WKRP in Cincinnati
WKRP in Cincinnati: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

September 18, 1978

Episodes

22 episodes

WKRP in Cincinnati

Season 1

Episodes

Pilot (1)

1. Pilot (1)

6.0
September 18, 1978
25 min

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

Pilot (2)

2. Pilot (2)

6.0
September 25, 1978
25 min

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

Les On a Ledge

3. Les On a Ledge

6.0
October 2, 1978
25 min

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

Hoodlum Rock

4. Hoodlum Rock

5.5
October 9, 1978
25 min

Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

Hold-Up

5. Hold-Up

6.5
October 16, 1978
25 min

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

Bailey's Show

6. Bailey's Show

7.0
October 23, 1978
25 min

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

Turkeys Away

7. Turkeys Away

8.7
October 30, 1978
25 min

Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

Love Returns

8. Love Returns

6.0
November 6, 1978
25 min

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

Mama's Review

9. Mama's Review

6.0
January 15, 1979
25 min

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

A Date With Jennifer

10. A Date With Jennifer

6.0
January 22, 1979
25 min

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

The Contest Nobody Could Win

11. The Contest Nobody Could Win

6.0
January 29, 1979
25 min

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

Tornado

12. Tornado

6.0
February 5, 1979
25 min

A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

Goodbye, Johnny

13. Goodbye, Johnny

6.0
February 19, 1979
25 min

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

Johnny Comes Back

14. Johnny Comes Back

6.0
February 26, 1979
25 min

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

Never Leave Me, Lucille

15. Never Leave Me, Lucille

6.0
March 5, 1979
25 min

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

I Want to Keep My Baby

16. I Want to Keep My Baby

6.0
March 12, 1979
25 min

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

A Commercial Break

17. A Commercial Break

6.0
March 26, 1979
25 min

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

Who is Gordon Sims?

18. Who is Gordon Sims?

6.0
April 2, 1979
25 min

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

I Do, I Do... For Now

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

6.0
April 23, 1979
25 min

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

Young Master Carlson

20. Young Master Carlson

6.0
April 30, 1979
25 min

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

Fish Story

21. Fish Story

6.0
May 28, 1979
25 min

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.

Preacher

22. Preacher

6.0
June 4, 1979
25 min

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