31. Production Writing AfterMASH made frequent references to M*A*S*H, and likewise featured storylines that highlighted the horrors and suffering of war, from the non-combat perspective of a veterans' hospital. The series was canceled after twenty-nine broadcast episodes. "Wet Feet", the thirtieth episode, was never aired. Broadcast AfterMASH premiered in late 1983 in the same Monday at 9 p.m. time slot as its predecessor, M*A*S*H. It finished at #15 out of 101 network shows for the 1983–1984 season according to Nielsen Media Research television ratings. For its second season, CBS moved the show to Tuesday nights at 8 opposite NBC's Top 10 hit The A-Team, and launched a marketing campaign featuring illustrations by Sanford Kossin of Max Klinger in a female nurse's uniform shaving off Mr. T's signature mohawk, theorizing that AfterMASH would take a large portion of the A-Team audience. In fact, however, the opposite occurred, as AfterMASH's ratings plummeted to near the bottom of the television rankings, leading to its cancellation just nine episodes into its second season, finishing at only #72 out of 77 shows for the 1984-1985 season. Meanwhile, The A-Team continued until 1987, with 97 episodes. Episodes Season 1 (1983–1984) Season 2 (1984–1985) Reception Critics were mostly negative about the program. In 1999, Time magazine listed the show as one of the 100 worst ideas of the century, and in 2002, TV Guide listed it as the seventh-worst TV series ever. Notes References External links AfterMASH – MASH4077TV.com – Article about AfterMASH Article about Larry Gelbart's role in the development of the series 1983 People article on the creation of the series 1983 American television series debuts 1985 American television series endings 1980s American sitcoms CBS original programming American television spin-offs English-language television shows 1980s American medical television series 1980s American workplace comedy television series Television shows set in Missouri Television series by 20th Century Fox Television Television series set in the 1950s Television series set in 1953 M*A*S*H