WKRP in Cincinnati

The misadventures of the staff of a struggling Top 40 rock radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Genre: Comedy

Cast:Gary Sandy , Gordon Jump , Loni Anderson , Howard Hesseman , Richard Sanders , Frank Bonner , Tim Reid , Jan Smithers , Carol Bruce , Allyn Ann McLerie , Sam Anderson , Ian Wolfe , Edie McClurg , Hamilton Camp , Bill Dial , Michael Fairman , Julie Payne , George Wyner

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Pilot: Part 1

Mon, Sep 18, 1978

Andy Travis joins the WKRP staff as program director and institutes sudden changes that most of the eccentric staff and the station's cantankerous owner don't immediately like.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Pilot: Part 2

Mon, Sep 25, 1978

Andy looks for a way to publicize the station's new format, while elderly listeners invade the station to protest the removal of their favorite music.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Les on a Ledge

Mon, Oct 2, 1978

Les finds himself desperately distressed when he is mistaken for a homosexual.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Hoodlum Rock

Mon, Oct 9, 1978

WKRP promotes a concert for the well dressed and spoken, and gleefully violent, rock band, Scum of the Earth.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Hold Up

Mon, Oct 16, 1978

Herb manages to ensnare a new client, Del's Stereo Shop, by promising a live remote broadcast with the doctor, himself. The remote turns into a disaster when Bucky, the Union and Bobby Boogie all intervene.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Bailey's Show

Mon, Oct 23, 1978

Public Service Announcements (PSAs) at WKRP were all about forest fires before Bailey had her big idea: "Cincinnati Beat," where regular citizens are interviewed by the resident Doctor. Bailey is excited to be producing the show. But, when all of the prospective guests turn out to be freaks, aliens and weirdoes, Bailey has a crisis of confidence.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Turkeys Away

Mon, Oct 30, 1978

Feeling left out by all the recent changes, Mr. Carlson decides to launch his own Thanksgiving promotion. With the aid of Herb and Les, the Big Guy turns a routine turkey give-away into a comic catastrophe.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Love Returns

Mon, Nov 6, 1978

Andy's former struggling musician girlfriend, now a big country music star, shows up on tour in Cincinnati. The passion is rekindled and she wants Andy to quit WKRP and join her on tour. Can Andy turn his back on WKRP to chase love?

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Mama's Review

Mon, Jan 15, 1979

Mrs. Carlson comes to the station to review what has happened since Andy's start as Program Director.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ A Date with Jennifer

Mon, Jan 22, 1979

Mr. Carlson has been on a tear writing memo after memo instituting new station policies. Amidst Mr. Carlson's memo-writing, Les announces that he has won the "coveted" Silver Sow award. Regardless of the cost cutting measures he's announced in memos, Mr. Carlson says that the station will pay for tickets to the awards banquet for Les and his date. With cues around him making him feel like he has no chance with women, Les asks any of the guys, like Herb or Andy, if they'd like to go to the banquet with him. Taking the bulls by the horns, Herb, as Les' pal, shows him how to ask women out so that he can get a real date for the banquet. Despite or because of Herb's smarmy pick-up tactics, Les is able to secure a date, specifically with Jennifer, who in large part wants to show Herb that decency, and not smarm, is what works. Les, in turn, wants to be what he considers a real man when he has Jennifer on his arm. Herb does a one hundred eighty degree turn in doing whatever he can to make the date with Jennifer not happen in his jealousy, he using an unwitting Mr. Carlson as his unsuspecting pawn.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ The Contest Nobody Could Win

Mon, Jan 29, 1979

Johnny causes considerable consternation at the station when he accidentally announces a contest prize of $5000 instead of $50.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Tornado

Mon, Feb 5, 1979

The station staff finds themselves in danger when Herb unplugs a teleprinter just as it is receiving a local tornado warning.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Goodbye Johnny

Mon, Feb 19, 1979

Johnny gets a job offer and a chance to return to the Los Angeles radio market (the place of his greatest success.) The staff of WKRP try to trick Fever into staying by showing how much they mean to him.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Johnny Comes Back

Mon, Feb 26, 1979

Johnny returns to WKRP only to discover he has already been replaced by a DJ who is secretly taking payola in the form of cocaine.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Never Leave Me, Lucille

