WKRP in Cincinnati
So just sit right down, relax, open your ears real wide and say, "Give it to me straight, Doctor. I can take it!"
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.
Episodes
1Pilot (1)
25 minSep 18, 1978
Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.
2Pilot (2)
25 minSep 25, 1978
Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.
3Les On a Ledge
25 minOct 2, 1978
Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.
4Hoodlum Rock
25 minOct 9, 1978
Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.
5Hold-Up
25 minOct 16, 1978
A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.
6Bailey's Show
25 minOct 23, 1978
Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.
7Turkeys Away
25 minOct 30, 1978
Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.
8Love Returns
25 minNov 6, 1978
Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.
9Mama's Review
25 minJan 15, 1979
In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.
10A Date With Jennifer
25 minJan 22, 1979
Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.
11The Contest Nobody Could Win
25 minJan 29, 1979
Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.
12Tornado
25 minFeb 5, 1979
A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.
13Goodbye, Johnny
25 minFeb 19, 1979
Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.
14Johnny Comes Back
25 minFeb 26, 1979
Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.
15Never Leave Me, Lucille
25 minMar 5, 1979
Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.
16I Want to Keep My Baby
25 minMar 12, 1979
Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.
17A Commercial Break
25 minMar 26, 1979
Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.
18Who is Gordon Sims?
25 minApr 2, 1979
Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.
19I Do, I Do... For Now
25 minApr 23, 1979
Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.
20Young Master Carlson
25 minApr 30, 1979
Momma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.
21Fish Story
25 minMay 28, 1979
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.
22Preacher
25 minJun 4, 1979
A wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.
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