WKRP in CincinnatiSo 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.
CreatorHugh Wilson
Pilot (1)
Sep 18, 1978
Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.
Pilot (2)
Sep 25, 1978
Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.
Les On a Ledge
Oct 2, 1978
Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.
Hoodlum Rock
Oct 9, 1978
Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.
Hold-Up
Oct 16, 1978
A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.
Bailey's Show
Oct 23, 1978
Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.
Turkeys Away
Oct 30, 1978
Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.
Love Returns
Nov 6, 1978
Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.
Mama's Review
Jan 15, 1979
In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.
A Date With Jennifer
Jan 22, 1979
Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.
The Contest Nobody Could Win
Jan 29, 1979
Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.
Tornado
Feb 5, 1979
A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.
Goodbye, Johnny
Feb 19, 1979
Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.
Johnny Comes Back
Feb 26, 1979
Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.
Never Leave Me, Lucille
Mar 5, 1979
Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.
I Want to Keep My Baby
Mar 12, 1979
Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.
A Commercial Break
Mar 26, 1979
Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.
Who is Gordon Sims?
Apr 2, 1979
Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.
I Do, I Do... For Now
Apr 23, 1979
Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.
Young Master Carlson
Apr 30, 1979
Momma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.
Fish Story
May 28, 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
Jun 4, 1979
A wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.
GenerationofSwine
@GenerationofSwine
I don't care what anyone else says, WKRP still has the funniest episode of all time and the funniest holiday episode of TV history. Period. No contest. It wasn't wall-to-wall laughter, it wasn't as great as I remember it being, but when it was funny, even decades later nothing has matched it. WKRP outdid itself in almost every way, and it deserves to go down in comedy history as one of the greatest shows of all time