Mon, Mar 5, 1979

Herb and his wife Lucille are getting a divorce, the first night after the decision Herb resorting to sleeping on the couch in the office. Herb may or may not be aware that Lucille's want for the divorce is because she thinks he takes her for granted as a woman. The divorce has an effect on everyone in the office. Herb needs a temporary place to stay until he gets his own place, with none of the guys, except Les, really wanting Herb, with Les out of the question solely because of the size of his apartment. And now that Herb is a "free" man, Jennifer feels more exposed, he who she could handle when she knew his talk was all bluster. He envisions his life now as a wild and crazy single, going out and partying all the time. While Jennifer works on Lucille, the guys try to show Herb without being obvious that he'd much rather be back at home with his family than all alone as a single.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ I Want to Keep My Baby

Mon, Mar 12, 1979

A young mother, with no money, no friends, and nowhere to turn, leaves her baby for Johnny at the station.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Commercial Break

Mon, Mar 26, 1979

The staff of WKRP is tasked with creating a commercial for a lucrative advertising contract with a funeral home, to Mr. Carlson's growing discomfort.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ Who Is Gordon Sims?

Mon, Apr 2, 1979

Venus is forced to confess his real name, and the fact that he is wanted for desertion from the Army.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ I Do, I Do... for Now

Mon, Apr 23, 1979

T. J. Watson, a wannabe country music star and former childhood friend of Jennifer shows up at WKRP. Jennifer is nervous that he is trying to collect on a joking pledge for her to marry him. Jennifer claims to already by married to Johnny.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Young Master Carlson

Mon, Apr 30, 1979

Mr. Carlson's son disappears from Prussian Valley Military Academy. When he turns up at the station with Mama Carlson, he is put to work at the station and promptly gets into trouble.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ Fish Story

Mon, May 28, 1979

On the day Carlson and Travis are being interviewed by a newspaper, everything around them goes wrong in the silliest way possible.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ Preacher

Mon, Jun 4, 1979

Andy and Mr. Carlson must deal with an intimidating ex-wrestler now religious broadcaster whose merchandising during his show is getting out of hand.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ For Love or Money: Part 1

Mon, Sep 17, 1979

After thinking about doing so for quite some time, Bailey finally has the nerve to ask Johnny out on a date. While Johnny knows that the outing will just be the two of them, he considers it something quite different than Bailey. Their date may end up taking a back seat in Johnny's life when he receives a telephone call from new ageist Buffy Denver, with who he had a two year relationship in Los Angeles after his first divorce and who, in town, wants to meet with him. As Johnny considers Buffy one of the great passions in his life, he does whatever he can to make his reunion with her special. Beyond romance, Buffy may have other things on her mind. These two dates lead to some misunderstandings among the other staff at the station, some thinking "the date" referring to Johnny and Bailey, while others thinking it referring to Johnny and Buffy.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ For Love or Money: Part 2

Mon, Sep 24, 1979

It's in the evening at the radio station. Venus is in the control booth finishing up his show. Mr. Carlson and Andy are working late on the financials. And Bailey is wandering around feeling sorry for herself having been stood up by Johnny, the two who were supposed to go on a date - what would have been their first - to see a Humphrey Bogart movie. The quiet at the station changes when Venus receives a frantic telephone call from Johnny, who, at Jennifer's apartment, is trying to figure out what to do about Buffy's vow to sue him for half of everything he has. The four at the station, including Bailey, rush over to Jennifer's apartment to help their friend. While they all do try to figure out how Johnny should deal with the matter, the question then becomes if Johnny will remember that he, in turn, was a heel for standing up Bailey. The situation takes another turn when Buffy returns both with a confession and counter to what she stated she was going to do to Johnny earlier in the evening that may have an even more negative effect on him.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Baseball

Mon, Oct 15, 1979

As he covers all the news including sports, Les unilaterally accepts a $200 wager from Clark Callahan, station manager at WPIG, on a co-ed slo-pitch game between the two radio stations. Les, who never played any sports, including softball, when he was growing up, he stuck inside taking violin lessons instead, sees the game and the challenge as a rite of passage he never went through but should have as a child. No one else at the station wants to play, largely because they don't want to lose as, unaware to Les, WPIG plays in a city league and plays well. But a series of statements leads to the staff changing their minds and agreeing to defend WKRP's honor on the mound. As sports director, Les still wants to lead the team, including pitch, but quickly learns he is way out of his depth. And despite having played in college, Mr. Carlson shows that his softball prowess doesn't live up to the hype that surrounded him. Although they do devise ways to keep the game close, both Mr. Carlson and Les will literally and figuratively have to step up to plate if WKRP has any hope of winning. That task is all the more difficult as all Les can hear in his head is himself playing the violin, which, to him, is the antithesis of what he is now trying to achieve.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Bad Risk

