WKRP in Cincinnati

25min

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.

Production Companies

MTM Enterprises

Company Four

Episodes

Cast

Pilot (1)

1. Pilot (1)

25min

18th Sep 1978

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

Pilot (2)

2. Pilot (2)

25min

25th Sep 1978

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

Les On a Ledge

3. Les On a Ledge

25min

2nd Oct 1978

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

Hoodlum Rock

4. Hoodlum Rock

25min

9th Oct 1978

Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

Hold-Up

5. Hold-Up

25min

16th Oct 1978

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

Bailey's Show

6. Bailey's Show

25min

23rd Oct 1978

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

Turkeys Away

7. Turkeys Away

25min

30th Oct 1978

Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

Love Returns

8. Love Returns

25min

6th Nov 1978

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

Mama's Review

9. Mama's Review

25min

15th Jan 1979

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

A Date With Jennifer

10. A Date With Jennifer

25min

22nd Jan 1979

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

The Contest Nobody Could Win

11. The Contest Nobody Could Win

25min

29th Jan 1979

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

Tornado

12. Tornado

25min

5th Feb 1979

A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

Goodbye, Johnny

13. Goodbye, Johnny

25min

19th Feb 1979

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

Johnny Comes Back

14. Johnny Comes Back

25min

26th Feb 1979

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

Never Leave Me, Lucille

15. Never Leave Me, Lucille

25min

5th Mar 1979

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

I Want to Keep My Baby

16. I Want to Keep My Baby

25min

12th Mar 1979

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

A Commercial Break

17. A Commercial Break

25min

26th Mar 1979

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

Who is Gordon Sims?

18. Who is Gordon Sims?

25min

2nd Apr 1979

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

I Do, I Do... For Now

19. I Do, I Do... For Now

25min

23rd Apr 1979

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

Young Master Carlson

20. Young Master Carlson

25min

30th Apr 1979

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

Fish Story

21. Fish Story

25min

28th May 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.

Preacher

22. Preacher

25min

4th Jun 1979

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

First air date

18th Sep 1978

Last air date

21st Apr 1982

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks