It ran for six seasons with 168 episodes produced from September 17, 1965 until April 4, 1971.
It aired on the CBS network and was the longest broadcast run for an American television series about WWll.
According to Jonathon Berr Senior Contributer of Forbes on September 18, 2019......
"To say that Hogan's Heroes was politically incorrect would be an understatement. The sitcom was based on the absurd notion that Col. Robert Hogan and his band of saboteurs could operate out of a prisoner of war camp in Germany called Stalag 13. The Nazis in the show such as Commandant Wilhelm Klink and Sergeant Hans Schultz were dimwitted and not evil. Every episode featured at least one threat to send a Nazi to the "Russian Front" or a prisoner to "the cooler." There were plenty of Adolf Hitler jokes."
He goes on to explain quoting from Brenda Scott Royce, author of Hogan's Heroes: Behind the Scenes at Stalag 13,
that the wounds of World War II were still fresh for many people at the time the show aired.
My own father "Roy Martin Badgerow" was himself a POW.
He would bust a gut when he watched. He loved the show as did so many other of his age group. I also think it has a place here in Yesterday Television.
It is also on MeTV Or The Internet Archive
If you would like to binge watch a few episodes......
Thanks For "Watching" & "Following" YERSTERDAY TELEVISION
I found that CBS/VIACON have posted Hogans Heros on the Internet Archive with the condition that I give them approrite credit and provide a link to the license.
I also..... herby indicate that I did not remix,transform,or build upon the material.
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