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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Episodes
22 episodes. Playback and audio depend on the available source.
0125 minS1:E1 Pilot (1)
Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.
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0225 minS1:E2 Pilot (2)
Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.
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0325 minS1:E3 Les On a Ledge
Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.
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0425 minS1:E4 Hoodlum Rock
Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.
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0525 minS1:E5 Hold-Up
A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.
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0625 minS1:E6 Bailey's Show
Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.
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0725 minS1:E7 Turkeys Away
Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.
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0825 minS1:E8 Love Returns
Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.
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0925 minS1:E9 Mama's Review
In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.
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1025 minS1:E10 A Date With Jennifer
Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.
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1125 minS1:E11 The Contest Nobody Could Win
Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.
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1225 minS1:E12 Tornado
A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.
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1325 minS1:E13 Goodbye, Johnny
Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.
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1425 minS1:E14 Johnny Comes Back
Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.
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1525 minS1:E15 Never Leave Me, Lucille
Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.
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1625 minS1:E16 I Want to Keep My Baby
Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.
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1725 minS1:E17 A Commercial Break
Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.
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1825 minS1:E18 Who is Gordon Sims?
Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.
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1925 minS1:E19 I Do, I Do... For Now
Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.
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2025 minS1:E20 Young Master Carlson
Momma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.
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2125 minS1:E21 Fish Story
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.
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2225 minS1:E22 Preacher
A wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.
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