The BEST episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati season 1
Every episode of WKRP in Cincinnati season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati season 1!
A cast of odd characters must run a struggling Cincinnati radio station.
#1 - 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.
#2 - Pilot
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.
#3 - Hold-Up
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1978
During a live remote from Del's Stereo and Sound, an unemployed DJ shows up with a gun and hijacks the broadcast.
#4 - 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.
#5 - Pilot, Part 2
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1978
While Andy tries to come up with a publicity stunt to get the station in the news, a group of irate former listeners demands a return to the old format.
#6 - Les on a Ledge
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1978
Mortified by a personal accusation, Les climbs out on the ledge of the Flimm building and threatens to jump.
#7 - A Date with Jennifer
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/22/1979
When hot-blooded Les wins an award, he asks Jennifer to be his date for the banquet.
#8 - Johnny Comes Back
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/26/1979
Johnny returns to WKRP after being fired in L.A., but he has to settle for the late-night graveyard shift.
#9 - A Commercial Break
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/26/1979
The staff sings a radio ad for a chain of funeral homes.
#10 - Tornado
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/5/1979
While Japanese radio executives are touring the station, the city experiences a series of tornadoes.
#11 - Bailey's Show
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1978
Bailey gets a chance to produce a new public-service interview show, but her potential guests all seem to be out of their minds.
#12 - The Contest Nobody Could Win
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/29/1979
After Johnny announces the incorrect prize amount for a song-guessing contest promotion, the crew scrambles to make the contest so difficult that no one can win.
#13 - Goodbye, Johnny
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/19/1979
Johnny is offered a job in Los Angeles, so the other staffers throw him a party in which they try to manipulate him into staying.
#14 - I Want to Keep My Baby
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/12/1979
After a young single mother leaves her baby at the station, Johnny becomes attached to the infant.
#15 - Preacher
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 6/4/1979
WKRP's Sunday morning evangelist (and former wrestler) may be a fraud, but no one has the nerve to fire him.
#16 - I Do, I Do... For Now
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/23/1979
To fend off a childhood sweetheart, Jennifer pretends to be married to Johnny.
#17 - Who Is Gordon Sims?
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/2/1979
Venus reveals that he is a military deserter, and Mr. Carlson helps him clear his name.
#18 - Never Leave Me, Lucille
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/5/1979
Herb separates from his wife Lucille and stays at Johnny's apartment while Jennifer tries to reunite the couple.
#19 - Fish Story
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/28/1979
Herb wears a carp costume to represent WKRP and fights a rival station's pig mascot, while Johnny and Venus take an on-air test to demonstrate the effects of alcohol on human reflexes.
#20 - Mama's Review
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/15/1979
Mama Carlson conducts a quarterly review of WKRP's personnel and profits, with clips from previous episodes illustrating the show's best moments to date.
#21 - Young Master Carlson
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/30/1979
Mr. Carlson's troubled young son escapes from his military school and visits WKRP, where he manages to offend most of the staff.
#22 - Love Returns
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1978
Andy falls back in love with an old girlfriend, now a famous singer, and must decide whether to follow her on the road.