NewsRadio
NewsRadio: Season 4

Air Date

September 23, 1997

Episodes

22 episodes

NewsRadio

Season 4

Episodes

Jumper

1. Jumper

September 23, 1997
30 min

Bill tries to get an exclusive on-air story when a suicidal man is perched outside Dave's window.

Plan Bee

2. Plan Bee

September 30, 1997
30 min

Jimmy hires Andrea, an efficiency expert, when the station needs to cut funds. The staffers rally around an inept Matthew to try to preserve his job. Bill auditions for a television job.

The Public Domain

3. The Public Domain

October 28, 1997
30 min

Dave tries to get Matthew rehired amidst chaos. Andrea hires a man to share Dave's Job, Jimmy brings a camera crew into the office to film a documentary, and Bill prepares for a new career as a singing political satirist a la Mark Russell.

Super Karate Monkey Death Car

4. Super Karate Monkey Death Car

November 4, 1997
30 min

Andrea forces the staff to take lie detector tests. Lisa fears she will not pass the test due to her extensive criminal past. Jimmy has his book, which failed in the U.S., translated into Japanese then back into English.

French Diplomacy

5. French Diplomacy

November 11, 1997
30 min

Dave and Lisa break up. Bill gets himself into trouble when he advocates the beating of foreign diplomats. Matthew opens his own dentistry practice.

Pure Evil

6. Pure Evil

1.0
November 18, 1997
30 min

Dave hatches a scheme of 'pure evil' to get his job as news director back, including approving Bill's obscenity-laced imaginary conversations with the president. Lisa tries to excel as news director. Matthew lives in the office.

Catherine Moves On

7. Catherine Moves On

November 25, 1997
30 min

Each staffer offers up a very different version of events of the day Catherine announces she's leaving WNYX. Joe realizes that Catherine's always yearned for him.

Stupid Holiday Charity Talent Show

8. Stupid Holiday Charity Talent Show

December 16, 1997
30 min

Dave unveils a previously hidden talent to compete in a charity talent show. If a WNYX staff member wins, Mr. James will re-hire Matthew.

The Secret of Management

9. The Secret of Management

January 1, 1998
30 min

Bill hires a gentleman's gentleman, Cadbury, to oversee his life. Mr. James teaches Lisa 'The Secret of Management'. Matthew feels left out when Bill doesn't congratulate him on being rehired.

Look Who's Talking

10. Look Who's Talking

January 6, 1998
30 min

Bill announces plans to adopt a child. Beth and Joe attend a charity bachelor auction, with Beth impersonating a duchess and Joe playing her homosexual bachelor friend, to bid on Mr. James.

Chock

11. Chock

January 13, 1998
30 min

Dave finds it hard to say no when his old college a cappella singing group 'Chock Full o' Notes' reunites for Dave's 32nd birthday, hoping to take the pop charts by storm. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to motivate Matthew without reducing him to tears. Joe has a beef with one of Dave's friends.

Who's the Boss? (1)

12. Who's the Boss? (1)

January 20, 1998
30 min

After Bill pesters Lisa once again, Dave and Lisa hatch an evil plan to make Bill the boss to teach him a lesson. Bill's reign is eerily efficient. Joe goes on a sympathy strike to support another of Mr. James’ companies.

Who's the Boss? (2)

13. Who's the Boss? (2)

2.0
February 3, 1998
30 min

Mr. James announces an election for station manager, which neither Dave nor Lisa want to win. Joe's dysfunctional brothers visit the station to plan a surprise party for their parents. Matthew runs for floor fire marshal.

Security Door

14. Security Door

2.0
February 24, 1998
30 min

Dave struggles vainly to get the staffers to properly use the recently installed security door. Bill enlists Lisa to do the negotiating when he's offered a job in a blue jeans commercial.

Big Brother

15. Big Brother

March 3, 1998
30 min

Matthew is assigned a Big Brother, who makes eyes at Beth; Joe, Jimmy, and Bill try to uncover Lisa's love life.

Beep, Beep

16. Beep, Beep

2.0
March 18, 1998
30 min

Mr. James gives Matthew a small toy car. Mr. James urges Dave and Lisa to get back together when a secret study reveals they're more productive when they're a couple.

Balloon

17. Balloon

March 25, 1998
30 min

Jimmy plans to go around the world in a hot air balloon, until Dave finds that he is full of "hot air". Meanwhile, Bill switches from cigarettes to chewing tobacco.

Copy Machine

18. Copy Machine

April 8, 1998
30 min

The office mourns the loss of “Ted from Accounting” until Dave realizes that nobody knew him at all.

Monster Rancher

19. Monster Rancher

April 15, 1998
30 min

Matthew takes Lisa on a date. The office has trouble adapting to a new intern, Mr. James' nephew Walt.

4:20

20. 4:20

April 29, 1998
30 min

Joe fights Matthew in a no-holds-barred match at Mr. James' men's club smoker. Bill is extremely worried that Walt will ask Lisa on a date. We learn Dave's technique for getting rid of an unwanted visitor: act insane.

Jackass Junior High

21. Jackass Junior High

May 6, 1998
30 min

Lisa is treated like a male by office co-workers, who revert to their boorish selves when all other females are out sick.

Sinking Ship

22. Sinking Ship

May 12, 1998
30 min

The episode spoofs the movie Titanic, where Walt and Dave sketch Lisa nude and give her heart-shaped necklaces. Soon, though, the ship starts to sink...