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.
Episodes
Season 1 — 22 episodes
E1
Pilot (1)
25m·7.0
Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.
E2
Pilot (2)
25m·7.0
Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.
E3
Les On a Ledge
25m·6.0
Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.
E4
Hoodlum Rock
25m·5.5
Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.
E5
Hold-Up
25m·7.7
A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.
E6
Bailey's Show
25m·7.0
Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.
E7
Turkeys Away
25m·9.0
Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.
E8
Love Returns
25m·6.0
Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.
E9
Mama's Review
25m·6.0
In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.
E10
A Date With Jennifer
25m·7.0
Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.
E11
The Contest Nobody Could Win
25m·7.0
Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.
E12
Tornado
25m·6.0
A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.
E13
Goodbye, Johnny
25m·6.0
Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.
E14
Johnny Comes Back
25m·7.0
Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.
E15
Never Leave Me, Lucille
25m·6.0
Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.
E16
I Want to Keep My Baby
25m·6.0
Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.
E17
A Commercial Break
25m·6.0
Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.
E18
Who is Gordon Sims?
25m·7.0
Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.
E19
I Do, I Do... For Now
25m·6.0
Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.
E20
Young Master Carlson
25m·6.0
Momma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.
E21
Fish Story
25m·6.0
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.
E22
Preacher
25m·7.0
A wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.
