This is a list of episodes for the television series The New WKRP in Cincinnati.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 24 | September 7, 1991 | May 16, 1992 | |
| 2 | 23 | September 5, 1992 | May 22, 1993 | |
Episodes
Season 1 (1991–92)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "How Did We Get Here?" "WKRP in Cincinnati 50th Anniversary Special" | Max Tash | Bill Dial | September 7, 1991 | |
| A reporter from Radio & Records chronicles the 50th anniversary of WKRP by interviewing Arthur Carlson. The interview turns into an ambush as the reporter repeatedly brings up every embarrassing moment in the station's history, dating back to its sign-on erroneously reporting the bombing of Pearl Bailey but focusing mainly on the station's 1978–82 heyday as a rock station. Arthur Carlson is the only series regular to appear in new material in this clip show. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Where Are We Going?: Part 1" | Max Tash | Bill Dial | September 14, 1991 | |
| Mr. Carlson gets arrested after the program director is fired following a string of major controversies. He hires a new program director following his release (unaware that he is black, to his visible discomfort), and learns his mother plans to sell the station. The characters of Donovan, Jack, Dana, Claire, Ronnie and Buddy all debut in the episode. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Where Are We Going?: Part 2" | Max Tash | Bill Dial | September 21, 1991 | |
| Johnny Fever and Jennifer Marlowe help save the station from threats from the FCC and the Cincinnati League of Decency. Mona makes her debut at the episode's conclusion. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Every Move a Work of Art" | Max Tash | Bill Dial | September 28, 1991 | |
| Mr. Carlson's son — Arthur Carlson Jr., a.k.a. "Little Big Guy" — comes to work for the station, very much a yuppie. His first deal is with a so-called circus. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Then Came Nessman" | Asaad Kelada | Steve Stoliar | October 5, 1991 | |
| After a dog bite convinces Les Nessman his death is imminent, he makes a pledge to live each day as if it were his last. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Lotto Fever" | Peter Baldwin | Bob Wilcox | October 12, 1991 | |
| Herb Tarlek buys a lottery ticket based on numbers that came to him in a dream, but his wife forces him to sell the ticket to "Little Big Guy." | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Cincinnati Kids" | Peter Baldwin | Stephen A. Miller | October 19, 1991 | |
| Mr. Carlson agrees to a charity poker match with the general manager of WPIG. The only problem: he doesn't know how to play, leaving the staff (including Mona, who is revealed as a recovering gambling addict) to school him before the match. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Cincinnati's Favorite Couple" | Art Dielhenn | Max Tash | October 26, 1991 | |
| When marital problems between Jack and Dana escalate into a food fight at an upscale restaurant, it leaves the staffers to find a way to positively spin the events before they ruin the station. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Here Comes Everybody: Part 1" | Asaad Kelada | Richard Chapman, Bill Dial | November 2, 1991 | |
| On his way to Chicago, Johnny Fever stops by the station. When word of his visit gets out, it seems a lot of people are looking for him. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Here Comes Everybody: Part 2" | Asaad Kelada | Richard Chapman, Bill Dial | November 9, 1991 | |
| Johnny has a number of people meet him at the station, and takes money from some to pay off debts to others. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "The Real Thing" | Frank Bonner | George Geiger | November 16, 1991 | |
| A wire report makes Les thinks Cincinnati has come under nuclear attack. While he's not believed, staffers still take pause to reflect on their lives. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Good Ole Radio Days" | Max Tash | Craig Nelson | November 23, 1991 | |
| After a ratings dip, the station puts on an old-fashioned radio drama to drum up publicity. Meanwhile, Herb is mistaken for a space alien while out on a sales call. Debut of the character of Nancy (at this point a media buyer for an outside firm), and the final episode of receptionist Ronnie. Nancy would take over as WKRP's receptionist beginning with the next episode. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Venus, We Hardly Knew Ya" | Max Tash | Max Tash | January 11, 1992 | |
| Gordon Simms, now CEO of a large communications company, visits the station, and takes a little piece of his Venus Flytrap alter ego when he leaves. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Hip Hop Krp" | Buzz Sapien | Bill Dial | January 18, 1992 | |
