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WKRP in CincinnatiSeason 1

Episodes

  • E01 Pilot (1)

    7.0

    Sep 18, 1978 · 25m

    Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.

  • E02 Pilot (2)

    7.0

    Sep 25, 1978 · 25m

    Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.

  • E03 Les On a Ledge

    6.0

    Oct 2, 1978 · 25m

    Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.

  • E04 Hoodlum Rock

    5.5

    Oct 9, 1978 · 25m

    Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

  • E05 Hold-Up

    7.7

    Oct 16, 1978 · 25m

    A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.

  • E06 Bailey's Show

    7.0

    Oct 23, 1978 · 25m

    Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.

  • E07 Turkeys Away

    9.0

    Oct 30, 1978 · 25m

    Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

  • E08 Love Returns

    6.0

    Nov 6, 1978 · 25m

    Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.

  • E09 Mama's Review

    6.0

    Jan 15, 1979 · 25m

    In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.

  • E10 A Date With Jennifer

    7.0

    Jan 22, 1979 · 25m

    Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.

  • E11 The Contest Nobody Could Win

    7.0

    Jan 29, 1979 · 25m

    Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.

  • E12 Tornado

    6.0

    Feb 5, 1979 · 25m

    A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

  • E13 Goodbye, Johnny

    6.0

    Feb 19, 1979 · 25m

    Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.

  • E14 Johnny Comes Back

    7.0

    Feb 26, 1979 · 25m

    Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.

  • E15 Never Leave Me, Lucille

    6.0

    Mar 5, 1979 · 25m

    Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.

  • E16 I Want to Keep My Baby

    6.0

    Mar 12, 1979 · 25m

    Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.

  • E17 A Commercial Break

    6.0

    Mar 26, 1979 · 25m

    Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.

  • E18 Who is Gordon Sims?

    7.0

    Apr 2, 1979 · 25m

    Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.

  • E19 I Do, I Do... For Now

    6.0

    Apr 23, 1979 · 25m

    Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.

  • E20 Young Master Carlson

    6.0

    Apr 30, 1979 · 25m

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

  • E21 Fish Story

    6.0

    May 28, 1979 · 25m

    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

    7.0

    Jun 4, 1979 · 25m

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

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