I was a big fan of Murphy Brown at the time but it doesnt hold up well. The bulk of the humor is anti-Reaganism snark which makes Murphy look stupid given all the 80s nostalgia. The stories are typical leftist style of the time but are now hypocritical - free speech, fighting government oppression all things leftists (and even Murphy herself now, from what I’ve heard because I could only stomach about 5 minutes of the new series) now happily support. It’s all vacuous.
Surprisingly MASH, even with its leftist bends, seems to stay pertinent by staying on the bigger goals that are still pertinent (war is hell)
“Surprisingly MASH, even with its leftist bends, seems to stay pertinent by staying on the bigger goals that are still pertinent (war is hell)”
Particularly the McLean Stevenson-Wayne Rogers-Larry Linville era, and even more so the very good old days of Spearchucker and Ho Jon and Ugly John. The last two or three seasons that focused on the adventures of Harry Morgan, Jamie Farr, and William Christopher interspersed with drama from Alan Alda or Mike Farrell or David Ogden Stiers or Loretta Swit might have had some mildly amusing instances, but nothing compared the first era I mentioned in terms of all sorts of timelessly sidesplitting moments to enjoy again and again.