WKRP in Cincinnati — Season 1
WKRP in Cincinnati·Season 1·1978·22 episodes

Season 1

WKRP in Cincinnati

So just sit right down, relax, open your ears real wide and say, "Give it to me straight, Doctor. I can take it!"

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Sep1978
Season 1

Synopsis

WKRP in Cincinnati (1978), Season 1 is a 22-episode workplace sitcom you can watch online on iFILM — the first run of the show about a failing radio station that ditches sleepy music for top-40 rock and never quite recovers its dignity.

New program director Andy Travis talks the owner into the gamble, and the building wakes up. Burned-out DJ Johnny Fever gets back on the air, smooth newcomer Venus Flytrap joins him, and the rest of the staff supplies the chaos: jittery newsman Les Nessman, sleazy ad man Herb Tarlek, and unflappable receptionist Jennifer who actually runs the place. Across the season you get a contest that accidentally promises listeners a fortune, a tornado that hits mid-tour, and one Thanksgiving turkey stunt that goes very, very wrong. Small disasters, every week.

It's a CBS ensemble comedy that nails late-seventies radio without leaning on a single star. Season 1 is the right place to start — the cast is still figuring each other out. Stream all episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati Season 1 online on iFILM.

Season 1

22 episodes

  • Pilot (1)
    S1·E1

    Pilot (1)

    September 18, 1978 · 25 min

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

  • Pilot (2)
    S1·E2

    Pilot (2)

    September 25, 1978 · 25 min

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

  • Les On a Ledge
    S1·E3

    Les On a Ledge

    October 2, 1978 · 25 min

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

  • Hoodlum Rock
    S1·E4

    Hoodlum Rock

    October 9, 1978 · 25 min

    Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

  • Hold-Up
    S1·E5

    Hold-Up

    October 16, 1978 · 25 min

    A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.

  • Bailey's Show
    S1·E6

    Bailey's Show

    October 23, 1978 · 25 min

    Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.

  • Turkeys Away
    S1·E7

    Turkeys Away

    October 30, 1978 · 25 min

    Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

  • Love Returns
    S1·E8

    Love Returns

    November 6, 1978 · 25 min

    Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.

  • Mama's Review
    S1·E9

    Mama's Review

    January 15, 1979 · 25 min

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

  • A Date With Jennifer
    S1·E10

    A Date With Jennifer

    January 22, 1979 · 25 min

    Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.

  • The Contest Nobody Could Win
    S1·E11

    The Contest Nobody Could Win

    January 29, 1979 · 25 min

    Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.

  • Tornado
    S1·E12

    Tornado

    February 5, 1979 · 25 min

    A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

  • Goodbye, Johnny
    S1·E13

    Goodbye, Johnny

    February 19, 1979 · 25 min

    Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.

  • Johnny Comes Back
    S1·E14

    Johnny Comes Back

    February 26, 1979 · 25 min

    Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.

  • Never Leave Me, Lucille
    S1·E15

    Never Leave Me, Lucille

    March 5, 1979 · 25 min

    Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.

  • I Want to Keep My Baby
    S1·E16

    I Want to Keep My Baby

    March 12, 1979 · 25 min

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

  • A Commercial Break
    S1·E17

    A Commercial Break

    March 26, 1979 · 25 min

    Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.

  • Who is Gordon Sims?
    S1·E18

    Who is Gordon Sims?

    April 2, 1979 · 25 min

    Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.

  • I Do, I Do... For Now
    S1·E19

    I Do, I Do... For Now

    April 23, 1979 · 25 min

    Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.

  • Young Master Carlson
    S1·E20

    Young Master Carlson

    April 30, 1979 · 25 min

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

  • Fish Story
    S1·E21

    Fish Story

    May 28, 1979 · 25 min

    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.

  • Preacher
    S1·E22

    Preacher

    June 4, 1979 · 25 min

    A wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.

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