WKRP in Cincinnati — Season 1
22 episodesFirst aired 18 September 1978
E1Pilot (1)
7.0Sept 197825m
Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.
E2Pilot (2)
7.0Sept 197825m
Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.
E3Les On a Ledge
6.0Oct 197825m
Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.
E4Hoodlum Rock
5.5Oct 197825m
Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.
E5Hold-Up
7.7Oct 197825m
A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.
E6Bailey's Show
7.0Oct 197825m
Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.
E7Turkeys Away
9.0Oct 197825m
Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.
E8Love Returns
6.0Nov 197825m
Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.
E9Mama's Review
6.0Jan 197925m
In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.
E10A Date With Jennifer
7.0Jan 197925m
Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.
E11The Contest Nobody Could Win
7.0Jan 197925m
Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.
E12Tornado
6.0Feb 197925m
A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.
E13Goodbye, Johnny
6.0Feb 197925m
Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.
E14Johnny Comes Back
7.0Feb 197925m
Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.
E15Never Leave Me, Lucille
6.0Mar 197925m
Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.
E16I Want to Keep My Baby
6.0Mar 197925m
Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.
E17A Commercial Break
6.0Mar 197925m
Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.
E18Who is Gordon Sims?
7.0Apr 197925m
Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.
E19I Do, I Do... For Now
6.0Apr 197925m
Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.
E20Young Master Carlson
6.0Apr 197925m
Momma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.
E21Fish Story
6.0May 197925m
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.
E22Preacher
7.0Jun 197925m
A wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.
