Johnny Comes Back

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, 1979Now viewing

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.