Season 1

TV Show · Comedy · Classics

We're on the air! WKRP In Cincinnati, classic TV's wildest, funniest, rock 'n' roll sitcom is here at last. Join WKRP's hilarious staff — program director Andy Travis, DJs Dr. Johnny Fever and Venus Flytrap, neurotic newsman Les Nessman, sultry receptionist Jennifer Marlowe and the rest — both on and off the air, as they take their floundering station from hard times to hard rock. Starring Howard Hesseman and Loni Anderson, this is the one show that has it all. So, set that dial for WKRP In Cincinnati . . . and turn it up, man! PLEASE NOTE: We are using the raw, original broadcast material to deliver the most authentic experience we could provide. As a result, you may notice occasional glitches in video quality. Also: Some of the original music content has been edited for this release.

1978 · 24m
  • 12+
Starring Gary Sandy, Gordon Jump, Loni Anderson

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Pilot, Pt. 1
    New program director Andy Travis shakes things up at WKRP when he changes the floundering radio station's format from "beautiful music" to hard-driving rock'n'roll.
    25m
  • EPISODE 2
    Pilot, Pt. 2
    Andy is in dire straits when angry listeners and advertisers protest the station's new format.
    25m
  • EPISODE 3
    Les On a Ledge
    Timid news director Les Nessman goes out on a ledge after having his reputation as a newsman -- and his manhood -- questioned.
    25m
  • EPISODE 4
    Hoodlum Rock
    Andy's career is jeopardized when he arranges for the station to sponsor a concert by British rock group Scum of the Earth, whose name says it all.
    22m
  • EPISODE 5
    Hold-Up
    When an armed robbery disrupts a live broadcast from a stereo store, D.J. Dr. Johnny Fever is left to contend with the gunman on the air.
    24m
  • EPISODE 6
    Bailey's Show
    An inexperienced Bailey faces the resentment of the staff when she's allowed to produce her own show, which draws the biggest crowd of freaks, weirdoes and losers the city has ever seen.
    25m

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Cast & Crew

  • Gordon Jump
    Arthur Carlson
  • Howard Hesseman
    Johnny Caravella
  • Loni Anderson
    Jennifer Marlowe
  • Jan Smithers
    Bailey Quarters
  • Tim Reid
    Gordon Sims
  • Frank Bonner
    Herb Tarlek
  • Gary Sandy
    Andy Travis
  • R‌S
    Richard Sanders
    Les Nessman
  • Hugh Wilson
    Creator

About

Season 1

Comedy

We're on the air! WKRP In Cincinnati, classic TV's wildest, funniest, rock 'n' roll sitcom is here at last. Join WKRP's hilarious staff — program director Andy Travis, DJs Dr. Johnny Fever and Venus Flytrap, neurotic newsman Les Nessman, sultry receptionist Jennifer Marlowe and the rest — both on and off the air, as they take their floundering station from hard times to hard rock. Starring Howard Hesseman and Loni Anderson, this is the one show that has it all. So, set that dial for WKRP In Cincinnati . . . and turn it up, man! PLEASE NOTE: We are using the raw, original broadcast material to deliver the most authentic experience we could provide. As a result, you may notice occasional glitches in video quality. Also: Some of the original music content has been edited for this release.

12+

COMMON SENSE

Classic sitcom still entertains, raises relevant issues.

Information

Studio
CBS
Released
1978
Rated
TV-PG
Region of Origin
United States
© 1978-1979 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

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