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Hogan’s Heroes
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Hogan’s Heroes

American television series
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Hogan's Heroes was an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from 1965 to 1971. The show was set in a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II. It was a comedy that exemplified the unique direction television entertainment was taking in the 1960s, debuting in the top 10 of the Nielsen ratings. The series featured a group of Allied prisoners who, under the guise of being incompetent, were actually running an espionage and sabotage operation against the Nazis.1

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  1. M*A*S*H
  2. Television in the United States - Escapism

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