9.0/10461 votesLoading...#1 - Bill Moves On
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1998
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
8.6/10452 votesLoading...#2 - Super Karate Monkey Death Car
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/4/1997
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
8.5/10499 votesLoading...#3 - Smoking
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/4/1995
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
8.3/10381 votesLoading...#4 - Bitch Session
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/1996
Dave accidentally overhears the entire staff mocking and insulting him. Jimmy tries to lift Dave's spirits.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Brian Kelley
8.3/10379 votesLoading...#5 - Arcade
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1996
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
8.3/10369 votesLoading...#6 - Complaint Box
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/29/1997
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: Lew Morton, Brian Kelley
8.2/10396 votesLoading...#7 - The Cane
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/12/1995
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
8.2/10399 votesLoading...#8 - Daydream
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1996
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
8.2/10374 votesLoading...#9 - Movie Star
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1996
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
8.2/10351 votesLoading...#10 - The Public Domain
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/28/1997
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
8.1/10361 votesLoading...#11 - Houses of the Holy
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/10/1996
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
8.1/10356 votesLoading...#12 - Presence
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/14/1996
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: Alan J. Higgins, Josh Lieb
8.1/10354 votesLoading...#13 - Rap
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/1997
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
8.1/10347 votesLoading...#14 - Led Zeppelin Boxed Set
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/1997
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
8.1/10345 votesLoading...#15 - Jumper
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1997
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
8.1/10333 votesLoading...#16 - Catherine Moves On
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/1997
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
8.0/10419 votesLoading...#17 - Big Day
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/18/1995
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, Joe Furey, Josh Lieb
8.0/10370 votesLoading...#18 - President
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1996
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
8.0/10379 votesLoading...#19 - Halloween
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1996
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: Chris Marcil, Sam Johnson
8.0/10356 votesLoading...#20 - The Real Deal
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/7/1997
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
7.9/10405 votesLoading...#21 - No, This is Not Based Entirely on Julie's Life
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1995
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
7.9/10408 votesLoading...#22 - Goofy Ball
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1995
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
7.9/10382 votesLoading...#23 - The Breakup
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/1995
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
7.9/10367 votesLoading...#24 - Station Sale
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/1996
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: Leslie Caveny, Lew Morton, Brian Kelley
7.9/10358 votesLoading...#25 - Review
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1996
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
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The office politics and interpersonal relationships among the staff of WNYX NewsRadio, New York's #2 news radio station.
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Top Episode Ratings Summary
"Bill Moves On" is the best rated episode of "NewsRadio". It scored 9/10 based on 461 votes. Directed by Tom Cherones and written by Paul Simms, it aired on 9/23/1998. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Super Karate Monkey Death Car".