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