https://screenrant.com/mash-show-duke-forrest-skerritt-missing-why/

The MASH TV show on CBS was missing a key character from Robert Altman's movie and the novels it was based on, and it subtly explained why.

https://screenrant.com/mash-show-duke-forrest-skerritt-missing-why/

The MASH TV show on CBS was missing a key character from Robert Altman's movie and the novels it was based on, and it subtly explained why.

Duke Forrest was a bit too "rural" probably, as all the Southern and country style characters and series were falling victim to the "Rural Purge" at around the same time M*A*S*H was starting out.