
WKRP in Cincinnati
S1 · E1IMDB:
7.5
Released
9/18/1978
Duration
0h 25m
Genre
Comedy
Country
United States of America
Cast
Gary Sandy, Howard Hesseman, Tim Reid
Overview
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.

WKRP in Cincinnati
Season 1 · Episode 1IMDB:
7.5Released
9/18/1978
Genre
Comedy
Cast
Gary Sandy, Howard Hesseman, Tim Reid
Duration
0h 25m
Country
United States of America
Overview
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.
Episodes
EP 1AvailablePilot (1)
Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.

Pilot (1)
Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.
EP 2AvailablePilot (2)
Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.

Pilot (2)
Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.
EP 3AvailableLes On a Ledge
Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.

Les On a Ledge
Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.
EP 4AvailableHoodlum Rock
Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

Hoodlum Rock
Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.
EP 5AvailableHold-Up
A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.

Hold-Up
A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.
EP 6AvailableBailey's Show
Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.

Bailey's Show
Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.
EP 7AvailableTurkeys Away
Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

Turkeys Away
Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.
EP 8AvailableLove Returns
Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.

Love Returns
Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.
EP 9AvailableMama's Review
In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.

Mama's Review
In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.
EP 10AvailableA Date With Jennifer
Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.

A Date With Jennifer
Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.
EP 11AvailableThe Contest Nobody Could Win
Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.

The Contest Nobody Could Win
Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.
EP 12AvailableTornado
A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

Tornado
A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.
EP 13AvailableGoodbye, Johnny
Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.

Goodbye, Johnny
Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.
EP 14AvailableJohnny Comes Back
Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.

Johnny Comes Back
Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.
EP 15AvailableNever Leave Me, Lucille
Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.

Never Leave Me, Lucille
Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.
EP 16AvailableI Want to Keep My Baby
Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.

I Want to Keep My Baby
Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.
EP 17AvailableA Commercial Break
Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.

A Commercial Break
Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.
EP 18AvailableWho is Gordon Sims?
Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.

Who is Gordon Sims?
Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.
EP 19AvailableI Do, I Do... For Now
Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.

I Do, I Do... For Now
Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.
EP 20AvailableYoung Master Carlson
Momma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.

Young Master Carlson
Momma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.
EP 21AvailableFish 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.

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.
EP 22AvailablePreacher
A wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.

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

Andy Travis
Gary Sandy

Dr. Johnny Fever
Howard Hesseman

Venus Flytrap
Tim Reid

Jennifer Marlowe
Loni Anderson

Herb Tarlek
Frank Bonner

Arthur Carlson
Gordon Jump

Les Nessman
Richard Sanders

Bailey Quarters