| Donovan hires some inner city kids as interns. When Claire's computer soon goes missing, suspicion immediately falls upon them. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "You Are My Sunshine, My Only Sunshine" | Frank Bonner | Gail Honigberg | January 25, 1992 | |
| Claire moves in with Mona after a cooking accident, and Claire's boyfriend's eye soon wanders. Mona and Dana conspire to find out just where Gus' heart is. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Razor D Rules" | Max Tash | Stephen Nathan | February 1, 1992 | |
| With revenue down, Arthur and Donovan have to let go of a DJ — the afternoon's Phil Spindle. He does not take the news well, and barricades himself in the booth for a farewell to the city. Despite the episode title, the character of Razor D (who would be introduced in season 2) does not appear in this episode. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Jennifer and the Prince" | Burt Reynolds | Ron Friedman | February 8, 1992 | |
| Jennifer Marlowe returns to announce her engagement to a prince, and invites the staff to the party. However, a coup by her fiancé's brother and the suspicions of Herb and Les give her a lot to deal with. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Long Live the King" | Max Tash | Marilyn Marko-Sanders, Richard Sanders | February 15, 1992 | |
| Les gets a surprise phone call after editorializing against rival WPIG's Elvis lookalike contest: a caller claiming to be Elvis himself, and offering an exclusive interview. Final episode for Dana; it's mentioned in a later episode that she left Jack for good, an event which took place offstage. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Mamma Was a Rolling Stone" | Frank Bonner | Richard Chapman, Bill Dial | February 22, 1992 | |
| Trouble follows Johnny Fever on another visit to WKRP, as he deals with his mother and the station deals with a naked DJ and a surprise FCC visit. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Number One Fan" | Stephen Rothman | Mark Roberts | February 29, 1992 | |
| A woman claiming to be Les' "number one fan" kidnaps him, while Herb unknowingly sells stolen karaoke machines to an undercover cop and gets arrested. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Herb's Got a Guy" | Ginger Grigg | Gail Honigberg | April 25, 1992 | |
| Mama Carlson sets up a meeting between Herb and Carter Kimball, the owner of 30something Lodges, in an effort to start landing national ad business. However, business isn't the only thing about Herb that interests Mr. Kimball. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Chicken a La Russe" | Max Tash | Doug McIntyre | May 2, 1992 | |
| A hypnotist accidentally leaves Big Guy thinking he's a chicken upon hearing the word "colonel." A visiting Russian colonel, there to learn of American broadcasting, creates obvious complications. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "Where's Jack" | Ron Sossi | Bill Dial | May 9, 1992 | |
| Mona, alone for her birthday, and Jack, just dumped by Dana, make a connection at surprise party organized by Claire. Final episode for Jack; several episodes later it's mentioned he left the station, but no further explanation is offered. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "Spies Like Us" | Jay Broad | Jay Broad | May 16, 1992 | |
| The president appoints Donovan to a broadcasting commission, but the FBI must clear him before he can go to Washington. Final episode for both Claire and Art, Jr. | ||||||
Season 2 (1992–93)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | "Donovan, Don't Leave Us" | Asaad Kelada | Bill Dial | September 5, 1992 | |
| A one-hour retrospective to kick off the second season. It's mentioned that Art, Jr. has been "shipped off" to graduate school. | ||||||
| 26 | 2 | "Razor's Edge" | Asaad Kelada | Bill Dial | September 12, 1992 | |
| After the morning crew leave WKRP, Donovan hires a replacement, Razor D, who is not exactly as he appears. | ||||||
| 27 | 3 | "Retreading on Thin Ice" | Asaad Kelada | Gail Honigberg | September 19, 1992 | |
| Herb, attempting to land the Sam Bass tires account, sets up the beautiful female sales rep with Donovan, not knowing her husband is Mr. Bass. | ||||||
| 28 | 4 | "Sex, Lies & Videotape" | Asaad Kelada | Bob Wilcox | September 26, 1992 | |
| On his way to a lunch with Nancy, Herb gets into a traffic accident. The other driver feels Herb was at fault, and sues him and the station. | ||||||
| 29 | 5 | "Can't We Get Along?" | Frank Bonner | Bill Dial | October 3, 1992 | |