Mon, Oct 22, 1979

To help make ends meet, Herb is selling insurance on the side, he seeing his first potential customers being the staff at the station. While some are able to avoid Herb upon hearing what he's doing, others, like Les and Mr. Carlson, are relatively easy prey for Herb's heavy handed sales tactics, Les in particular who Herb is able to oversell. Part of Les' issue is that he is in a funk, largely in having to gather and report on the largely depressing news, which is getting into his psyche. Once Andy finds out about Herb's moonlighting job, he wants to put an end to it at the station as he is being paid to do other work while he's at the office, and as he believes, if Herb is involved with them, they must be a fly by night operation. Herb may ultimately regret this new sales job and Les may get out of his funk all related to their encounter with a middle aged British couple who just wanted to have a quiet cuppa tea in peace.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Jennifer Falls in Love

Mon, Oct 29, 1979

Jennifer is in love with a blonde haired model of a guy named Steel Hawthorne. The only problem? He is poor. And he also seems interested in her because she has money. Is he treating her the way she treats other men?

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Carlson for President

Mon, Nov 5, 1979

Carlson runs for city council. His only hope for victory is a bit of gossip he finds out about the incumbent's drinking problem and poor attendance at council meetings.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Mike Fright

Mon, Nov 12, 1979

In reference to the garbage strike happening in the city, Johnny, on the air, makes a flippant comment that if the city won't pick up people's garbage, the people should bring their garbage to the city by dumping it on the steps of city hall. Much to Johnny's surprise, hundreds of his listeners take the words to heart and dump their garbage at city hall. Their actions have repercussions on the station, Mr. Carlson and Andy who have to deal with the liability of the station by Johnny's words, the situation which is only inflamed by further on-air words by Les. While Mr. Carlson wants to fire Johnny, Andy is able to come up with a workable solution where Johnny needs to apologize on the air. However, getting Johnny to do so is easier said than done, as his realization of the responsibility that he has in this role results in a larger issue for Johnny in his livelihood as an on-air personality: he develops mic fright and freezes in the control booth. While Venus and Andy in particular try to help Johnny, it may be the reminder of words Johnny himself said to shy Bailey that may be the medicine that Johnny needs.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ The Patter of Little Feet

Mon, Nov 26, 1979

Arthur's wife Carmen believes that she may be pregnant, causing Carlson (Gordon Jump) to consider whether or not he is ready for another child at his age.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Baby, If You've Ever Wondered

Mon, Dec 3, 1979

When the station's ratings fail to improve to Andy's expectations, he wonders if he is accomplishing anything with the screwy staff.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Bailey's Big Break

Mon, Dec 10, 1979

Les is forced to hire another newsman to relieve him of some of his broadcasts. A protesting Les doesn't want anyone, especially when Andy thinks it should be Bailey.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Jennifer's Home for Christmas

Mon, Dec 17, 1979

Christmas is coming up and everyone at the station is anxious to leave and start their holiday plans...everyone, except for Jennifer. Jennifer seems as if she has no holiday plans and is dismayed that the rest of the staff don't want to celebrate Christmas as a family. The gang joins together to give Jennifer a warm Christmas.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Sparky

Mon, Dec 24, 1979

Andy tells Les that Arthur hired someone else to do the sports reporting on the radio - the former manager of the Red's baseball team, Sparky Anderson, who is a hero to Arthur. When Sparky is a disaster on the radio, Arthur has to fire him.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ God Talks to Johnny

Mon, Dec 31, 1979

Johnny wakes in the middle of the night and thinks he hears someone. He determines it is God speaking to him. His performance on the radio in the morning is changed because he is touched by God, and he wants to spread the word to everyone.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ A Family Affair

Mon, Jan 7, 1980

Andy's sister Carol is visiting and Andy sets her up on a blind date with Johnny. But when Carol visits the radio station, she meets Venus and they set up their own date. Andy does not approve, but then he has to prove his is not a racist.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Herb's Dad

Mon, Jan 14, 1980

Herb's father visits the station to see his son. Herb Sr is a born salesman just like Herb Jr, and has run away from the retirement home where he was living. Herb Sr wants his son to give him money so he can go to California.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Put Up or Shut Up

