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There were no survivors. >> that moment is pure honesty. >> i have trouble telling that story four years later. >> i just never even think of it as a sitcom. it just was -- it was mash. >> mash really blew up what a workplace sitcom could be. there was death. there was sorrow. there was a mixing of genre that was groundbreaking. >> it was the first dramedy in prime-time television. >> that's gunfire. it's 2:30 in the morning. >> maybe there's an after hours war. >> if we didn't have a thing here i'd put in my two week notice but i'm too weak. >> it's the most organically

Rary. ♪ >> that was a family. >> mary tyler moore show and mtm enterprised were powerful in terms of the workplace sitcom. >> in the 1970s, the baby boom generation had not settled into the life. >> i didn't want to do the standard family show. >> i'm sure he has girlfriends but he denies it. >> well, of course, todd's 13 now. >> the fact that so many people in hollywood were hitting the couch probably opened the doors for the setting of the show. >> i enjoyed the oddity of the people. >> what seems to be your problem? >> you have no idea what it's

Show like "veep." >> i can't [ bleep ] believe how terrible you are at your job. what are you running on a platform of higher taxes? >> if a bomb went off in the white house, i would not care. those are the worse people on earth. >> where were you, amy? >> you said you had it covered. >> i think we love workplace sitcom because we identify with them even with these unlikable people in this unlikable world. >> well, they think excited of a possibility of a woman becoming a president. >> not necessarily you. >> every generation gets put in the satire it deserves. >> it is tough to compete with r...

Tipperary ♪ >> it's still emotional after all these years. because that was a family. ♪ it's a long way to go ♪ >> "the mary tyler moore show" and mtm ent prerprises were rea powerful just in terms of the workplace sitcom. >> in the 1970s the baby boom generation had not settled in to the domestic life, young professionals with you who have not yet started their families. >> i didn't want to do the standard family show. >> i'm sure he has girlfriends. but he denies it. >> well, of course todd's 13 now. [ laughter ] >> the fact that so many people in hollywood were hitting the couch proba...

>> i have trouble telling that story 40 years later. >> i just never even think of it as a sitcom. you know, it just was -- it was "mash." >> m.a.s.h. really blew up what a workplace sitcom could be. there was death. there was sorrow. there was really a mixing of genre that was groundbreaking. >> it was the first dramedy in primetime television. >> it's gunfire. it's 2:30 in the morning. >> maybe there's an after-hours war around here. >> "m.a.s.h." lasted 11 seasons. >> if we didn't have such a terrific union here, i'd put in my two-week notice. but i'm too weak. >> february 28th, 1983 the wa...