WKRP in Cincinnati

Season 1

1978 · 22 episodes · 9h 10m in all · 6.6/10

Episodes

1. 

   1. Pilot (1)

   18 Sept 1978 · 25 min · 7.0/10

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

2. 

   2. Pilot (2)

   25 Sept 1978 · 25 min · 7.0/10

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

3. 

   3. Les On a Ledge

   2 Oct 1978 · 25 min · 6.0/10

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

4. 

   4. Hoodlum Rock

   9 Oct 1978 · 25 min · 5.5/10

   Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

5. 

   5. Hold-Up

   16 Oct 1978 · 25 min · 7.7/10

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

6. 

   6. Bailey's Show

   23 Oct 1978 · 25 min · 7.0/10

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

7. 

   7. Turkeys Away

   30 Oct 1978 · 25 min · 9.0/10

   Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

8. 

   8. Love Returns

   6 Nov 1978 · 25 min · 6.0/10

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

9. 

   9. Mama's Review

   15 Jan 1979 · 25 min · 6.0/10

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

10. 

    10. A Date With Jennifer

    22 Jan 1979 · 25 min · 7.0/10

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

11. 

    11. The Contest Nobody Could Win

    29 Jan 1979 · 25 min · 7.0/10

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

12. 

    12. Tornado

    5 Feb 1979 · 25 min · 6.0/10

    A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

13. 

    13. Goodbye, Johnny

    19 Feb 1979 · 25 min · 6.0/10

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

14. 

    14. Johnny Comes Back

    26 Feb 1979 · 25 min · 7.0/10

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

15. 

    15. Never Leave Me, Lucille

    5 Mar 1979 · 25 min · 6.0/10

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

16. 

    16. I Want to Keep My Baby

    12 Mar 1979 · 25 min · 6.0/10

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

17. 

    17. A Commercial Break

    26 Mar 1979 · 25 min · 6.0/10

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

18. 

    18. Who is Gordon Sims?

    2 Apr 1979 · 25 min · 7.0/10

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

19. 

    19. I Do, I Do... For Now

    23 Apr 1979 · 25 min · 6.0/10

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

20. 

    20. Young Master Carlson

    30 Apr 1979 · 25 min · 6.0/10

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

21. 

    21. Fish Story

    28 May 1979 · 25 min · 6.0/10

    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.

22. 

    22. Preacher

    4 Jun 1979 · 25 min · 7.0/10

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