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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!

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....
Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Episodes
22
Avg. Rating
7.8
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.0
7.8
7.9

Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Airplane Show" is the best rated episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati" season 3. It scored 7/10 based on 150 votes. Directed by Rod Daniel and written by N/A, it aired on 11/1/1980. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Jennifer Moves".

  • The Airplane Show
    7.0/10(150)

    #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

  • Jennifer Moves
    7.8/10(146)

    #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

  • Real Families
    7.9/10(170)

    #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

  • The Baby
    7.4/10(135)

    #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

  • Hotel Oceanview
    8.0/10(161)

    #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

  • A Mile in My Shoes
    8.0/10(132)

    #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

  • Bah, Humbug
    7.8/10(153)

    #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

  • Baby, It's Cold Inside
    8.7/10(151)

    #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

  • The Painting
    8.1/10(137)

    #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

  • Daydreams
    7.1/10(132)

    #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

  • Frog Story
    8.1/10(142)

    #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

  • Venus and the Man
    8.2/10(165)

    #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

  • Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 1
    7.9/10(147)

    #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

  • Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 2
    7.9/10(140)

    #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

  • Ask Jennifer
    8.2/10(139)

    #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

  • I Am Woman
    7.6/10(114)

    #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

  • Secrets of Dayton Heights
    7.7/10(130)

    #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

  • Out to Lunch
    7.7/10(122)

    #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

  • A Simple Little Wedding
    7.5/10(124)

    #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

  • Nothing to Fear But...
    7.8/10(121)

    #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

  • Til Debt Do Us Part
    7.2/10(119)

    #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

  • Clean Up Radio Everywhere
    8.7/10(186)

    #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