WKRP in Cincinnati

Season 1 1978 - 1979
TV-PG

  • 1978-09-18T04:00:00Z on CBS
  • 25m
  • 9h 10m (22 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
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.

22 episodes

Series Premiere

1978-09-18T04:00:00Z

1x01 Pilot (1)

Series Premiere

1x01 Pilot (1)

  • 1978-09-18T04:00:00Z25m

Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.

1978-09-25T04:00:00Z

1x02 Pilot (2)

1x02 Pilot (2)

  • 1978-09-25T04:00:00Z25m

Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.

1978-10-02T04:00:00Z

1x03 Les On a Ledge

1x03 Les On a Ledge

  • 1978-10-02T04:00:00Z25m

Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.

1978-10-09T04:00:00Z

1x04 Hoodlum Rock

1x04 Hoodlum Rock

  • 1978-10-09T04:00:00Z25m

Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

1978-10-16T04:00:00Z

1x05 Hold-Up

1x05 Hold-Up

  • 1978-10-16T04:00:00Z25m

A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.

1978-10-23T04:00:00Z

1x06 Bailey's Show

1x06 Bailey's Show

  • 1978-10-23T04:00:00Z25m

Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.

1978-10-30T05:00:00Z

1x07 Turkeys Away

1x07 Turkeys Away

  • 1978-10-30T05:00:00Z25m

Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

1978-11-06T05:00:00Z

1x08 Love Returns

1x08 Love Returns

  • 1978-11-06T05:00:00Z25m

Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.

1979-01-15T05:00:00Z

1x09 Mama's Review

1x09 Mama's Review

  • 1979-01-15T05:00:00Z25m

In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.

1979-01-22T05:00:00Z

1x10 A Date With Jennifer

1x10 A Date With Jennifer

  • 1979-01-22T05:00:00Z25m

Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.

Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.

1979-02-05T05:00:00Z

1x12 Tornado

1x12 Tornado

  • 1979-02-05T05:00:00Z25m

A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

1979-02-19T05:00:00Z

1x13 Goodbye, Johnny

1x13 Goodbye, Johnny

  • 1979-02-19T05:00:00Z25m

Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.

1979-02-26T05:00:00Z

1x14 Johnny Comes Back

1x14 Johnny Comes Back

  • 1979-02-26T05:00:00Z25m

Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.

1979-03-05T05:00:00Z

1x15 Never Leave Me, Lucille

1x15 Never Leave Me, Lucille

  • 1979-03-05T05:00:00Z25m

Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.

1979-03-12T05:00:00Z

1x16 I Want to Keep My Baby

1x16 I Want to Keep My Baby

  • 1979-03-12T05:00:00Z25m

Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.

1979-03-26T05:00:00Z

1x17 A Commercial Break

1x17 A Commercial Break

  • 1979-03-26T05:00:00Z25m

Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.

1979-04-02T05:00:00Z

1x18 Who is Gordon Sims?

1x18 Who is Gordon Sims?

  • 1979-04-02T05:00:00Z25m

Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.

1979-04-23T05:00:00Z

1x19 I Do, I Do... For Now

1x19 I Do, I Do... For Now

  • 1979-04-23T05:00:00Z25m

Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.

1979-04-30T04:00:00Z

1x20 Young Master Carlson

1x20 Young Master Carlson

  • 1979-04-30T04:00:00Z25m

Momma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.

1979-05-28T04:00:00Z

1x21 Fish Story

1x21 Fish Story

  • 1979-05-28T04:00:00Z25m

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.

Season Finale

1979-06-04T04:00:00Z

1x22 Preacher

Season Finale

1x22 Preacher

  • 1979-06-04T04:00:00Z25m

A wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.

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