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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!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 1 - The Airplane Show
    7.0/10(159 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 2 - Jennifer Moves
    7.7/10(156 votes)

    #2 - 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
    Writer:Hugh Wilson

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  3. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 3 - Real Families
    7.9/10(180 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 4 - The Baby
    7.4/10(142 votes)

    #4 - 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
    Writer:Blake Hunter

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  5. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 5 - Hotel Oceanview
    8.0/10(172 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 6 - A Mile in My Shoes
    8.0/10(141 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 7 - Bah, Humbug
    7.8/10(164 votes)

    #7 - 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
    Writer:Lissa Levin

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  8. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 8 - Baby, It's Cold Inside
    8.7/10(162 votes)

    #8 - 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
    Writer:Blake Hunter

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  9. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 9 - The Painting
    8.1/10(142 votes)

    #9 - 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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  10. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 10 - Daydreams
    7.0/10(140 votes)

    #10 - Daydreams

    S3:E10

    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:Unknown

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  11. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 11 - Frog Story
    8.0/10(156 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 12 - Venus and the Man
    8.1/10(176 votes)

    #12 - 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
    Writer:Hugh Wilson

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  13. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 13 - Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 1
    7.9/10(158 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
    Writer:Steve Marshall

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  14. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 14 - Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 2
    7.9/10(148 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
    Writer:Steve Marshall

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  15. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 15 - Ask Jennifer
    8.3/10(146 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 16 - I Am Woman
    7.6/10(122 votes)

    #16 - 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
    Writer:Lissa Levin

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  17. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 17 - Secrets of Dayton Heights
    7.7/10(140 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 18 - Out to Lunch
    7.6/10(130 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 19 - A Simple Little Wedding
    7.4/10(131 votes)

    #19 - 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
    Writer:Blake Hunter

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  20. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 20 - Nothing to Fear But...
    7.8/10(127 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 21 - Til Debt Do Us Part
    7.2/10(124 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 22 - Clean Up Radio Everywhere
    8.7/10(196 votes)

    #22 - 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
    Writer:Hugh Wilson

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Airplane Show" is the best rated episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati" season 3. It scored 7/10 based on 159 votes. Directed by Rod Daniel and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/1/1980. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Jennifer Moves".