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The Best Episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati

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Every episode of WKRP in Cincinnati ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati!

The Best Episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati

When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of oddball characters is forced to switch gears quickly....

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  1. Background image for Turkeys Away
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Turkeys Away

    S1:E7

    Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Baby, It's Cold Inside
    8.7/10(157 votes)

    #2 - Baby, It's Cold Inside

    S3:E8

    On a day when the furnace has broken down, Mama Carlson pays a surprise visit to the station and catches Johnny drinking in the broadcast booth.

    Director:Rod Daniel
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  3. Background image for Clean Up Radio Everywhere
    8.7/10(190 votes)

    #3 - Clean Up Radio Everywhere

    S3:E22

    Dr. Bob Halyers, head of the organization Clean Up Radio Broadcasting (CURB), visits Mr. Carlson with a list of obscene songs that he wants the station to stop playing.

    Director:Linda Day
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  4. Background image for Venus and the Man
    8.2/10(170 votes)

    #4 - Venus and the Man

    S3:E12

    The station's cleaning woman asks Venus to convince her big, tough teenage son not to drop out of school.

    Director:Rod Daniel
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  5. Background image for Ask Jennifer
    8.2/10(143 votes)

    #5 - Ask Jennifer

    S3:E15

    When Herb's choice as host of a new call-in advice show proves unable to go on the air, Jennifer takes over and becomes an instant success.

    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for The Painting
    8.1/10(141 votes)

    #6 - The Painting

    S3:E9

    At Mr. Carlson's church auction, Herb buys a painting that Bailey loves. He tries to get Mr. Carlson or Bailey to buy it from him...until he learns that it might be valuable.

    Director:Rod Daniel
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Hotel Oceanview
    8.0/10(168 votes)

    #7 - Hotel Oceanview

    S3:E5

    Andy, Mr. Carlson and Herb visit Dayton to try and land the advertising account for Vicky Von Vickey jeans. While Mr. Carlson worries about the notorious Dayton poisoner, Herb romances an old high school acquaintance and Andy has trouble with his slide projector.

    Director:Rod Daniel
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for A Mile in My Shoes
    8.0/10(138 votes)

    #8 - A Mile in My Shoes

    S3:E6

    When Herb is called for jury duty, Andy takes over as sales manager and soon discovers just how tough it is trying to sell advertising time or collect from deadbeat clients. Meanwhile, Venus becomes acting program director and has to deal with Les's plan to disguise himself as a black man so that he can do a series of reports based on the book Black Like Me.

    Director:Rod Daniel
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Frog Story
    8.0/10(153 votes)

    #9 - Frog Story

    S3:E11

    Herb has accidentally spray-painted his daughter's pet frog Greenpeace pink, and brings the frog to the station trying to find a way to save its life. Meanwhile, Les convinces Johnny that he is suffering from the dreaded ""schistosomiasis.""

    Director:Rod Daniel
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for An Explosive Affair (Part 1)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - An Explosive Affair (Part 1)

    S4:E1

    After the station receives a bomb threat, Andy sends Johnny and Venus to broadcast from the transmitter tower while the station is being searched.

    Director:Linda Day
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  12. Background image for An Explosive Affair (Part 2)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - An Explosive Affair (Part 2)

    S4:E2

    Andy is unable to warn Johnny and Venus when he realizes that the bomb is at the transmitter.

    Director:Linda Day
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  13. Background image for Real Families
    7.9/10(176 votes)

    #12 - Real Families

    S3:E3

    When Herb's family is featured in the show ""Real Families"", he is sure that they can serve as an example of a clean living family. Unfortunately, the image Herb wants to convey is different from the reality shown on screen.

    Director:Rod Daniel
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 1
    7.9/10(154 votes)

    #13 - Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 1

    S3:E13

    Johnny signs a contract to host a music TV program unaware that the songs will be disco.

    Director:Rod Daniel
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  15. Background image for Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 2
    7.9/10(146 votes)

    #14 - Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 2

    S3:E14

    Johnny signs a contract to host a music TV program unaware that the songs will be disco.

    Director:Rod Daniel
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  16. Background image for Jennifer Moves
    7.8/10(155 votes)

    #15 - Jennifer Moves

    S3:E2

    The staff helps Jennifer move into her new $125,000 house in the quiet suburb of Landersville. But she soon finds out that life in Landersville isn't as pleasant as she thought it would be.

    Director:Linda Day
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  17. Background image for Bah, Humbug
    7.8/10(161 votes)

    #16 - Bah, Humbug

    S3:E7

    Once again, Mr. Carlson plans to give the staffers almost no Christmas bonuses. But in a dream brought on by eating one of Johnny Fever's brownies, the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future visit him to show him the error of his ways.

    Director:Rod Daniel
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  18. Background image for Nothing to Fear But...
    7.8/10(124 votes)

    #17 - Nothing to Fear But...

    S3:E20

    Everyone is in the grip of urban paranoia after the station is robbed.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for I Am Woman
    7.7/10(119 votes)

    #18 - I Am Woman

    S3:E16

    When it is announced that the Flimm Building is to be torn down, Bailey starts a campaign to have the building declared a Cincinnati landmark. Everyone pitches in to help, until Mr. Carlson gets his mother's permission to build a new and better building.

    Director:Linda Day
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  20. Background image for Secrets of Dayton Heights
    7.7/10(136 votes)

    #19 - Secrets of Dayton Heights

    S3:E17

    The Secret Service refuses to grant Les credentials for a Presidential press conference, suspecting him of having radical affiliations. It turns out that the man who raised Les wasn't his father, and that his real father was a card-carrying Communist.

    Director:Frank Bonner
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Out to Lunch
    7.7/10(127 votes)

    #20 - Out to Lunch

    S3:E18

    Herb's three-martini business lunches with an ad agency representative are causing him to mess up even more than usual, and it begins to seem that his use of alcohol as a sales tool is turning into a drinking problem.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The Baby
    7.4/10(139 votes)

    #21 - The Baby

    S3:E4

    Mr. Carlson's wife goes into labor and the WKRP staffers all visit the hospital to be there when she gives birth.

    Director:Rod Daniel
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  23. Background image for A Simple Little Wedding
    7.4/10(129 votes)

    #22 - A Simple Little Wedding

    S3:E19

    In honor of their 25th anniversary, Arthur and Carmen Carlson plan to get married again. They want a small, private ceremony, but Mama Carlson has other ideas.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Til Debt Do Us Part
    7.2/10(123 votes)

    #23 - Til Debt Do Us Part

    S3:E21

    When Johnny learns that his first ex-wife is planning to remarry, he is overjoyed at the thought of not having to pay alimony, and celebrates by inviting Bailey to take a trip with him. But he feels less happy about the situation when he meets the obnoxious womanizer his ex-wife is going to marry.

    Director:Frank Bonner
    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Bailey's Show
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Bailey's Show

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for The Airplane Show
    7.0/10(157 votes)

    #25 - The Airplane Show

    S3:E1

    Trying to compete with WPIG's traffic helicopter, Les starts doing traffic reports from a World War I biplane piloted by a crazy war veteran.

    Director:Rod Daniel
    Writer:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Turkeys Away" is the best rated episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati". It scored 8.7/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Michael Zinberg and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/30/1978. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Baby, It's Cold Inside".