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Alan Alda reflected on the 50th anniversary of his beloved TV series, "M*A*S*H," discussing its enduring legacy and the real-life friendships of him and his former castmates. Alan Alda played surgeon Capt. Benjamin Franklin Pierce/Hawkeye on the CBS sitcom "M*A*S*H." ((Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)) The comedy-drama series, which followed a team of American doctors and support staff stationed in South Korea during the Korean War, still holds the record for the most watched finale in television history.

Jaden Thompson Joe Flaherty, the actor, writer and comedian known for his roles on the Canadian sketch comedy series “Second City Television” and “Freaks and Geeks,” died on Monday. He was 82. Flaherty’s daughter, Gudrun, confirmed the news to Variety in a statement through the Comedic Artists Alliance, which had previously raised funds for Flaherty to obtain a 24-hour care provider.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jeremy Strong‘s Emmy-winning tenure as Kendall Roy on HBO’s “Succession” is over, and he told The New York Times Magazine in a recent interview that “there was a moment when the show ended where I felt a profound sense of, ‘Was this the thing? Was this the event of my life?’ And then a great determination to achieve exit velocity from it so I could attempt to do more.” That “more” is now coming into focus. Strong is currently on Broadway headlining the play “Enemy of the People” alongside Michael Imperioli and Victoria Pedretti. He’s also set to play Roy Cohn in the upcoming biographical drama “The Apprentice,” which features Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump and Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Tina Fey is set to star in a series adaptation of the film “The Four Seasons” at Netflix, Variety has confirmed. The film was released in 1981. It was directed by and starred Alan Alda with Carol Burnett, Rita Moreno, Sandy Dennis, and Len Cariou also among the cast members.

Tina Fey is heading back to television for her first starring role since 30 Rock!

EXCLUSIVE: 30 Rock creator and star Tina Fey is returning to the small screen with The Four Seasons, based on the 1981 feature film, which she co-created with fellow 30 Rock alums Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield. The high-profile comedy project, which marks Fey’s first TV starring role since 30 Rock, was taken out to the marketplace just before the holidays. In a very competitive situation with multiple bidders, it landed at Netflix with an eight-episode series order.

Alan Alda, Gary Burghoff, William Christopher, Jamie Farr, Mike Farrell, Wayne Rogers and Loretta Swit, and executive producers Gene Reynolds and Burt Metcalfe. There will also be new behind-the-scenes footage, stories and photos. Where to watch: 8 p.m. on Fox.The classic 1989 rom-com follows Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan), two initially reluctant friends, as their relationship changes through the years – and is filled with nice sweaters and Manhattan fall foliage.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Loretta Swit remembers well the night she won her first Emmy Award. On Sept. 7, 1980, the “MASH” star sat in her agent’s living room in Beverly Hills, watching the ceremony on TV when she heard her name called out and saw her picture flash on the screen.

Jerome Coopersmith, who wrote more than 30 installments of the classic 1960s-70s police drama Hawaii Five-O and received a Tony Award nomination for his book for the 1965 Harold Prince-directed Sherlock Holmes musical Baker Street, died Friday in Rochester, NY. He was 97.

The stars are remembering a legend.

The previously announced Broadway revival of the Ossie Davis comedy Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch starring Leslie Odom, Jr. will begin previews on Thursday, September 7, at The Music Box Theatre, with an opening date to be announced.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International The documentary “This Changes Everything” is getting a Canadian adaptation. Geena Davis and New York-based production house CreativeChaos will again partner for a new edition of their Gracie Award-winning film, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and was released in U.S. cinemas in 2019 and globally distributed by Starz and Netflix. The doc included interviews with top women in Hollywood discussing discrimination and the #MeToo movement, which was still in its nascent stages at that time. Actors involved in the original film included Davis, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Taraji P. Henson, Reese Witherspoon, Cate Blanchett, Tiffany Haddish, Jill Soloway, Shonda Rhimes, Jessica Chastain, Yara Shahidi, Chloe Grace Moretz, Amandla Stenberg, Alan Alda, Sandra Oh, Anita Hill, Rashida Jones, Rose McGowan, Judd Apatow, Rosario Dawson and Maria Giese.

McKinley Franklin author Judy Farrell, known for her role as Nurse Able in “M*A*S*H,” died on Sunday. She was 84. Her “M*A*S*H” co-star Loretta Swit told Entertainment Weekly, “Judy was a most beautiful woman — inside and out. We grew up together. She was family. This has been a painful loss, but we will always have the beauty of her memory. Rest in peace, Nurse Able.” She had suffered a stroke eight days prior to her death, TMZ reported. Farrell was featured on eight episodes of “M*A*S*H,” the television series based on the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital that cared for patients during the Korean War. The TV series aired from 1972 to 1983. She played Nurse Able alongside Alan Alda as Captain Benjamin “Hawkeye” Piece.” Farrell also held roles in popular TV shows such as “Fame” and “Quincy M.E.” while making guest appearances on “Get Smart” and “The Partridge Family.”

told TMZ that his mom passed away Sunday in the hospital nine days after suffering a stroke.Complications from the stroke made the actress unable to speak, but she was conscious, alert and able to squeeze her loved ones’ hands, he said.Farrell was in eight episodes of the hugely popular “M*A*S*H,” a sitcom set during the Korean War that ran from 1972 to 1983, and her first husband, two-time Emmy nominee Mike Farrell, joined the show as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt in 1975, staying through the series finale.She also appeared in TV shows including “Get Smart,” “The Partridge Family,” “Quincy, M.E.” and “Emergency!” as well as films such as “J.W.

