‘M*A*S*H’ (1970)

The 1970 anti-war satire was an enormous, Oscar-winning hit, and yet, when you think of Korean War medics Hawkeye and Hot Lips, you think Alan Alda and Loretta Swit, not Donald Sutherland and Sally Kellerman. That’s because of the classic sitcom, which toned down the movie’s outrageousness but still wrung laughs and tears from its war-is-hell premise for 11 seasons. The 1983 finale, watched by 100 million viewers, remains one of the highest-rated broadcasts ever.