M*A*S*H (TV series) the parent show's Monday night time slot and featured several of its characters reunited in a Midwestern hospital after the war. The more successful "Trapper John, M.D." (1979–86) took place nearly three decades after the events of "M*A*S*H" and depicted Trapper John McIntyre as chief of surgery at a San Francisco hospital; its producers argued successfully in court that it was based on the earlier movie rather than the TV series. In an unpurchased television pilot, "W*A*L*T*E*R" (1984), Walter "Radar" O'Reilly joins the St. Louis police force after his farm fails following his return to the US. "Making M*A*S*H", a
M*A*S*H (TV series) stream the series expiring. In November 2016, SundanceTV announced it will begin airing "M*A*S*H" and several other classic TV shows. M*A*S*H can be seen on Mondays at 6am1pm weekly, starting on November 14 with seven hours with the first 14 episodes from Season 1. As of 2016, "M*A*S*H" episodes air on the MeTV television network. In July 2017, it was announced that Hulu had acquired online streaming rights for the entire run of "M*A*S*H" along with several other 20th Century Fox-owned TV programs. All 256 episodes were added to Hulu beginning June 29, 2018. The short-lived spin-off "AfterMASH" (1983–85) inherited