Mon, Jan 21, 1980

Herb's wife is out of town for 10 days. And he decides this is the time to go wild and get Jennifer to finally go out with him. When Jennifer finds out she has to deal with Herb for 10 days, she tells Bailey she can't make it. Bailey's advice to Jennifer is just to take Herb up on it and he'll chicken out. The next time Herb asks her, she accepts and her troubles begin, because Herb doesn't seem to be backing down. As the time approaches Herb does seem to be backing down, he is thinking about his family and missing them. It's around this time that Les tells Herb what he had overheard the ladies saying about how they expected to put an end to Herb's chasing of Jennifer. With this news, Herb decides he's got to go for it.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ The Americanization of Ivan

Mon, Jan 28, 1980

Despite Andy's directive to the contrary, Les continues to broadcast editorials of his own unique views under the guise of they being the station's views. He also wants to use his news credentials to further those views. As such, anti-Communist hog aficionado Les, with Bailey tagging along as his paid babysitter to ensure he doesn't get into trouble, plans to, in his own words, torpedo a news conference being held by a traveling group of Russian hog experts. At the sparsely attended press conference, Bailey, through a note slipped to her, learns that one of the Russians, Ivan Popasonaviski, wants to defect to the US. Bailey is able to sneak Ivan to the station where Ivan hopes to seek political asylum. Most of the staff, with the clear exception of Les, wants to help Ivan. But none of them have a clear idea of what they need to do in this cloak and dagger role, and discover that defecting in Cincinnati, just in its national position as a relative backwater city, is not the easiest place in the country to defect.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ Les' Groupie

Mon, Feb 4, 1980

Newsman Les Nessman is surprised to learn he has a female "groupie" who loves his news show very much, but also loves him to the point of unreasonably interfering with and taking over his life at home and work.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ In Concert

Mon, Feb 11, 1980

The staff find themselves consumed with guilt for promoting a Who concert at Riverfront Coliseum when its general admission policy causes a terrible tragedy.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ The Doctor's Daughter

Mon, Feb 18, 1980

After being separated for 7 years, Johnny's daughter, Laurie, comes to visit her father, bringing with her a new boyfriend. Johnny immediately steps into the role of the disapproving father and learns that there's a lot he doesn't know about his daughter.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Filthy Pictures: Part 1

Mon, Mar 3, 1980

Andy and Jennifer agree do a photo shoot for a charity. While dressing after the session is done, the photographer for the photo shoot, takes nude photos of Jennifer without her knowledge and tries to blackmail her.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ Filthy Pictures: Part 2

Mon, Mar 3, 1980

After the nude photos of Jennifer and the blackmail plot is revealed, the radio staff tries to recover the photos and negatives from the unscrupulous photographer.

23Season 2

S2.E23 ∙ Venus Rising

Mon, Mar 10, 1980

Venus is offered a job as Program Director at another radio station. At WREQ, he finds the programs are auto run programming and he does not have to do anything. They only want him as an affirmative action hire.

24Season 2

S2.E24 ∙ Most Improved Station

Mon, Mar 31, 1980

At an award ceremony for radio stations, Johnny is selected the most popular personality, but the station loses in the most improved station category. At work, everyone starts bickering over everything and they have to work out their issues.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ The Airplane Show

Sat, Nov 1, 1980

Pilot for this episode was Harold Johnson the flying mayor of Moraine Ohio. He flew his Red Barron Waco in hundreds of airshows around the country.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Jennifer Moves

Sat, Nov 8, 1980

Jennifer buys a large house in a quiet suburb and asks the WKRP staffers to help her move. While moving furniture into an upper room Les hears demonic voices, and a telephone installation man appears to be a lot more sinister than he should be. Mr. Carlson has problems trying to get Jennifer's piano into the house and Jennifer begins to have second thoughts about her purchase.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Real Families

Sat, Nov 15, 1980

The Tarlek family is profiled on "Real Families". Herb and people being interviewed seem rehearsed, so the producers of the show "dig deep" and expose the real Tarlek family.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ The Baby

Sat, Nov 22, 1980

Mr Carlson's wife Carmen goes into labor and he is terrified at being with her in the delivery room. The radio staff goes to the hospital to support him.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Hotel Oceanview

