Alda, Rogers, Comment on Super Bowl vs. M*A*S*H ratings
Becca
Published: February 9, 2010
If the media hype is to be believed, the telecast of Sunday’s Super
Bowl XLIV beat the last episode of M*A*S*H as the most-watched program
in television history. As we pointed out, it’s not exactly a fair
comparison. The stars of the show seem to agree.
M*A*S*H star Alan Alda said, “If they broke our record, I’m happy for
New Orleans and I hope it gives even more to cheer about to a city I
love.” He wondered though, how accurate the ratings are, saying, “I
know it sounds evil to mention, but how does Nielsen know how many
actual people were watching either broadcast?”
In the end, Alda feels it’s hard to compare the two records. In a
message to the NY Times, he wrote, “We hit it out of the park, and so
did New Orleans. Do I have the sports analogy right?”
Wayne Rogers, who left M*A*S*H after three of the sitcom’s 11 years on
the air, is well known to be a savvy investor and appears frequently
on Cashin’ In on FOX News. Looking at it from an investing
perspective, Rogers says, he’d bet on M*A*S*H.
He noted, “That Super Bowl is never going to earn what M*A*S*H earned
that’s for sure, because there’s no reruns for that Super Bowl.”
Link: http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/mash-super-bowl-xliv-record/
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Alan? There are reruns on the MLF channel! Hello Alan and family, in
the city or the in the country side. Alan has an apartment right down
the hall from
Reegeeeeee. Talk about getting a newspaper!
SNOW!
burd