Unlike other TV sitcoms which are typically shot in one session on a sound stage in front of a live audience, M*A*S*H was filmed over several days either on-location at the Fox ranch or on Sound Stage 9 in the Fox studios. Freed of the limitations of a live audience, the show directors and screenwriters had the freedom to experiment with unusual camera angles and story-telling strategies. As a result the 11 seasons of M*A*S*H would feature some unusual and innovative narrative formats.