Sat, Nov 29, 1980

WKRP books a meeting room at the Hotel Oceanview in Dayton, to entice the Vicki Von Vicki Jeans company to advertise with them. Andy has problems with the slide projector while Mr. Carlson worries about the Dayton poisoner and whether he will be the next victim. Herb is pleasantly surprised when Ms. Vicki's personal assistant comes on to him, but his happiness is short-lived when he finds out her secret.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ A Mile in My Shoes

Sat, Dec 6, 1980

Andy tells Herb to collect past due bills from sales clients. But Herb is called for jury duty so Andy takes over the sales department. Andy finds out just how hard it is to deal with the clients. Venus becomes acting Programming Director.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Bah, Humbug

Sat, Dec 20, 1980

Mr Carlson eats one of Johnny's special brownies and falls asleep at the station. He has a Christmas Carol dream about being a Scrooge for not giving the radio staff a Christmas bonus.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Baby, It's Cold Inside

Sat, Jan 3, 1981

The heat has gone out at the Flimm Building. But Johnny (Hessman) has ideas of his own on how to keep his co-workers warm.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ The Painting

Sat, Jan 10, 1981

Bailey and Herb attended the auction at Mr Carlson's church. Bailey loved one painting, and Herb purchased it. Herb tries to re-sell it to Bailey but she cannot afford it. Then Herb learns it might be valuable and thinks of becoming rich.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Daydreams

Sat, Jan 17, 1981

Mr Carlson has to give a speech at a Broadcasters Dinner, so he rehearses his speech at work. It is boring, so everyone starts to daydream. Each of them think about the job they would rather have than working at the station.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Frog Story

Sat, Jan 24, 1981

Herb accidentally sprayed his daughter's pet frog pink, and brings it into the station in hopes someone will know how to fix it before his daughter finds out. The frog does not look healthy.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Venus and the Man

Sat, Jan 31, 1981

The station's cleaning lady asks Venus a favor. Her son wants to drop out of high school. She wants Venus to talk to her son, a gang member, about staying in school. Venus bets the boy he can make learning more interesting.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 1

Sat, Feb 7, 1981

Johnny will host a rock and roll dance show to earn extra money. He thinks he is going to be able to do the show his way but he finds he has to wear their outfits and play their songs. He creates a new personality, Rip Tide, to do the show.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 2

Sat, Feb 7, 1981

After creating a Rip Tide personality to do a dance show on TV, the new personality starts taking over Johnny Fever's life. Herb tries to take advantage of it by marketing Rip Tide, while the others help him drop the act.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ Ask Jennifer

Sat, Feb 14, 1981

The station starts a phone-in advice show, and Jennifer eventually proves to be the best host for it.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ I Am Woman

Sat, Feb 21, 1981

Mr Carlson is notified the radio station building is being torn down. Bailey campaigns to have the building declared a landmark. Mr Carlson's mother promises a better station will be built, so he campaigns against the landmark status.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ Secrets of Dayton Heights

Sat, Feb 28, 1981

Les is prepared to attend a presidential press conference, but finds his credentials are being questioned. The Secret Service uncovered the fact that his biological father was a communist.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ Out to Lunch

Sat, Mar 14, 1981

Bailey is upset when it seems everyone else has an expense account for lunches except her. Meanwhile, Herb has been having a lot of lunches with clients and having a lot of drinks to help close a deal. His drinking gets out of hand.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ A Simple Little Wedding

Sat, Mar 21, 1981

Arthur and Carmen's 25th wedding anniversary is approaching and they plan to have the wedding ceremony they never had because their marriage was an elopement. Unfortunately, Mama Carlson has her own plans for their ceremony.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ Nothing to Fear But...

Sat, Mar 28, 1981

While Johnny does a night stint on the radio, the station is robbed. No one is hurt, but a lot of the expensive items are taken. Mr Carlton installs a security system and everyone starts being paranoid.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Til Debt Do Us Part

Sun, Apr 5, 1981

Johnny welcomes the chance to end his alimony payments...until he meets his ex-wife's intended.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ Clean Up Radio Everywhere

Sun, Apr 12, 1981

A preacher with Clean Up Radio Everywhere wants WKRP to stop playing specific songs due to the lyrics. Mr. Carlson thinks the station should cooperate, while the rest say the songs are classics and shouldn't be subjected to censorship.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ An Explosive Affair: Part 1

Wed, Oct 7, 1981

In the first of this two-part episode, WKRP receives a terrorist bomb threat.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ An Explosive Affair: Part 2

Wed, Oct 14, 1981

Conclusion of two-part series. WKRP receives a terrorist bomb threat.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ The Union

