The BEST episodes of NewsRadio season 4
Every episode of NewsRadio season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of NewsRadio season 4!
"NewsRadio" showcases the hilarious antics of the whimsical #2 news radio station in New York City. The corral of characters are eccentric and witty, and they surprise each other with their back-and-forth banter. Their workplace humor also supplies an abundance of laughs amidst this unlikely bunch of colleagues.
#1 - 4:20
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/1998
Joe fights Matthew in a no-holds-barred match at Mr. James' men's club smoker. Bill is extremely worried that Walt will ask Lisa on a date. We learn Dave's technique for getting rid of an unwanted visitor; act insane.
#2 - Chock
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/13/1998
Dave finds it hard to say no when his old college a cappella singing group 'Chock Full o' Notes' reunites for Dave's 32nd birthday, hoping to take the pop charts by storm. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to motivate Matthew without reducing him to tears. Joe has a beef with one of Dave's friends.
#3 - Stupid Holiday Charity Talent Show
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/16/1997
Dave unveils a previously hidden talent to compete in a charity talent show. If a WNYX staff member wins, Mr. James will re-hire Matthew in this incredibly hilarious episode.
#4 - Super Karate Monkey Death Car
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/4/1997
Andrea forces the staff to take lie detector tests. Lisa fears she will not pass the test due to her extensive criminal past. Jimmy has his book, which failed in the U.S., translated into Japanese then back into English.
#5 - Catherine Moves On
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/1997
Each staffer offers up a very different version of events of the day Catherine announces she's leaving WNYX. Joe realizes that Catherine's always yearned for him.
#6 - The Public Domain
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/28/1997
Dave tries to get Matthew rehired amidst chaos. Andrea hires a man to share Dave's Job, Jimmy brings a camera crew into the office to film a documentary, and Bill prepares for a new career as a singing political satirist a la Mark Russell.
#7 - Copy Machine
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/8/1998
The office mourns the loss of Ted, from accounting, until Dave realizes that nobody knew him, at all.
#8 - Jackass Junior High
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/1998
Lisa is treated like a male by office co-workers, who revert to their boorish selves when all other females are out sick.
#9 - Balloon
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/25/1998
Jimmy plans to go around the world in a hot air balloon, until Dave finds that he is full of ""hot air"". Meanwhile, Bill switches from cigarettes to chewing tobacco.
#10 - Big Brother
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/3/1998
Matthew is assigned a Big Brother, who makes eyes at Beth; Joe, Jimmy, and Bill try to uncover Lisa's love life.
#11 - Jumper
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1997
Bill tries to get an exclusive on-air story when a suicidal man is perched outside Dave's window.
#12 - Who's the Boss? (2)
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/3/1998
Mr. James announces an election for station manager, which neither Dave nor Lisa want to win. Joe's dysfunctional brothers visit the station to plan a surprise party for their parents. Matthew runs for floor fire marshal.
#13 - Security Door
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/24/1998
Dave struggles vainly to get the staffers to properly use the recently installed security door. Bill enlists Lisa to do the negotiating when he's offered a job in a blue jean's commercial.
#14 - Who's the Boss? (1)
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/20/1998
After Bill pesters Lisa once again, Dave and Lisa hatch an evil plan to make Bill the boss to teach him a lesson. Bill's reign is eerily efficient. Joe goes on a sympathy strike to support another of Mr. James companies.
#15 - French Diplomacy
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/1997
Dave and Lisa breakup. Bill gets himself into trouble when he advocates the beating of foreign diplomats. Matthew opens his own dentistry practice.
#16 - Sinking Ship
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/1998
The episode spoofs the movie Titanic, where Walt and Dave sketch Lisa nude and give her heart shaped necklaces. Soon, though, the ship starts to sink...
#17 - Look Who's Talking
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/1998
Bill announces plans to adopt a child. Beth and Joe attend a charity bachelor auction, with Beth impersonating a duchess and Joe playing her homosexual bachelor friend, to bid on Mr. James.
#18 - Pure Evil
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1997
Dave hatches a scheme of 'pure evil' to get his job as news director back, including approving Bill's obscenity laced imaginary conversations with the president. Lisa tries hard to do a good job as news director. Matthew lives in the office.
#19 - The Secret of Management
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/1/1998
Bill hire's a gentleman's gentleman, Cadbury, to oversee his life. Mr. James teaches Lisa 'The Secret of Management'. Matthew feels left out when Bill doesn't congratulate him on being rehired.
#20 - Monster Rancher
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/15/1998
Matthew takes Lisa on a date. The office has trouble adapting to a new intern, Mr. James' nephew, Walt.
#21 - Beep, Beep
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/18/1998
Mr. James gives Matthew a small toy car. Mr. James urges Dave and Lisa to get back together when a secret study reveals they're more productive when they're a couple.
#22 - Plan Bee
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1997
Jimmy hires Andrea, an efficiency expert, when the station needs to cut funds. The staffers rally around an inept Matthew to try to preserve his job. Bill auditions for a television job.