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Season 1

Season 1

WKRP in Cincinnati

1978
Episodes: 22

Episodes

Pilot (1)

1. Pilot (1)

September 18, 1978

6.0
25 min

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

Guest Stars: Sylvia Sidney

Pilot (2)

2. Pilot (2)

September 25, 1978

6.0
25 min

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

Guest Stars: Richard Stahl, Nedra Volz, Delos V. Smith Jr.

Les On a Ledge

3. Les On a Ledge

October 2, 1978

6.0
25 min

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

Hoodlum Rock

4. Hoodlum Rock

October 9, 1978

5.5
25 min

Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

Guest Stars: Michael Des Barres, Peter Elbling, Jim Henderson

Hold-Up

5. Hold-Up

October 16, 1978

7.7
25 min

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

Guest Stars: Hugh Wilson, Hamilton Camp, Bill Dial

Bailey's Show

6. Bailey's Show

October 23, 1978

7.0
25 min

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

Guest Stars: Kathryn Ish, Woodrow Parfrey, Casey Brown

Turkeys Away

7. Turkeys Away

October 30, 1978

8.7
25 min

Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

Guest Stars: Michael Fairman, Tim Womack

Love Returns

8. Love Returns

November 6, 1978

6.0
25 min

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

Guest Stars: Hugh Gillin, Mickey McMeel, Barrie Youngfellow

Mama's Review

9. Mama's Review

January 15, 1979

6.0
25 min

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

Guest Stars: Hamilton Camp, Garry Goodrow, Carol Bruce

A Date With Jennifer

10. A Date With Jennifer

January 22, 1979

6.0
25 min

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

Guest Stars: Brad Crandall

The Contest Nobody Could Win

11. The Contest Nobody Could Win

January 29, 1979

6.0
25 min

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

Guest Stars: Vincent Schiavelli, Tracey Walter

Tornado

12. Tornado

February 5, 1979

6.0
25 min

A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

Guest Stars: René Enríquez, David Chow, Bill Saito

Goodbye, Johnny

13. Goodbye, Johnny

February 19, 1979

6.0
25 min

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

Guest Stars: Edie McClurg, Janet Meshad

Johnny Comes Back

14. Johnny Comes Back

February 26, 1979

6.0
25 min

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

Guest Stars: Jeff Altman, Philip Charles MacKenzie, Sam Anderson

Never Leave Me, Lucille

15. Never Leave Me, Lucille

March 5, 1979

6.0
25 min

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

Guest Stars: Edie McClurg, Jim Begg

I Want to Keep My Baby

16. I Want to Keep My Baby

March 12, 1979

6.0
25 min

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

Guest Stars: Mary Betten, Michael Flanagan, Danny Openden

A Commercial Break

17. A Commercial Break

March 26, 1979

6.0
25 min

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

Guest Stars: Fred Stuthman

Who is Gordon Sims?

18. Who is Gordon Sims?

April 2, 1979

6.0
25 min

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

Guest Stars: Nicholas Worth

I Do, I Do... For Now

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

April 23, 1979

6.0
25 min

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

Guest Stars: Hoyt Axton, Buzz Sapien

Young Master Carlson

20. Young Master Carlson

April 30, 1979

6.0
25 min

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

Guest Stars: Sparky Marcus, Carol Bruce

Fish Story

21. Fish Story

May 28, 1979

6.0
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.

Guest Stars: Steven Wright, Jerry Hardin, Lee Bergere

Preacher

22. Preacher

June 4, 1979

6.0
25 min

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

Guest Stars: Jeremiah Morris, Arthur Malet, Davey Faragher

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