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The Best Episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati

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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 Up and Down the Dial
    8.8/10(177 votes)

    #1 - Up and Down the Dial

    S4:E22

    Just as WKRP hits #6 in the ratings, Mama Carlson announces that she plans to switch the format of the station to 24 hours a day of news.

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    Director:George Gaynes
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Turkeys Away
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Turkeys Away

    S1:E7

    Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

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    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Baby, It's Cold Inside
    8.7/10(152 votes)

    #3 - 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.

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    Director:Rod Daniel
  4. Background image for Clean Up Radio Everywhere
    8.7/10(188 votes)

    #4 - 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.

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    Director:Linda Day
  5. Background image for An Explosive Affair (Part 2)
    8.7/10(161 votes)

    #5 - 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.

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    Director:Linda Day
  6. Background image for An Explosive Affair (Part 1)
    8.6/10(166 votes)

    #6 - 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.

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    Director:Linda Day
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  8. Background image for The Consultant
    8.6/10(196 votes)

    #7 - The Consultant

    S4:E9

    Mama Carlson hires a professional radio consultant to evaluate WKRP. The man she's hired, Norris Breeze, is an old friend of Andy's who also runs a radio programming service. Andy soon realizes that Breeze intends to give the station a bad report unless it subscribes to the service.

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    Director:Unknown
  9. Background image for Jennifer and the Will
    8.4/10(163 votes)

    #8 - Jennifer and the Will

    S4:E8

    Colonel Buchanan, Jennifer's elderly gentleman friend, dies suddenly. As executrix of his will, Jennifer must deal with the press and with the Colonel's money-grubbing, rumor mongering relatives.

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    Director:Unknown
  10. Background image for To Err is Human
    8.4/10(136 votes)

    #9 - To Err is Human

    S4:E21

    After Herb screws up an important advertising account, Mr. Carlson finally intends to fire him, but Jennifer takes pity on Herb and tries to help him keep his job.

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    Director:Linda Day
  11. Background image for The Creation of Venus
    8.3/10(138 votes)

    #10 - The Creation of Venus

    S4:E19

    When Venus lets it slip that he was a schoolteacher before he came to WKRP, Andy has to tell Mama Carlson the truth about how he hired Gordon Sims as a DJ and how they came up with the persona of Venus Flytrap.

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    Director:Gordon Jump
  12. Background image for Venus and the Man
    8.2/10(166 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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    Director:Rod Daniel
  13. Background image for Ask Jennifer
    8.2/10(140 votes)

    #12 - 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.

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    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Rumors
    8.2/10(130 votes)

    #13 - Rumors

    S4:E4

    While his apartment is being fumigated, Johnny accepts Bailey's offer to stay at her place, causing everyone at the station to think that the two are sleeping together. Johnny's also afraid that he's in danger of losing his time slot to Rex, the afternoon DJ, and when Bailey tries to cheer him up, he mistakes her friendliness for a come-on.

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    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Who's on First?
    8.2/10(142 votes)

    #14 - Who's on First?

    S4:E6

    With Herb in the hospital, Mr. Carlson pretends he is Herb and is impersonated by Les for an advertising client.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Pills
    8.2/10(136 votes)

    #15 - Pills

    S4:E12

    Herb sells ad spots to a seller of ""diet pills""; after it turns out that the pills are a legalized way of selling speed to teenagers, it also turns out that the station can't legally get out of running the ads.

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  17. Background image for The Painting
    8.1/10(138 votes)

    #16 - 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.

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    Director:Rod Daniel
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Frog Story
    8.1/10(147 votes)

    #17 - 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.""

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    Director:Rod Daniel
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Changes
    8.1/10(136 votes)

    #18 - Changes

    S4:E13

    When Venus learns that he's going to be interviewed by a militant black magazine, he adopts a new wardrobe and manner in order to seem more in touch with black culture. Meanwhile, Jennifer offers to change Herb's image, starting with picking out new, tasteful clothes for him.

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    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Fire
    8.1/10(129 votes)

    #19 - Fire

    S4:E17

    Herb and Jennifer are trapped in an elevator when a fire breaks out in the Flimm Building.

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    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Hotel Oceanview
    8.0/10(163 votes)

    #20 - 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.

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    Director:Rod Daniel
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for A Mile in My Shoes
    8.0/10(132 votes)

    #21 - 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.

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    Director:Rod Daniel
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for I'll Take Romance
    8.0/10(126 votes)

    #22 - I'll Take Romance

    S4:E15

    Herb fixes Les up with a date through his latest client, the I'll Take Romance Dating Service. Les hits it off with his date immediately, not knowing that the dating service is a front for prostitution.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
  24. Background image for Dear Liar
    8.0/10(131 votes)

    #23 - Dear Liar

    S4:E18

    When Bailey writes a news story on the Northside Children's Clinic, Les steals it and reads it on the air. This turns out to be a blow to the station's integrity in more ways than one when Bailey admits that she fictionalized part of the story.

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  25. Background image for Real Families
    7.9/10(172 votes)

    #24 - 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.

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    Director:Rod Daniel
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 1
    7.9/10(150 votes)

    #25 - 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.

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    Director:Rod Daniel

Best Episodes Summary

"Up and Down the Dial" is the best rated episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati". It scored 8.8/10 based on 177 votes. Directed by George Gaynes and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/21/1982. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Turkeys Away".