Hugh Wilson
Director
WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
Season 1
When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of oddball characters is forced to switch gears quickly. New programming director Andy Travis brings in a new DJ named Venus Flytrap to work with the station's burned-out veteran, Dr. Johnny Fever. Neurotic newsman Les Nessman, eager beaver Bailey Quarters, sleazy salesman Herb Tarlek, blonde bombshell Jennifer Marlowe, who serves as the station's ultra-capable receptionist, and station manager Arthur Carlson, whose domineering mother owns WKRP, round out the eccentric bunch.
Released Sept. 18, 1978
Episode 25 min
12+
Genres: Comedy
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Production Companies: MTM Enterprises, Company Four
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
6.0
S1E1 - Pilot (1)
Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.
Sept. 18, 1978, midnight
6.0
S1E2 - Pilot (2)
Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.
Sept. 25, 1978, midnight
6.0
S1E3 - Les On a Ledge
Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.
Oct. 2, 1978, midnight
5.5
S1E4 - Hoodlum Rock
Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.
Oct. 9, 1978, midnight
7.7
S1E5 - Hold-Up
A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.
Oct. 16, 1978, midnight
7.0
S1E6 - Bailey's Show
Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.
Oct. 23, 1978, midnight
8.7
S1E7 - Turkeys Away
Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.
Oct. 30, 1978, midnight
6.0
S1E8 - Love Returns
Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.
Nov. 6, 1978, midnight
6.0
S1E9 - Mama's Review
In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.
Jan. 15, 1979, midnight
6.0
S1E10 - A Date With Jennifer
Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.
Jan. 22, 1979, midnight
6.0
S1E11 - The Contest Nobody Could Win
Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.
Jan. 29, 1979, midnight
6.0
S1E12 - Tornado
A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.
Feb. 5, 1979, midnight
6.0
S1E13 - Goodbye, Johnny
Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.
Feb. 19, 1979, midnight
6.0
S1E14 - Johnny Comes Back
Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.
Feb. 26, 1979, midnight
6.0
S1E15 - Never Leave Me, Lucille
Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.
March 5, 1979, midnight
6.0
S1E16 - I Want to Keep My Baby
Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.
March 12, 1979, midnight
6.0
S1E17 - A Commercial Break
Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.
March 26, 1979, midnight
6.0
S1E18 - Who is Gordon Sims?
Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.
April 2, 1979, midnight
6.0
S1E19 - I Do, I Do... For Now
Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.
April 23, 1979, midnight
6.0
S1E20 - Young Master Carlson
Momma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.
April 30, 1979, midnight
6.0
S1E21 - Fish Story
Andy tells a journalist that WKRP is just a "run-of-the-mill" station, even though a staffer is running around in a "carp" suit.
May 28, 1979, midnight
6.0
S1E22 - Preacher
A wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.
June 4, 1979, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 2250 min.
Released: Sept. 18, 1978
Last Air Date: April 21, 1982, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG
Common sense age: 12+
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