Judy Farrell, known for her portrayal of Nurse Able on "M*A*S*H," has died at the age of 84. Farrell passed away on Sunday, her son Michael confirmed to Fox News Digital. "M*A*S*H" co-star Loretta Swit, who starred as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan, remembered Farrell as "family." "Judy was a most beautiful woman - inside and out.

29th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best film and TV performances of the past year, were handed out live.For the first time since 1998, the ceremony was not broadcast on TV. Instead, it aired on Netflix's YouTube channel after it was announced that the platform will begin streaming the ceremony live in 2024, as part of a multi-year partnership with SAG-AFTRA. Going into the awards,  and both led with five nominations each, including four individual acting nods and one for ensemble.

An honor to be nominated! The 2023 SAG Awards will honor the best of film and television on Sunday, February 26.

Tony & Grammy winner Leslie Odom, Jr. will star in a new Broadway production of the classic American comedy Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch by Ossie Davis. Purlie Victorious will be staged by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon, with the production scheduled to begin in late summer 2023 for the 2023-2024 Broadway season.

There were some war stories shared for sure this weekend, as Alan Alda and Mike Farrell (aka Hawkeye Pierce and Mike Hunnicutt on the show) reunited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of TV’s most memorable series.

Alan Alda is looking back on one of the most emotional scenes that occurred on “M*A*S*H”‘s 11-season run.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorBurt Metcalfe, the revered TV producer who worked on all 11 seasons of “MASH,” died July 27 in Los Angeles. He was 87.Metcalfe was an actor turned director-producer who was recruited to work on “MASH” by director Gene Reynolds, who launched the series adaptation of Robert Altman’s 1970 black comedy released by 20th Century Fox. Metcalfe started out as an associate producer and rose to showrunner for the show’s final six seasons.

Alan Alda, 85, is an Emmy-winning TV and film actor whose role as Hawkeye Piere on the 1970s hit show M*A*S*H stole the comedic hearts of many. In addition to his acting skills, he also directed 32 episodes of the show, including the series finale special. Moreover, he’s been active in the political sphere, speaking out about women’s rights in the ’70s and also encouraging folks who live with Parkinson’s to live full lives regardless (he was diagnosed in 2015).

Dame Helen Mirren will receive the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in February. The 76-year-old actress is set to receive the prestigious trophy at the upcoming SAG Awards, which will take place on February 27 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.

Publicist to the stars Bobby Zarem died at his home in Savannah, Georgia at the age of 84 from complications of lung cancer, according to the NY Times.

Ethan Shanfeld Stephen Colbert is channeling his inner K-pop with a BTS-inspired music video featuring Jon Batiste and the Stay Human band, as well as a cameo from Alan Alda, that aired during yesterday’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”In “Excuses Song,” Colbert — rocking a middle part and soul patch — croons about potential excuses one can make when invited to unwanted social events.After being the subject of one of the excuses — “Tell ’em that you’re with Alan Alda” — the legendary

The West Wing and M*A*S*H, has shed some light upon a recent story about the way that he met his wife that went viral.The story, which was taken from Alda’s Wikipedia page and retweeted over 14,000 times after it was posted on Twitter, claimed that the pair met after both going for a desert that had been dropped on the floor at a dinner party.“When a rum cake accidentally fell onto the kitchen floor, they were the only two guests who did not hesitate to eat it,” read the story.Now, Alda has

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“Eyes Wide Shut” is a significant film in the career of the legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. It’s the final film that was completed before his death, and it’s also a project that the director held near and dear to his heart for decades prior, attempting to get it made 30 years before it was finally released.

#CarlReiner has gone to that Show of Shows in the sky. I worked with him, loved him, and consider myself one of the luckiest people in the world to have once attended lunch with his hilarious, guarrulous gang…Carl’s old pal, Alan Alda, shared a photo of the pair with another comedy genius, Mel Brooks, and captioned it, “His talent will live on for a long time, but the loss of his kindness and decency leaves a hole in our hearts.

died Monday night at his Beverly Hills home. He was 98.«Last night my dad passed away.

Carl Reiner, who died Monday at the age of 98. Reiner, a nine-time Emmy winner who shaped TV comedy when he created The Dick Van Dyke Show, was a titan of show business.

Hollywood took to social media on Tuesday morning to mourn the death of Carl Reiner, who died Monday night at the age of 98. The writer, director and actor was known for creating The Dick Van Dyke Show and his work with Sid Caesar and Mel Brooks as well as jump-starting Steve Martin's big-screen career by directing him in The Jerk.

died Monday night at his Beverly Hills home. He was 98.«Last night my dad passed away.

died Monday night at his Beverly Hills home. He was 98.«Last night my dad passed away.

Also Read: Carl Reiner, 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' Creator and Hollywood Legend, Dies at 98“Condolences to the family of Carl Reiner,” actor William Shatner tweeted. “From the writers room of ‘Sid Caesar’ to recreating those times for the ‘Dick Van Dyke Show,’ Carl was a master at his craft.

Rebecca Rubin News Editor, OnlineHollywood dignitaries, from Rob Reiner to Alan Alda, took to social media on Tuesday to pay tribute to the late Carl Reiner. Reiner, the 98-year-old whose legendary career as a comedy writer, director and producer spanned over 60 years, died Monday of natural causes.His son Rob Reiner wrote, “Last night my dad passed away.