Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: September 18, 1978
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 90
Networks: CBS
Genres: Comedy

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WKRP in Cincinnati(1978)
Comeback King
This show finished strong! The final season's average rating was higher than the previous one.

So just sit right down, relax, open your ears real wide and say, "Give it to me straight, Doctor. I can take it!"

TMDB Rating: 7.5 (82 votes)

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.

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Season 1

22 episodes • 1978Avg: 6.2Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Pilot (1)	Sep 18, 1978	6.0
2	Pilot (2)	Sep 25, 1978	6.0
3	Les On a Ledge	Oct 2, 1978	6.0
4	Hoodlum Rock	Oct 9, 1978	5.5
5	Hold-Up	Oct 16, 1978	6.5
6	Bailey's Show	Oct 23, 1978	7.0
7	Turkeys Away	Oct 30, 1978	8.7
8	Love Returns	Nov 6, 1978	6.0
9	Mama's Review	Jan 15, 1979	6.0
10	A Date With Jennifer	Jan 22, 1979	6.0
11	The Contest Nobody Could Win	Jan 29, 1979	6.0
12	Tornado	Feb 5, 1979	6.0
13	Goodbye, Johnny	Feb 19, 1979	6.0
14	Johnny Comes Back	Feb 26, 1979	6.0
15	Never Leave Me, Lucille	Mar 5, 1979	6.0
16	I Want to Keep My Baby	Mar 12, 1979	6.0
17	A Commercial Break	Mar 26, 1979	6.0
18	Who is Gordon Sims?	Apr 2, 1979	6.0
19	I Do, I Do... For Now	Apr 23, 1979	6.0
20	Young Master Carlson	Apr 30, 1979	6.0
21	Fish Story	May 28, 1979	6.0
22	Preacher	Jun 4, 1979	6.0

Season 2

24 episodes • 1979Avg: 5.1

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	For Love or Money (1)	Sep 17, 1979	5.0
2	For Love or Money (2)	Sep 24, 1979	5.0
3	Baseball	Oct 15, 1979	5.0
4	Bad Risk	Oct 22, 1979	5.0
5	Jennifer Falls in Love	Oct 22, 1979	5.0
6	Carlson for President	Nov 5, 1979	5.0
7	Mike Fright	Nov 12, 1979	5.0
8	The Patter of Little Feet	Nov 26, 1979	5.0
9	Baby, If You've Ever Wondered	Dec 3, 1979	5.0
10	Bailey's Big Break	Dec 10, 1979	5.0
11	Jennifer's Home for Christmas	Dec 17, 1979	6.8
12	Sparky	Dec 24, 1979	5.0
13	God Talks to Johnny	Dec 31, 1979	5.0
14	A Family Affair	Jan 7, 1980	5.0
15	Herb's Dad	Jan 14, 1980	5.0
16	Put Up or Shut Up	Jan 21, 1980	5.0
17	The Americanization of Ivan	Jan 28, 1980	5.0
18	Les' Groupie	Feb 4, 1980	5.0
19	In Concert	Feb 11, 1980	5.0
20	The Doctor's Daughter	Feb 18, 1980	5.0
21	Filthy Pictures (1)	Mar 3, 1980	5.0
22	Filthy Pictures (2)	Mar 3, 1980	5.0
23	Venus Rising	Mar 10, 1980	5.0
24	Most Improved Station	Mar 31, 1980	5.0

Season 3

22 episodes • 1980Avg: 5.3

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Airplane Show	Nov 1, 1980	5.0
2	Jennifer Moves	Nov 8, 1980	6.5
3	Real Families	Nov 15, 1980	5.0
4	The Baby	Nov 22, 1980	6.5
5	Hotel Oceanview	Nov 29, 1980	3.0
6	A Mile in My Shoes	Dec 6, 1980	5.0
7	Bah, Humbug	Dec 20, 1980	5.0
8	Baby, It's Cold Inside	Jan 3, 1981	5.0
9	The Painting	Jan 10, 1981	5.0
10	Daydreams	Jan 17, 1981	5.0
11	Frog Story	Jan 24, 1981	5.0
12	Venus and the Man	Jan 31, 1981	6.5
13	Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 1	Feb 7, 1981	5.0
14	Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 2	Feb 7, 1981	5.0
15	Ask Jennifer	Feb 14, 1981	6.5
16	I Am Woman	Feb 21, 1981	5.0
17	Secrets of Dayton Heights	Feb 28, 1981	5.0
18	Out to Lunch	Mar 14, 1981	5.0
19	A Simple Little Wedding	Mar 21, 1981	5.0
20	Nothing to Fear But...	Mar 28, 1981	5.0
21	Til Debt Do Us Part	Apr 5, 1981	5.0
22	Clean Up Radio Everywhere	Apr 12, 1981	6.5

Season 4

22 episodes • 1981Avg: 5.4

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	An Explosive Affair (Part 1)	Oct 7, 1981	8.0
2	An Explosive Affair (Part 2)	Oct 14, 1981	8.0
3	The Union	Oct 21, 1981	5.0
4	Rumors	Oct 28, 1981	5.0
5	Straight from the Heart	Nov 4, 1981	5.0
6	Who's on First?	Nov 11, 1981	5.0
7	Three Days of the Condo	Nov 18, 1981	5.0
8	Jennifer and the Will	Dec 2, 1981	6.5
9	The Consultant	Dec 30, 1981	6.5
10	Love, Exciting and New	Jan 6, 1982	5.0
11	You Can't Go Out of Town Again	Jan 13, 1982	5.0
12	Pills	Jan 20, 1982	5.0
13	Changes	Jan 27, 1982	5.0
14	Jennifer and Johnny's Charity	Feb 3, 1982	5.0
15	I'll Take Romance	Feb 17, 1982	5.0
16	Circumstantial Evidence	Feb 24, 1982	5.0
17	Fire	Mar 17, 1982	5.0
18	Dear Liar	Mar 24, 1982	5.0
19	The Creation of Venus	Mar 31, 1982	5.0
20	The Impossible Dream	Apr 7, 1982	5.0
21	To Err is Human	Apr 14, 1982	5.0
22	Up and Down the Dial	Apr 21, 1982	5.0

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