Season 1

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  8.1/10335 votes

  Pilot (1)

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1978

  Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.

  Director: Jay Sandrich

  Writer: Hugh Wilson

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  8.0/10291 votes

  Pilot (2)

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1978

  Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.

  Director: Michael Zinberg

  Writer: Hugh Wilson

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  8.2/10287 votes

  Les On a Ledge

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1978

  Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.

  Director: Asaad Kelada

  Writer: Hugh Wilson

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  8.3/10367 votes

  Hoodlum Rock

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1978

  Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

  Director: Michael Zinberg

  Writer: Hugh Wilson

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  8.2/10294 votes

  Hold-Up

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1978

  A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.

  Director: Asaad Kelada

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.7/10261 votes

  Bailey's Show

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1978

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

  Director: Asaad Kelada

  Writer: Unknown

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  9.6/101,199 votes

  Turkeys Away

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1978

  Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

  Director: Michael Zinberg

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.8/10259 votes

  Love Returns

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1978

  Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.

  Director: Asaad Kelada

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.6/10234 votes

  Mama's Review

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/15/1979

  In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.

  Director: Asaad Kelada

  Writer: Hugh Wilson

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  8.2/10239 votes

  A Date With Jennifer

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/22/1979

  Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.

  Director: Asaad Kelada

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.2/10254 votes

  The Contest Nobody Could Win

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/29/1979

  Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.

  Director: Asaad Kelada

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.1/10227 votes

  Tornado

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/5/1979

  A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

  Director: Will Mackenzie

  Writer: Blake Hunter

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  7.8/10198 votes

  Goodbye, Johnny

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/19/1979

  Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.

  Director: Asaad Kelada

  Writer: Blake Hunter

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  8.2/10232 votes

  Johnny Comes Back

  Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/26/1979

  Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.

  Director: Asaad Kelada

  Writer: Blake Hunter

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  7.5/10195 votes

  Never Leave Me, Lucille

  Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/5/1979

  Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.

  Director: Asaad Kelada

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.4/10199 votes

  I Want to Keep My Baby

  Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/12/1979

  Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.

  Director: Asaad Kelada

  Writer: Hugh Wilson

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  8.2/10234 votes

  A Commercial Break

  Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/26/1979

  Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.

  Director: Rod Daniel

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.3/10231 votes

  Who is Gordon Sims?

  Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/2/1979

  Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.

  Director: Rod Daniel

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/10218 votes

  I Do, I Do... For Now

  Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/23/1979

  Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.

  Director: Will Mackenzie

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.1/10203 votes

  Young Master Carlson

  Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/30/1979

  Momma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.

  Director: Will Mackenzie

  Writer: Hugh Wilson

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  8.8/10281 votes

  Fish Story

  Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/28/1979

  Andy tells a journalist that WKRP is just a "run-of-the-mill" station, even though a staffer is running around in a "carp" suit.

  Director: Asaad Kelada

  Writer: Hugh Wilson

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  7.6/10216 votes

  Preacher

  Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 6/4/1979

  A wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.

  Director: Michael Zinberg

  Writer: Unknown