The Best Episodes Written By Hugh Wilson

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #1 - Venus and the Man

   S3:E121/31/1981

   The station's cleaning woman asks Venus to convince her big, tough teenage son not to drop out of school.

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   7.3/10(3 votes)

   #2 - The Consultant

   S4:E912/30/1981

   Mama Carlson hires a professional radio consultant to evaluate WKRP. The man she's hired, Norris Breeze, is an old friend of Andy's who also runs a radio programming service. Andy soon realizes that Breeze intends to give the station a bad report unless it subscribes to the service.

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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #3 - Baseball

   S2:E310/15/1979

   The staff plays against the team from rival station WPIG in a softball game.

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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #4 - Pilot (1)

   S1:E19/18/1978

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

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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #5 - Pilot (2)

   S1:E29/25/1978

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

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   7.0/10(3 votes)

   #6 - Clean Up Radio Everywhere

   S3:E224/12/1981

   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.

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   Writer:Hugh Wilson

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #7 - Jerry's Retirement

   S5:E1011/27/1976

   Bob defends the work ethic when Jerry comes into a pile of money and promptly retires from the dental profession.

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   6.5/10(2 votes)

   #8 - Jennifer Moves

   S3:E211/8/1980

   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.

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   6.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - Les On a Ledge

   S1:E310/2/1978

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

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - I Want to Keep My Baby

    S1:E163/12/1979

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

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Mama's Review

    S1:E91/15/1979

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

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Young Master Carlson

    S1:E204/30/1979

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

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Fish Story

    S1:E215/28/1979

    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.

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    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Hoodlum Rock

    S1:E410/9/1978

    Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

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    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - God Talks to Johnny

    S2:E1312/31/1979

    When Johnny thinks he's heard God's voice talking to him, everyone, including Johnny, thinks he's going insane.

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