The WORST episodes of NewsRadio
Every episode of NewsRadio ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of NewsRadio!
"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 - Flowers for Matthew
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1998
Joe creates a ""smart drink"", with extreme results; Lisa becomes Max's confidante.
#2 - 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.
#3 - Spooky Rapping Crypt
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/1998
Beth wants to start profit-sharing; Matthew thinks of abuse after undergoing hypnosis.
#4 - Ploy
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/9/1999
Max pretends to quit to hopefully get Beth to beg him to stay. When the ploy fails, Dave has to swallow his pride to get Max back. Lisa's new hyphenated last name, Miller-Johnson, irks both Joe and Matthew.
#5 - Boston
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/1998
Dave tries to tape a message for students at his alma matter; Lisa tries to cure her speech impediment.
#6 - Assistant
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/16/1999
Lisa's new assistant turns Joe and Dave into rivals; Max complains about the lack of sofa in the men's room.
#7 - 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.
#8 - Stinkbutt
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/1999
Dave fights to hang Joe and Beth's strange painting in the lobby; Matthew starts dressing like Lisa.
#9 - Meet the Max Louis
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1998
Jon Lovitz joins the cast as Max Louis, hired because of a connection to Bill. The idea of ""Y2K"" wreaks havoc at the office.
#10 - The Lam
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1998
Lisa admits her attraction to Johnny; Dave must exploit their relationship to protect Jimmy.
#11 - New Hampshire
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/1999
Jimmy returns to finalize the sale of the station and tries to persuade one staff member to relocate to New Hampshire with him.
#12 - The Breakup
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/1995
Dave and Lisa have a fight after Dave calls her the 'b-word'. Beth manipulates the two into 'coming out' in front of the whole staff. Catherine finds out Bill's real first name.
#13 - Physical Graffiti
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/24/1996
Dave is jealous when Lisa constantly talks to her ex-boyfriend. Joe is the facilitator in a practical joke war between Catherine & Bill.
#14 - Wedding
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/2/1999
Lisa gets married to Johnny, despite Dave's attempt to talk her out of it.
#15 - 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.
#16 - Luncheon at the Waldorf
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/2/1995
When Bill asks Beth to a fancy luncheon, everyone suspects his motives. Dave questions the staff's spendthrift ways.
#17 - Lucky Burger
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/1998
It comes out that Max doctored his resume; Lisa goes undercover at a restaurant.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - Retirement
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/27/1999
Mr. James announces that he's selling the station and retiring to New Hampshire. Dave believes it's a ploy. Lisa organizes a retirement party to convince Mr. James to stay.
#22 - Noise
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/1998
Dave learns he has high blood pressure, causing Joe to install a sound machine. Matthew becomes motherly toward Max, after a conversation with Beth.
#23 - Clash of the Titans
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1998
Jimmy is freed from prison, to realize that Johnny has stolen his empire.
#24 - 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...
#25 - Padded Suit
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/13/1999
Dave vents aggression on the staff, threatening to fire someone. Matthew wears a padded suit to learn Joe's karate-like martial art, Joe-jitsu. Mr. James leads a crusade against Mother's Day.