The Best Episodes of NewsRadio

The news crew copes with the loss of their good friend, Bill, after he dies of a heart attack.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Paul Simms

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.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Josh Lieb

A new law bans smoking in the workplace, to Bill's dismay. Lisa thinks that Joe saw her and Dave at a movie.

Director: James Burrows

Writer: Paul Simms, Josh Lieb

Dave worries that the past will repeat itself when an arcade game, Stargate Defender, is installed in the hallway. Lisa and Dave take the SATs to prove they're not getting dumber. Bill is obsessed with the stale, plastic, leathery sandwiches from a vending machine.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Brian Kelley

Dave accidentally overhears the entire staff mocking and insulting him. Jimmy tries to lift Dave's spirits.

Director: James Burrows

Writer: Brian Kelley

Dave has reason to whine when a complaint box is put up and the staff begins lodging groundless gripes against each other and their belabored leader.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Brian Kelley, Lew Morton

Bill's new cane, which he carries for no particular reason, annoys Dave. After it's stolen, Dave is the target of Bill's wrath. Jimmy's all-night office brainstorm stokes Dave and Lisa's competitive fires. Matthew and Joe get on each other's nerves.

Director: Alan Myerson

Writer: N/A

Daydreams plague WNYX as they sweat out a broken thermostat. Among the reveries: Matthew is Beth's worst nightmare; and Bill is every woman's fantasy.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Paul Simms

James Caan pays a visit to research a role. That brings out the worst in Bill and Matthew. Meanwhile, Dave's idea for a birthday gift doesn't thrill Lisa.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Lew Morton

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.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Joe Furey

Joe does an admirable job filling in for an ill Catherine, much to Bill's dismay. Beth dates Mr. James' nephew who is a depressed motivational speaker, in a form of a magician.

Director: N/A

Writer: Brian Kelley

Jimmy loses Bill in a poker game. Lisa competes in Jimmy's place to win him back. Joe uses a hidden camera inside a Boba Fett action figure to keep up with the action.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel

Writer: Josh Lieb, Alan J. Higgins

Envy rears its ugly head when Lisa is named "Cutest Reporter in New York"; Bill leads a crusade against rap.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Alan J. Higgins

Bill's abuse--and Dave's advice--cause Matthew to adopt an abrasive attitude toward his co-workers.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Chris Marcil, Lew Morton

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

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Paul Simms

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.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Josh Lieb

Mr. James assigns Dave the task of doling out the annual bonuses. Each staffer gets the standard $400 bonus except for two, one of whom receives a $3,000 'Big Bonus', and the other 'The Shaft'. In the B-story, Bill complains to Dave about all the clutter that mysteriously finds its way to his desk.

Director: Alan Myerson

Writer: Paul Simms, Josh Lieb, Joe Furey

Mr. James decides to run for President of the United States while Lisa declares to expose all of his secrets. Matthew grows a ‘70s style mustache to "get chicks".

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Paul Simms

Dave and Lisa try to get the staff psyched for Jimmy's Halloween party, but it's Dave who learns the holiday can be a drag.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil

The staff is shocked by Matthew's love life; Bill gets some bad news about the fate of his radio show.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Paul Simms, Joe Furey

Beth takes erotic photographs of herself to energize her relationship with her boyfriend. Joe boobytraps the refrigerator when someone continually steals his daily gelato.

Director: Alan Myerson

Writer: Paul Simms

Jimmy gives Beth and Matthew a new product, a 'goofy ball', to test. Lisa decides it's time to tell Mr. James about her fling with Dave. Bill buys a stun gun from Joe when he fears he's being stalked.

Director: Alan Myerson

Writer: Paul Simms

Dave and Lisa have a fight after Dave calls her the 'b-word'. Beth manipulates the two into 'coming out' in front of the whole staff. Catherine finds out Bill's real first name.

Director: Peter Bonerz

Writer: Paul Simms

Jimmy negotiates with a media conglomerate to sell the station so he can meet with their attractive representative. Matthew handcuffs himself to a chair to protest a sale, while the rest of the staff schemes up ways to keep their jobs.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Brian Kelley, Lew Morton, Leslie Caveny

A new coffee shop is opened on the first floor of the Criterion Building. Matthew becomes obsessed with Scott Adams' Dilbert cartoon.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Josh Lieb