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This show was a World War II comedy set in the Pacific

ABC was so proud of this show that a two hour special episode aired on Sept 4, 1977 before the actual start date of Sept 17, 1977 at 8:30pm on Saturday night

The show aired in between Fish at 8pm and Starsky and Hutch at 9pm. Its competition was Bionic Woman on NBC and Uncle Tom wants you on CBS

The show was compared to 1960's show McHale's Navy's by some critics when it first premiered

Jamie Lee Curtis played one of the Nurses during the 1977-78 season

Melinda Naud who played one of the nurses also appeared on Happy Days as Fonzie's first girl

After the first episode the show was ranked #50

The show started to gain popularity after 2nd episode and ABC decided to keep the show in production

By the end of November 1977, it was reported the show was in danger of being cancelled

The show would remain at the bottom of the list of shows in December of 1977 but continued to air every week

Even with poor ratings the show continued to air every week in the same time slot and was renewed for another season

In season 2 the show premiered on Monday Sept 25, 1978 at 8:30pm right after Welcome Back Kotter and before Monday Night Football

When the show returned for a second season the entire cast had been changed

After the first episode of the 2nd season, the show ranked #59 out of 67 shows.

ABC made one last attempt to save the show by airing it in between Welcome Back Kotter and Barney Miller on October 26, 1978 but didnt keep most of the viewers from Mork and Mindy and was cancelled

Repeats aired during the summer of 1979 with one new episode





Indianapolis News, Sept 24, 1977
News Tribune, Sept 11, 1977
Phila Daily News, Sept 17, 1977
Complete Directory of Primetime Network TV shows
Arizona Star Daily, October 15, 1977, November 24, 1977
Phila daily News, Sept 25, 1978
Miami News, October 5, 1978
Cincinnati Post, Nov 8, 1978