| The station starts airing editorials from Lash Rambo (a thinly veiled fictionalization of real-life conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh), whom many DJs object to. In protest, Razor plays Ice-T's "Cop Killer", making Mr. Carlson decide just how extreme, to either side, the station should be willing to go. | ||||||
| 30 | 6 | "Studs of the Airwaves" | Ginger Grigg | Ron Friedman | October 10, 1992 | |
| Looking to generate publicity, Herb has a radio version of Studs with Les, Donovan, and Buddy. The winner ends up going on a very surprising date. | ||||||
| 31 | 7 | "Nancy in Charge" | Buzz Sapien | Gail Honigberg | October 17, 1992 | |
| Nancy's fib about owning WKRP backfires when the advertising executive she told it to decides to visit the station the same day Mama Carlson does. | ||||||
| 32 | 8 | "Play Razor for Me" | Stephen Rothman | Bob Wilcox | October 24, 1992 | |
| Razor unknowingly dates a woman who works for rival station WPIG, and the staff race to prevent her from uncovering station secrets. | ||||||
| 33 | 9 | "Loveland to Look At" | Steve Rothman | Steve Stoliar | October 31, 1992 | |
| After Mona agrees to pose nude for Playboy, Mama Carlson demands she be fired if she follows through. This leads Buddy, Razor, and Herb to protest in the lobby. | ||||||
| 34 | 10 | "Strange Bedfellows" | Asaad Kelada | Doug McIntyre | November 7, 1992 | |
| After an on-air spat with his wife, Arthur temporarily moves into Donovan's place. | ||||||
| 35 | 11 | "Moss Dies" | Frank Bonner | Bill Dial | November 14, 1992 | |
| After nighttime DJ Moss Steiger dies, Johnny Fever returns to pay his respects and helps the staff carry out his last wishes. Complicating matters is a morgue attendant who claims Moss was Chinese. | ||||||
| 36 | 12 | "Flimm Flam Man" | Frank Bonner | Mark Roberts | November 21, 1992 | |
| Johnny Fever, taking over the nighttime slot, discovers a map indicating there may be treasure in the Flimm Building. When the staff find the map, a gold rush ensues. | ||||||
| 37 | 13 | "Nancy's Old Man" | Howard Hesseman | Unknown | January 16, 1993 | |
| When Nancy's salesman father visits, he's not just trying to sell weight-loss products. | ||||||
| 38 | 14 | "Herb's Lost Weekend" | Howard Hesseman | Unknown | January 23, 1993 | |
| Desperately trying to make a sale so he can vacation with Lucille, Herb's lies come back to haunt him. | ||||||
| 39 | 15 | "Murder by Les" | Ginger Grigg | Don Hart | January 30, 1993 | |
| Les feels his career is over after two of his talk show guests die. | ||||||
| 40 | 16 | "Fever in the Morning" | Asaad Kelada | Marilyn Marko-Sanders, Richard Sanders | February 6, 1993 | |
| Though afraid of heights, Johnny Fever vows to set a time record for broadcasting from a billboard. | ||||||
| 41 | 17 | "Fever All Through the Night" | Asaad Kelada | Marilyn Marko-Sanders, Richard Sanders | February 13, 1993 | |
| With two days to go to break the record, Edna makes it difficult for Johnny to stay on the billboard. | ||||||
| 42 | 18 | "Johnny Goes Hollywood" | Buzz Sapien | Doug McIntyre | February 20, 1993 | |
| Johnny Fever sees Hollywood is not what he'd hoped after he's offered his own sitcom about his life at WKRP. Final episode for both Dr. Johnny Fever (Howard Hesseman), and Mona Loveland (Tawny Kitaen). Johnny gets a full, proper send-off -- but Mona simply disappears and is never referred to again after this episode (although Kitaen remains in the opening credits for the rest of the series.) | ||||||
| 43 | 19 | "Old Boyfriend" | Stephen Rothman | Joel Kimmel | February 27, 1993 | |
| Nancy believes her ex-boyfriend has returned to propose marriage, and she's right, to a degree. | ||||||
| 44 | 20 | "Treasure of Sierra Smith" | Ginger Grigg | Gail Honigberg | May 1, 1993 | |
| Donovan falls in love with a new deejay who holds him responsible for losing out on signing with an agent. Nia Peeples makes the first of two appearances as Sierra Smith. | ||||||
| 45 | 21 | "My Fair Nun" | Mykelti Williamson | Ron Friedman (story) Bill Dial (teleplay) | May 8, 1993 | |
| Razor D gives some bad habits to a nun-to-be sampling life outside the convent. | ||||||
| 46 | 22 | "Chicago Story" | Frank Bonner | Unknown | May 15, 1993 | |
| Donovan leaves WKRP to follow Sierra to her new job in Chicago. The episode ends on an unresolved cliffhanger, with Donovan set to return to the station when his plane is reported missing. | ||||||
| 47 | 23 | "Father of the Groom" | Buzz Sapien | Bob Wilcox (story) Bill Dial (teleplay) | May 22, 1993 | |
| Herb's son and an heiress fall in love. Bizarrely, the cliffhanger from the previous episode is left unresolved; Donovan does not appear and is not mentioned. | ||||||
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