Which M*A*S*H episode was filmed in black-and-white as a mock television interview?

The M*A*S*H episode filmed in black-and-white as a mock television interview is “The Interview.”

It is the twenty-fifth and final episode of the show’s fourth season, first broadcast on February 24, 1976. In the story, journalist Clete Roberts visits the 4077th and asks the doctors, nurses, and staff members about the Korean War. Their answers create a documentary-style portrait of the unit, mixing personal testimony, comedy, fear, and moral unease.

The black-and-white format deliberately imitates a television news interview or documentary. The episode also stands out because it largely avoids the show’s laugh track. Larry Gelbart wrote and directed it, and it was his final episode as the series’ developer.

Viewers sometimes confuse it with “Point of View,” which uses a wounded soldier’s subjective camera perspective, or “Dreams,” which presents surreal wartime nightmares. Neither has the same mock-interview structure. “The Interview” later won the 1976 Humanitas Prize for a 30-minute network or syndicated program.