Wed, Oct 21, 1981

When the staff plans to unionize, Carlson's mother (Bruce) threatens to sell the station.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Rumors

Wed, Oct 28, 1981

Johnny's apartment is being fumigated and he needs a place to stay. Everyone turns him down except for Bailey. Rumors start at the office that they are having an affair. Johnny is also afraid the new DJ will take over his radio time slot.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Straight from the Heart

Wed, Nov 4, 1981

Les is being given an award for a news broadcast. Herb is going on vacation, but Jennifer is worried when Herb takes insurance papers with him. He checks into a hospital for heart tests and asks Les to stay with him. They go to a porn movie.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Who's on First?

Wed, Nov 11, 1981

With Herb in the hospital, Mr. Carlson must fill in for him in order to negotiate a contract. But if Mr. Carlson is Herb, who is Mr. Carlson? In the meantime, Johnny avoids settling a poker debt.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Three Days of the Condo

Wed, Nov 18, 1981

When Johnny comes into a large amount of money, everyone at the station is curious to see what he will do with it.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Jennifer and the Will

Wed, Dec 2, 1981

When an elderly gentleman friend of Jennifer's dies, the man's family blames her for stealing his fortune.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ The Consultant

Wed, Dec 30, 1981

Mother Carlson hires a radio doctor to evaluate the station and Andy worries when the doctor threatens to write a poor review if the station doesn't buy his services.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Love, Exciting and New

Wed, Dec 9, 1981

Andy wants a new transmitter for the station, and visits Mrs Carlson to ask for it. Andy ends up taking her out to discuss business, but she seems to want more than that.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ You Can't Go Out of Town Again

Wed, Jan 6, 1982

Arthur and Carmen attend his college reunion. He finds out their first date was because someone dared her to go out with him. Bailey wants to get a computer for billing. Venus tries to impress a new date.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Pills

Wed, Jan 20, 1982

The station sells some new commercial spots to a diet company whose 'magic pills' are not as innocuous as they seem.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ Changes

Wed, Feb 3, 1982

Herb decides it's time for a change in his wardrobe and enlists Jennifer to help him. Meanwhile, Venus is interviewed by Black Life magazine.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ Jennifer and Johnny's Charity

Wed, Jan 13, 1982

A fire at the Vine Street Mission that destroys the kitchen. Johnny starts a donation fund and asks Jennifer to ask her wealthy friends to contribute. She throws a party and all goes well -until the homeless show up to show their gratitude.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ I'll Take Romance

Wed, Feb 17, 1982

Herb sets Les up with a blind date through his latest client. Les enjoys the date, but does not realize the Ill Take Romance Dating Service is actually a front for prostitution.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ Circumstantial Evidence

Wed, Feb 24, 1982

Venus' girlfriend gives him a diamond earring, and then excuses herself from the room and leaves. While he wonders where she went, the police visit the station and question Venus. The earring was stolen, and they think Venus is the thief.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ Fire

Wed, Mar 17, 1982

A fire alarm sends the crew home early, However Herb and Jennifer get trapped on the elevator going down. Herb then tells Jennifer some rumors that he has been spreading about them being together.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ Dear Liar

Wed, Mar 24, 1982

When Les jealously plagiarizes Bailey's initial draft of a partially fictional news story on air, the station's broadcast license is put in jeopardy.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ The Creation of Venus

Wed, Mar 31, 1982

While Andy and Venus are playing jokes on each other at the radio station, Mama Carlson visits and then quizzes them. Venus lets it slip he used to be a teacher. Andy and Venus tell the story of how Venus went from school teacher to DJ.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ The Impossible Dream

Mon, Sep 20, 1982

Les' mother is visiting, and complains that Les is in a dead-end job. Les decides he is going to follow his dream and apply for a job at CBS for the evening news in New York.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ To Err Is Human

Mon, Aug 9, 1982

Kiss the Cook. Hundreds of cardboard figures of Herb at his barbecue instead of Venus promoting shampoo. When an ad for one of the station's sponsors that's supposed to show Venus somehow ends up with a picture of Herb because of a sloppy oversight mix-up, the sponsor wants to drop them. Jennifer offers to go talk to the manager using her obvious appeal to convince him not to, but as it turns out the guy is blind, and she has to resort to charm - which she also has in spades.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ Up and Down the Dial

Wed, Apr 21, 1982

Mama Carlson announces plans to change WKRP's format.