The BEST episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati
Every episode of WKRP in Cincinnati ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati!
A cast of odd characters must run a struggling Cincinnati radio station.
#1 - The Airplane Show
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/1/1980
Trying to compete with WPIG's traffic helicopter, Les starts doing traffic reports from a World War I biplane piloted by a crazy war veteran.
#2 - Venus Rising
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/10/1980
Venus is offered a job as program director of WREQ radio, but is disillusioned when he discovers how the station is run and why they want to hire him. Meanwhile, Herb circulates a rumor that he, too, has received a job offer.
#3 - An Explosive Affair (Part 2)
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/1981
Andy is unable to warn Johnny and Venus when he realizes that the bomb is at the transmitter.
#4 - Bah, Humbug
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/20/1980
Once again, Mr. Carlson plans to give the staffers almost no Christmas bonuses. But in a dream brought on by eating one of Johnny Fever's brownies, the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future visit him to show him the error of his ways.
#5 - Turkeys Away
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1978
Feeling left out at the station, Mr. Carlson comes up with a top-secret Thanksgiving promotion involving twenty live turkeys.
#6 - Clean Up Radio Everywhere
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/12/1981
Dr. Bob Halyers, head of the organization Clean Up Radio Broadcasting (CURB), visits Mr. Carlson with a list of obscene songs that he wants the station to stop playing.
#7 - Baseball
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1979
The staff plays against the team from rival station WPIG in a softball game.
#8 - Jennifer's Home for Christmas
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1979
Jennifer tells her friends that she has nothing special planned for Christmas, and that she doesn't have a tree this year. Everyone begins to suspect that she might be alone for the holidays.
#9 - Rumors
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/1981
While his apartment is being fumigated, Johnny stays with Bailey, causing everyone at the station to jump to conclusions.
#10 - Jennifer Moves
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/8/1980
The staff helps Jennifer move into her new $125,000 house in the quiet suburb of Landersville. But she soon finds out that life in Landersville isn't as pleasant as she thought it would be.
#11 - An Explosive Affair (Part 1)
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/1981
When the station receives a bomb threat, Johnny and Venus broadcast from the remote transmitter tower.
#12 - Till Debt Do Us Part
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/5/1981
When Johnny learns that his first ex-wife is planning to remarry, he is overjoyed at the thought of not having to pay alimony, and celebrates by inviting Bailey to take a trip with him. But he feels less happy about the situation when he meets the obnoxious womanizer his ex-wife is going to marry.
#13 - I Am Woman
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/21/1981
When it is announced that the Flimm Building is to be torn down, Bailey starts a campaign to have the building declared a Cincinnati landmark. Everyone pitches in to help, until Mr. Carlson gets his mother's permission to build a new and better building.
#14 - Ask Jennifer
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/14/1981
When Herb's choice as host of a new call-in advice show proves unable to go on the air, Jennifer takes over and becomes an instant success.
#15 - Baby, It's Cold Inside
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/3/1981
On a day when the furnace has broken down, Mama Carlson pays a surprise visit to the station and catches Johnny drinking in the broadcast booth.
#16 - The Baby
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/22/1980
Mr. Carlson's wife goes into labor and the WKRP staffers all visit the hospital to be there when she gives birth.
#17 - Most Improved Station
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/31/1980
Everyone starts bickering after the station loses a broadcasting award.
#18 - Filthy Pictures (1)
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/3/1980
Mr. Carlson convinces Jennifer and Andy to pose in bathing suits for a "Surf's Up in Cincinnati" poster. After the photo session, the photographer secretly takes nude photos of Jennifer while she's changing.
#19 - In Concert
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/11/1980
At a concert by the Who in Cincinnati on December 3, 1979, eleven kids were trampled to death when the crowd rushed to get seats. The first part of this episode takes place before that concert; the second act takes place the day after, and presents the characters' reactions to the tragedy.
#20 - A Family Affair
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/1980
Andy's sister Carol visits Cincinnati, and Andy sets up a date for her and Johnny. But Carol winds up going out with Venus instead, and Andy becomes instinctively angry about it.
#21 - Jennifer Falls in Love
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1979
For the first time in her life, Jennifer is in love, with a penniless but handsome repairman who turns out to be even more of a gold digger than she is. Meanwhile, Les tries to get a raise, and Johnny becomes convinced that he's the man Jennifer is in love with.
#22 - Hoodlum Rock
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1978
Andy arranges for the station to sponsor a concert by a rowdy English rock group.
#23 - Baby, If You've Ever Wondered
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/1979
The new ratings book arrives, and WKRP has climbed from 16th to 14th place in the Cincinnati market. Everyone is happy about the gain except Andy, who knows that the station has not improved enough, in part because of his own unwillingness to fire incompetent employees like Herb and Les.
#24 - Mike Fright
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1979
During a citywide garbage strike, Johnny jokingly suggests that his listeners dump their garbage on the steps of City Hall. The joke is on him, and the station, when hundreds of listeners take him seriously. Johnny becomes aware of his power and develops a serious case of mike fright.
#25 - Pilot (1)
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1978
Andy Travis, a young program director from Santa Fe, takes over at Cincinnati radio station WKRP and changes the format to rock and roll.