WKRP in Cincinnati

WKRP in Cincinnati

ENDED4 Seasons90 Episodes7.5
NetworkCBS
First AiredSep 18, 1978
Last AiredApr 21, 1982
GenreComedy
Runtime25 min
Created ByHugh Wilson

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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Cast

Gary Sandy
Gary Sandy
Andy Travis
Howard Hesseman
Howard Hesseman
Dr. Johnny Fever
Tim Reid
Tim Reid
Venus Flytrap
Loni Anderson
Loni Anderson
Jennifer Marlowe
Frank Bonner
Frank Bonner
Herb Tarlek
Gordon Jump
Gordon Jump
Arthur Carlson
Richard Sanders
Richard Sanders
Les Nessman
Jan Smithers
Jan Smithers
Bailey Quarters

Seasons & Episodes4 seasons · 90 episodes

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E1
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.
E2
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.
E3
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.
E4
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.
E5
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.
E6
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.
E7
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.
E8
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.
E9
E9The Consultant
Dec 30, 198125m7.3
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 after 4 seasons. It has a rating of 7.5/10 based on 87 votes. The cast includes Gary Sandy, Howard Hesseman, Tim Reid, Loni Anderson, Frank Bonner. Created by Hugh Wilson.

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