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77
66
IMDb 1942
8.0
/11869/
Trakt
77
/192/
TMDb
75
/78/
Tomatoes

Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 2325 min.
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG
Common sense age: 12+ cc

WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)

Season 1 (Sept. 18, 1978, midnight)

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.

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WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)

Season 1 (Sept. 18, 1978, midnight)

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.

77
66
IMDb 1942
8.0
/11869/
Trakt
77
/192/
TMDb
75
/78/
Tomatoes
Hugh Wilson
Hugh Wilson
Director
Tim Reid
Tim Reid
Venus Flytrap
Howard Hesseman
Howard Hesseman
Dr. Johnny Fever
Loni Anderson
Loni Anderson
Jennifer Marlowe
Frank Bonner
Frank Bonner
Herb Tarlek
Gary Sandy
Gary Sandy
Andy Travis
Gordon Jump
Gordon Jump
Arthur Carlson
Richard Sanders
Richard Sanders
Les Nessman
Jan Smithers
Jan Smithers
Bailey Quarters

Sept. 18, 1978, midnight 6.0

S1E1 - Pilot (1)

Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.
Sept. 25, 1978, midnight 6.0

S1E2 - Pilot (2)

Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.
Oct. 2, 1978, midnight 6.0

S1E3 - Les On a Ledge

Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.
Oct. 9, 1978, midnight 5.5

S1E4 - Hoodlum Rock

Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.
Oct. 16, 1978, midnight 6.5

S1E5 - Hold-Up

A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.
Oct. 23, 1978, midnight 7.0

S1E6 - Bailey's Show

Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.
Oct. 30, 1978, midnight 8.0

S1E7 - Turkeys Away

Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.
Nov. 6, 1978, midnight 6.0

S1E8 - Love Returns

Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.
Jan. 15, 1979, midnight 6.0

S1E9 - Mama's Review

In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.
Jan. 22, 1979, midnight 6.0

S1E10 - A Date With Jennifer

Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.
Jan. 29, 1979, midnight 6.0

S1E11 - The Contest Nobody Could Win

Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.
Feb. 5, 1979, midnight 6.0

S1E12 - Tornado

A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.
Feb. 19, 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. 26, 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.
March 5, 1979, midnight 6.0

S1E15 - Never Leave Me, Lucille

Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.
March 12, 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 26, 1979, midnight 6.0

S1E17 - A Commercial Break

Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.
April 2, 1979, midnight 6.0

S1E18 - Who is Gordon Sims?

Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.
April 23, 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 30, 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.
May 28, 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.
June 4, 1979, midnight 6.0

S1E22 - Preacher

A wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 2325 min.
Released: Sept. 18, 1978
Last Air Date: April 21, 1982, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG
Common sense age: 12+ cc

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