The Best Episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3
Every episode of WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3!
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. New programming director Andy Travis brings in a new DJ named Venus Flytrap to work with the station's burned-out veteran, Dr. Johnny Fever. Neurotic newsman Les Nessman, eager beaver Bailey Quarters, sleazy salesman Herb Tarlek, blonde bombshell Jennifer Marlowe, who serves as the station's ultra-capable receptionist, and station manager Arthur Carlson, whose domineering mother owns WKRP, round out the eccentric bunch.
Season 3 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati" season 3 is "The Airplane Show", rated 7/10 from 148 user votes. It was directed by Rod Daniel and written by N/A. "The Airplane Show" aired on 11/1/1980 and is rated 0.8 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Jennifer Moves".
7.0/10 148 votes#1 - The Airplane Show
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 11/1/1980
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: N/A
7.8/10 143 votes#2 - Jennifer Moves
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 11/8/1980
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
Writer: Hugh Wilson
7.9/10 167 votes#3 - Real Families
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/15/1980
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: N/A
7.4/10 132 votes#4 - The Baby
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/22/1980
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
Writer: Blake Hunter
8.1/10 158 votes#5 - Hotel Oceanview
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/29/1980
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: N/A
8.0/10 130 votes#6 - A Mile in My Shoes
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/6/1980
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: N/A
7.8/10 147 votes#7 - Bah, Humbug
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/20/1980
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
Writer: Lissa Levin
8.7/10 148 votes#8 - Baby, It's Cold Inside
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 1/3/1981
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
Writer: Blake Hunter
8.1/10 135 votes#9 - The Painting
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 1/10/1981
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: N/A
7.1/10 128 votes#10 - Daydreams
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/17/1981
When Mr. Carlson rehearses a dull speech in front of the WKRP staff, all the staffers drift off into daydreams about what they would most like to be: Herb as a Latin-American dictator, Jennifer as a '30s movie star, Les as a reporter covering the Blitz in 1940, Bailey as the President of the United States, Andy as a radio Mafioso, Venus as a standup comedian, and Johnny as a rock star.
Director: Rod Daniel
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 141 votes#11 - Frog Story
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/24/1981
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: N/A
8.2/10 163 votes#12 - Venus and the Man
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/31/1981
The station's cleaning woman asks Venus to convince her big, tough teenage son not to drop out of school.
Director: Rod Daniel
Writer: Hugh Wilson
7.8/10 145 votes#13 - Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 1
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/7/1981
Johnny signs a contract to host a music TV program unaware that the songs will be disco.
Director: Rod Daniel
Writer: Steve Marshall
7.9/10 138 votes#14 - Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 2
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/7/1981
Johnny signs a contract to host a music TV program unaware that the songs will be disco.
Director: Rod Daniel
Writer: Steve Marshall
8.2/10 137 votes#15 - Ask Jennifer
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/14/1981
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: N/A
7.7/10 113 votes#16 - I Am Woman
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/21/1981
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
Writer: Lissa Levin
7.7/10 129 votes#17 - Secrets of Dayton Heights
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/28/1981
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: N/A
7.7/10 120 votes#18 - Out to Lunch
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/14/1981
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 123 votes#19 - A Simple Little Wedding
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/21/1981
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: N/A
Writer: Blake Hunter
7.8/10 120 votes#20 - Nothing to Fear But...
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 3/28/1981
Everyone is in the grip of urban paranoia after the station is robbed.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 116 votes#21 - Til Debt Do Us Part
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 4/5/1981
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: N/A
8.7/10 184 votes#22 - Clean Up Radio Everywhere
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 4/12/1981
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
Writer: Hugh Wilson