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The Best Episodes of NewsRadio Season 4

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 1 - Jumper
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Jumper

    S4:E1

    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

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  2. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 2 - Plan Bee
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    #2 - Plan Bee

    S4:E2

    Jimmy hires Andrea, an efficiency expert, when the station needs to cut funds. The staffers rally around an inept Matthew to try to preserve his job. Bill auditions for a television job.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Brian Kelley

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  3. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 3 - The Public Domain
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - The Public Domain

    S4:E3

    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

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  4. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 4 - Super Karate Monkey Death Car
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Super Karate Monkey Death Car

    S4:E4

    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

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  5. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 5 - French Diplomacy
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - French Diplomacy

    S4:E5

    Dave and Lisa break up. Bill gets himself into trouble when he advocates the beating of foreign diplomats. Matthew opens his own dentistry practice.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Paul Simms

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  6. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 6 - Pure Evil
    4.0/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Pure Evil

    S4:E6

    Dave hatches a scheme of 'pure evil' to get his job as news director back, including approving Bill's obscenity-laced imaginary conversations with the president. Lisa tries to excel as news director. Matthew lives in the office.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Paul Simms

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  7. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 7 - Catherine Moves On
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    #7 - Catherine Moves On

    S4:E7

    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

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  8. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 8 - Stupid Holiday Charity Talent Show
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Stupid Holiday Charity Talent Show

    S4:E8

    Dave unveils a previously hidden talent to compete in a charity talent show. If a WNYX staff member wins, Mr. James will re-hire Matthew.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Alan J. Higgins

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  9. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 9 - The Secret of Management
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    #9 - The Secret of Management

    S4:E9

    Bill hires a gentleman's gentleman, Cadbury, to oversee his life. Mr. James teaches Lisa 'The Secret of Management'. Matthew feels left out when Bill doesn't congratulate him on being rehired.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Joe Furey

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  10. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 10 - Look Who's Talking
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Look Who's Talking

    S4:E10

    Bill announces plans to adopt a child. Beth and Joe attend a charity bachelor auction, with Beth impersonating a duchess and Joe playing her homosexual bachelor friend, to bid on Mr. James.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Joe Furey

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  11. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 11 - Chock
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Chock

    S4:E11

    Dave finds it hard to say no when his old college a cappella singing group 'Chock Full o' Notes' reunites for Dave's 32nd birthday, hoping to take the pop charts by storm. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to motivate Matthew without reducing him to tears. Joe has a beef with one of Dave's friends.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writers:Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil

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  12. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 12 - Who's the Boss? (1)
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    #12 - Who's the Boss? (1)

    S4:E12

    After Bill pesters Lisa once again, Dave and Lisa hatch an evil plan to make Bill the boss to teach him a lesson. Bill's reign is eerily efficient. Joe goes on a sympathy strike to support another of Mr. James’ companies.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Josh Lieb

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  13. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 13 - Who's the Boss? (2)
    4.7/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Who's the Boss? (2)

    S4:E13

    Mr. James announces an election for station manager, which neither Dave nor Lisa want to win. Joe's dysfunctional brothers visit the station to plan a surprise party for their parents. Matthew runs for floor fire marshal.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Brian Kelley

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  14. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 14 - Security Door
    4.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Security Door

    S4:E14

    Dave struggles vainly to get the staffers to properly use the recently installed security door. Bill enlists Lisa to do the negotiating when he's offered a job in a blue jeans commercial.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writers:Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil

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  15. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 15 - Big Brother
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Big Brother

    S4:E15

    Matthew is assigned a Big Brother, who makes eyes at Beth; Joe, Jimmy, and Bill try to uncover Lisa's love life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lew Morton

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  16. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 16 - Beep, Beep
    4.7/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Beep, Beep

    S4:E16

    Mr. James gives Matthew a small toy car. Mr. James urges Dave and Lisa to get back together when a secret study reveals they're more productive when they're a couple.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Alan J. Higgins

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  17. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 17 - Balloon
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Balloon

    S4:E17

    Jimmy plans to go around the world in a hot air balloon, until Dave finds that he is full of "hot air". Meanwhile, Bill switches from cigarettes to chewing tobacco.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Josh Lieb

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  18. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 18 - Copy Machine
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Copy Machine

    S4:E18

    The office mourns the loss of “Ted from Accounting” until Dave realizes that nobody knew him at all.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Drake Sather

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  19. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 19 - Monster Rancher
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Monster Rancher

    S4:E19

    Matthew takes Lisa on a date. The office has trouble adapting to a new intern, Mr. James' nephew Walt.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writers:Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil

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  20. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 20 - 4:20
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - 4:20

    S4:E20

    Joe fights Matthew in a no-holds-barred match at Mr. James' men's club smoker. Bill is extremely worried that Walt will ask Lisa on a date. We learn Dave's technique for getting rid of an unwanted visitor: act insane.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Paul Simms

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  21. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 21 - Jackass Junior High
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Jackass Junior High

    S4:E21

    Lisa is treated like a male by office co-workers, who revert to their boorish selves when all other females are out sick.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writers:Alan J. Higgins, Joe Furey

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  22. NewsRadio Season 4 Episode 22 - Sinking Ship
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Sinking Ship

    S4:E22

    The episode spoofs the movie Titanic, where Walt and Dave sketch Lisa nude and give her heart-shaped necklaces. Soon, though, the ship starts to sink...

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writers:Brian Kelley, Josh Lieb, Sam Johnson, Joe Furey

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Jumper" is the best rated episode of "NewsRadio" season 4. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Tom Cherones and written by Paul Simms, it aired on 9/23/1997. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Plan Bee".