WKRP in Cincinnati
“So just sit right down, relax, open your ears real wide and say, "Give it to me straight, Doctor. I can take it!"”
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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Seasons
1.Pilot (1)
7.018-09-197825mAndy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.
2.Pilot (2)
7.025-09-197825mAndy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.
3.Les On a Ledge
6.002-10-197825mLes is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.
4.Hoodlum Rock
5.509-10-197825mAndy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.
5.Hold-Up
7.716-10-197825mA broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.
6.Bailey's Show
7.023-10-197825mBailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.
7.Turkeys Away
9.030-10-197825mCarlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.
8.Love Returns
6.006-11-197825mAndy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.
9.Mama's Review
6.015-01-197925mIn flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.
10.A Date With Jennifer
7.022-01-197925mLes invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.
11.The Contest Nobody Could Win
7.029-01-197925mJohnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.
12.Tornado
6.005-02-197925mA tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.
13.Goodbye, Johnny
6.019-02-197925mJohnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.
14.Johnny Comes Back
7.026-02-197925mJohnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.
15.Never Leave Me, Lucille
6.005-03-197925mTemporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.
16.I Want to Keep My Baby
6.012-03-197925mJohnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.
17.A Commercial Break
6.026-03-197925mAndy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.
18.Who is Gordon Sims?
7.002-04-197925mVenus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.
19.I Do, I Do... For Now
6.023-04-197925mJennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.
20.Young Master Carlson
6.030-04-197925mMomma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.
21.Fish Story
6.028-05-197925mAndy tells a journalist that WKRP is just a "run-of-the-mill" station, even though a staffer is running around in a "carp" suit.
22.Preacher
7.004-06-197925mA wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.
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