Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce (Alan Alda) and Trapper John McIntyre (Wayne Rogers) stand together in a tent in M*A*S*H - 20th Century Television We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

From the time television entered mainstream culture, TV programming has mirrored our lives, evolving and shifting as society has grown and changed. In the '50s and '60s, there were crime dramas like ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When it came to television in the 1970s, the times were a-changing — and not a moment too soon. During the decade, the television industry saw ...