WKRP in Cincinnati

Name: WKRP in Cincinnati
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1978-09-18
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Gary Sandy, Howard Hesseman, Tim Reid, Loni Anderson, Frank Bonner

ENDED4 Seasons90 Episodes★ 7.6

WKRP in Cincinnati is a comedy series on CBS that ran from 1978 to 1982, ending after 4 seasons and 90 episodes.

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NetworkCBS

First AiredSep 18, 1978

Last AiredApr 21, 1982

GenreComedy

Runtime25 min

Created ByHugh Wilson

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited States

ProductionMTM Enterprises, Company Four

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.

Cast

Gary Sandy

Andy Travis

Howard Hesseman

Dr. Johnny Fever

Tim Reid

Venus Flytrap

Loni Anderson

Jennifer Marlowe

Frank Bonner

Herb Tarlek

Gordon Jump

Arthur Carlson

Richard Sanders

Les Nessman

Jan Smithers

Bailey Quarters

Seasons & Episodes4 seasons · 90 episodes

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E1An Explosive Affair (Part 1)

Oct 7, 198125m

After the station receives a bomb threat, Andy sends Johnny and Venus to broadcast from the transmitter tower while the station is being searched.

E2An Explosive Affair (Part 2)

Oct 14, 198125m

Andy is unable to warn Johnny and Venus when he realizes that the bomb is at the transmitter.

E3The Union

Oct 21, 198125m

The staff of WKRP considers joining a union. Mr. Carlson is furious and rushes to his mother for advice, while Andy tries to appear neutral in this labor-management conflict.

E4Rumors

Oct 28, 198125m

While his apartment is being fumigated, Johnny accepts Bailey's offer to stay at her place, causing everyone at the station to think that the two are sleeping together. Johnny's also afraid that he's in danger of losing his time slot to Rex, the afternoon DJ, and when Bailey tries to cheer him up, he mistakes her friendliness for a come-on.

E5Straight from the Heart

Nov 4, 198125m

Herb tells everyone that he's going on vacation, but Les and Jennifer discover that he's actually checked into the hospital for heart tests.

E6Who's on First?

Nov 11, 198125m

With Herb in the hospital, Mr. Carlson pretends he is Herb and is impersonated by Les for an advertising client.

E7Three Days of the Condo

Nov 18, 198125m

When Johnny receives $24,000 in a legal settlement, Venus convinces him to use the money to invest in a condominium at Gone With the Wind Estates.

E8Jennifer and the Will

Dec 2, 198125m

Colonel Buchanan, Jennifer's elderly gentleman friend, dies suddenly. As executrix of his will, Jennifer must deal with the press and with the Colonel's money-grubbing, rumor mongering relatives.

E9The Consultant

Dec 30, 198125m★ 7.3

Mama Carlson hires a professional radio consultant to evaluate WKRP. The man she's hired, Norris Breeze, is an old friend of Andy's who also runs a radio programming service. Andy soon realizes that Breeze intends to give the station a bad report unless it subscribes to the service.

E10

E10Love, Exciting and New

Jan 6, 198225m

Andy starts taking Mama Carlson out after hours in the hopes of getting her to pay for a new transmitter for the station. But he begins to suspect that she might have more-than-businesslike expectations of him.

E11

E11You Can't Go Out of Town Again

Jan 13, 198225m

Mr. Carlson goes with Carmen to a college reunion where he learns the disillusioning truth about how he and Carmen first met; Bailey is frustrated in her attempts to get a computer for billing; Venus can't get a moment alone in the booth with his latest date.

E12

E12Pills

Jan 20, 198225m

Herb sells ad spots to a seller of ""diet pills""; after it turns out that the pills are a legalized way of selling speed to teenagers, it also turns out that the station can't legally get out of running the ads.

E13

E13Changes

Jan 27, 198225m

When Venus learns that he's going to be interviewed by a militant black magazine, he adopts a new wardrobe and manner in order to seem more in touch with black culture. Meanwhile, Jennifer offers to change Herb's image, starting with picking out new, tasteful clothes for him.

E14

E14Jennifer and Johnny's Charity

Feb 3, 198225m

When a fire destroys the kitchen at the Vine Street Mission, Johnny recruits Jennifer to help raise the $40,000 dollars to rebuild it. Jennifer throws a party for her rich friends and asks them to contribute, and everything is going fine until the contributors meet the people involved.

E15

E15I'll Take Romance

Feb 17, 198225m

Herb fixes Les up with a date through his latest client, the I'll Take Romance Dating Service. Les hits it off with his date immediately, not knowing that the dating service is a front for prostitution.

E16

E16Circumstantial Evidence

Feb 24, 198225m

Venus's latest date gives him an expensive diamond earring as a gift and then runs out on him; it turns out that she's a thief who has used the stolen earring to frame Venus as her accomplice.

E17

E17Fire

Mar 17, 198225m

Herb and Jennifer are trapped in an elevator when a fire breaks out in the Flimm Building.

E18

E18Dear Liar

Mar 24, 198225m

When Bailey writes a news story on the Northside Children's Clinic, Les steals it and reads it on the air. This turns out to be a blow to the station's integrity in more ways than one when Bailey admits that she fictionalized part of the story.

E19

E19The Creation of Venus

Mar 31, 198225m

When Venus lets it slip that he was a schoolteacher before he came to WKRP, Andy has to tell Mama Carlson the truth about how he hired Gordon Sims as a DJ and how they came up with the persona of Venus Flytrap.

E20

E20The Impossible Dream

Apr 7, 198225m

On his birthday, Les announces that he's going to New York to pursue his dream of becoming a world-famous broadcast journalist by auditioning for The CBS Evening News.

E21

E21To Err is Human

Apr 14, 198225m

After Herb screws up an important advertising account, Mr. Carlson finally intends to fire him, but Jennifer takes pity on Herb and tries to help him keep his job.

E22

E22Up and Down the Dial

Apr 21, 198225m

Just as WKRP hits #6 in the ratings, Mama Carlson announces that she plans to switch the format of the station to 24 hours a day of news.

About WKRP in Cincinnati

WKRP in Cincinnati is a comedy series on CBS. The show first aired on Sep 18, 1978 and currently has 4 seasons and 90 episodes. WKRP in Cincinnati has ended. It has a rating of 7.6/10 based on 100 votes. The cast includes Gary Sandy, Howard Hesseman, Tim Reid, Loni Anderson, Frank Bonner. Created by Hugh Wilson.