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WKRP in Cincinnati
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.
- Created by:
- Hugh Wilson
- Cast:
- Gary Sandy, Howard Hesseman, Tim Reid, Loni Anderson
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- CBS
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 3
Episodes
Episode 1
★ 5.0The Airplane Show
1980-11-01 · 25mTrying to compete with WPIG's traffic helicopter, Les starts doing traffic reports from a World War I biplane piloted by a crazy war veteran.
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★ 6.5Jennifer Moves
1980-11-08 · 25mThe staff helps Jennifer move into her new $125,000 house in the quiet suburb of Landersville. But she soon finds out that life in Landersville isn't as pleasant as she thought it would be.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 3
★ 7.5Real Families
1980-11-15 · 25mWhen Herb's family is featured in the show ""Real Families"", he is sure that they can serve as an example of a clean living family. Unfortunately, the image Herb wants to convey is different from the reality shown on screen.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 4
★ 6.5The Baby
1980-11-22 · 25mMr. Carlson's wife goes into labor and the WKRP staffers all visit the hospital to be there when she gives birth.
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★ 2.3Hotel Oceanview
1980-11-29 · 25mAndy, Mr. Carlson and Herb visit Dayton to try and land the advertising account for Vicky Von Vickey jeans. While Mr. Carlson worries about the notorious Dayton poisoner, Herb romances an old high school acquaintance and Andy has trouble with his slide projector.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 6
★ 5.0A Mile in My Shoes
1980-12-06 · 25mWhen Herb is called for jury duty, Andy takes over as sales manager and soon discovers just how tough it is trying to sell advertising time or collect from deadbeat clients. Meanwhile, Venus becomes acting program director and has to deal with Les's plan to disguise himself as a black man so that he can do a series of reports based on the book Black Like Me.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 7
★ 5.0Bah, Humbug
1980-12-20 · 25mOnce again, Mr. Carlson plans to give the staffers almost no Christmas bonuses. But in a dream brought on by eating one of Johnny Fever's brownies, the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future visit him to show him the error of his ways.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 8
★ 5.0Baby, It's Cold Inside
1981-01-03 · 25mOn a day when the furnace has broken down, Mama Carlson pays a surprise visit to the station and catches Johnny drinking in the broadcast booth.
Current episodeEpisode 9
★ 5.0The Painting
1981-01-10 · 25mAt Mr. Carlson's church auction, Herb buys a painting that Bailey loves. He tries to get Mr. Carlson or Bailey to buy it from him...until he learns that it might be valuable.
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★ 5.0Daydreams
1981-01-17 · 25mWhen Mr. Carlson rehearses a dull speech in front of the WKRP staff, all the staffers drift off into daydreams about what they would most like to be: Herb as a Latin-American dictator, Jennifer as a '30s movie star, Les as a reporter covering the Blitz in 1940, Bailey as the President of the United States, Andy as a radio Mafioso, Venus as a standup comedian, and Johnny as a rock star.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 11
★ 7.0Frog Story
1981-01-24 · 25mHerb has accidentally spray-painted his daughter's pet frog Greenpeace pink, and brings the frog to the station trying to find a way to save its life. Meanwhile, Les convinces Johnny that he is suffering from the dreaded ""schistosomiasis.""
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★ 7.7Venus and the Man
1981-01-31 · 25mThe station's cleaning woman asks Venus to convince her big, tough teenage son not to drop out of school.
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★ 6.5Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 1
1981-02-07 · 25mJohnny signs a contract to host a music TV program unaware that the songs will be disco.
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★ 6.5Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 2
1981-02-07 · 25mJohnny signs a contract to host a music TV program unaware that the songs will be disco.
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★ 6.5Ask Jennifer
1981-02-14 · 25mWhen Herb's choice as host of a new call-in advice show proves unable to go on the air, Jennifer takes over and becomes an instant success.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 16
★ 5.0I Am Woman
1981-02-21 · 25mWhen it is announced that the Flimm Building is to be torn down, Bailey starts a campaign to have the building declared a Cincinnati landmark. Everyone pitches in to help, until Mr. Carlson gets his mother's permission to build a new and better building.
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★ 5.0Secrets of Dayton Heights
1981-02-28 · 25mThe Secret Service refuses to grant Les credentials for a Presidential press conference, suspecting him of having radical affiliations. It turns out that the man who raised Les wasn't his father, and that his real father was a card-carrying Communist.
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★ 5.0Out to Lunch
1981-03-14 · 25mHerb's three-martini business lunches with an ad agency representative are causing him to mess up even more than usual, and it begins to seem that his use of alcohol as a sales tool is turning into a drinking problem.
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★ 5.0A Simple Little Wedding
1981-03-21 · 25mIn honor of their 25th anniversary, Arthur and Carmen Carlson plan to get married again. They want a small, private ceremony, but Mama Carlson has other ideas.
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★ 5.0Nothing to Fear But...
1981-03-28 · 25mEveryone is in the grip of urban paranoia after the station is robbed.
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★ 5.0Til Debt Do Us Part
1981-04-05 · 25mWhen Johnny learns that his first ex-wife is planning to remarry, he is overjoyed at the thought of not having to pay alimony, and celebrates by inviting Bailey to take a trip with him. But he feels less happy about the situation when he meets the obnoxious womanizer his ex-wife is going to marry.
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★ 7.0Clean Up Radio Everywhere
1981-04-12 · 25mDr. Bob Halyers, head of the organization Clean Up Radio Broadcasting (CURB), visits Mr. Carlson with a list of obscene songs that he wants the station to stop playing.
Watch progress · Not trackedCast
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
