The Best Episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati Season 1

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

Director: Jay Sandrich

Writer: Hugh Wilson

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

Director: Michael Zinberg

Writer: Hugh Wilson

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

Director: Asaad Kelada

Writer: Hugh Wilson

Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

Director: Michael Zinberg

Writer: Hugh Wilson

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

Director: Asaad Kelada

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Asaad Kelada

Writer: N/A

Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

Director: Michael Zinberg

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Asaad Kelada

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Asaad Kelada

Writer: Hugh Wilson

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

Director: Asaad Kelada

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Asaad Kelada

Writer: N/A

A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

Director: Will Mackenzie

Writer: Blake Hunter

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

Director: Asaad Kelada

Writer: Blake Hunter

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

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

Director: Asaad Kelada

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Asaad Kelada

Writer: Hugh Wilson

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

Director: Rod Daniel

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Rod Daniel

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Will Mackenzie

Writer: N/A

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

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

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

Director: Michael Zinberg

Writer: N/A