Why were McLean Stevenson and Larry Linville replaced on M*A*S*H*?
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McLean Stevenson appeared in his best known role as the bumbling surgeon and commanding officer, Col. Henry Blake, on the successful TV series "M*A*S*H". However, Stevenson was soon chafing at his second-banana role on "M*A*S*H" and asked to be released from his contract. In the last episode of the 1974-75 season, Blake was reassigned and his plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan. After leaving "M*A*S*H", Stevenson headlined in a series of failed TV shows. Larry Linville chose not to renegotiate his "M*A*S*H" contract because "I felt I had done everything possible with the character". He'd even stopped attending dailies by the fifth season (his last), because he'd tired of seeing Frank Burns as the butt of so many jokes.
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