensemble casts ever assembled lead M*A*S*H to one of the longest series runs in television history.Lauded with countless Emmys and critical acclaim, M*A*S*H helped launch the careers of Alan Alda, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Jamie Farr and Mike Farrell. One of the landmark television series of all time, M*A*S*H continues to delight years after it's record-breaking final episode.David Ogden Stiers joined the cast as Major Charles Winchester in the sixth season, and Larry Linville departed the show. Longtime producer Gene Reynolds also left, leaving Burt Metcalfe at the helm, where he would remain until the show went off the air in 1983.