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1380: 467:) is the hospital administrator who often clashes with Trapper and Gonzo, though there is strong mutual respect between all parties. Slocum—though charged with operating within regulations and keeping to a budget—clearly has sympathy and compassion for the patients. Scott suffered from Alzheimer's and made his final appearance in season six before retiring from acting. 385:. During that time after the war, the character had mellowed considerably. He did not merely learn how to stop fighting the system but became a part of it, in a sense, as the Chief of Surgery at San Francisco Memorial Hospital. Trapper shows tremendous compassion toward his patients, often violating "established hospital procedures". 532:
After Harrison's last episode, the show was off the air for three weeks, then brought back on a different night (Tuesday) before being pre-empted three times in the next four weeks. A top 30 hit for most of its run when it aired on Sunday,
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Mid-way through the season, Gregory Harrison elected to leave the show. The character of Gonzo is written out, as he retires from medicine after having suffered a stroke. Gonzo is replaced by Dr. Jacob Christmas
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filed suit claiming they were entitled to royalties from the new show, arguing that it was based on the character as portrayed in their series by
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The final four episodes were aired on Thursday nights late in the summer of 1986, well after the show's cancellation had already been announced.
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portrayed the title character, a lovable surgeon who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on
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Added as a recurring player beginning with the season's third episode is ER service helicopter pilot and surgeon, Dr. Andy Pagano (
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for seven seasons, from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986. Roberts played the character more than twice as long as had
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Christopher Norris left the series at the end of season six. Her character Gloria is replaced by new nurse Libby Kegler (
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film and TV series, including a publicity photo of Trapper (as portrayed by Wayne Rogers) and Hawkeye (
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Justice Martin Stecher found that Preminger's agreement with Fox did not give him the right to produce
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Beau Gravitte as Dr. Andy Pagano, ER service helicopter pilot and surgeon. (10 episodes, season 7).
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Working with Trapper is an aspiring young professional named Dr. George Alonzo Gates (
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as Dr. David Sandler, who becomes Melanie's fiancé. (8 episodes, seasons 2–4, 6–7)
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fell out of the top 30 during season seven, and was canceled by season's end.
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The show also involves several other characters that serve as hospital staff.
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The pilot includes photos and video clips (part of a dream) taken from the
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It has sometimes been reported that the producers of the television series
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as Melanie McIntyre, Trapper's ex-wife. (10 episodes, seasons 1–2, 4–7)
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as Dr. John "J.T." McIntyre Jr., M.D. (season 7; recurring season 6)
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successfully argued that it was based only on the earlier film and
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as Catherine Hackett, the new administrator (15 episodes, season 7)
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as Arnold Slocum, Hosp. Administrator (83 episodes, seasons 1-6)
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Only nine further irregularly-scheduled episodes of
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McIntyre ( 652:guest-starred six times in different roles. 1440:American English-language television shows 1152: 1138: 676: 529:were produced after Harrison's departure. 31: 949:In a suit filed in New York state court, 1425:1980s American medical television series 1410:1970s American medical television series 1037: 563:as Dr. George Alonzo "Gonzo" Gates, M.D. 405: 1430:1986 American television series endings 1248: 909: 873: 837: 801: 765: 729: 693: 1420:1980s American drama television series 1415:1979 American television series debuts 1405:1970s American drama television series 1397: 1180:MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors 995:MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors 953:, producer of the 1970 motion picture 593:as Nurse Ernestine Shoop (seasons 2-7) 1460:Television shows set in San Francisco 1133: 1067:2008 N.Y. Misc. 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Index


Medical drama
Richard Hooker
Don Brinkley
Frank Glicksman
Pernell Roberts
Gregory Harrison
Mary McCarty
Charles Siebert
Christopher Norris
Brian Mitchell
Madge Sinclair
Timothy Busfield
Lorna Luft
Kip Gilman
list of episodes
Single-camera
20th Century Fox Television
CBS
M*A*S*H (1970 film)
M*A*S*H
AfterMASH
medical drama
spin-off
M*A*S*H
Pernell Roberts
CBS
Wayne Rogers
M*A*S*H
Trapper John

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