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NewsRadio Season 3 |
| NewsRadio Season 3 : |
| This is a detailed list of NewsRadio episodes from the third season. |
| Episode 1 - [President] |
| Details : Mr. James decides to run for President of the United States while Lisa declares to expose all of his secrets. Matthew grows a 70's style moustache to get chicks. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Al Roker | Writer : Paul Simms | Director : Tom Cherones | |
| Air Date : Sep. 18, 1996 |
| Episode 2 - [Review] |
| Details : A new coffee shop is opened on the first floor of the Criterion Building. Matthew becomes obsessed with Scott Adams' Dilbert cartoon. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Tom Cherones | Writer : Josh Lieb | |
| Air Date : Sep. 25, 1996 |
| Episode 3 - [Massage Chair] |
| Details : Bill leads a revolution when Mr. James eliminates free snacks in the break room. Joe gives Catherine a variety of electronic gadgets to ingratiate himself with her. Bill buys a massage chair. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Lewis Morton | Director : Tom Cherones | |
| Air Date : Oct. 02, 1996 |
| Episode 4 - [Arcade] |
| Details : Dave worries that the past will repeat itself when an arcade game Stargate Defender is installed in the hallway. Lisa and Dave take the SATs to prove they're not getting dumber. Bill is obsessed with the stale plastic leathery sandwiches from a vending machine. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Leelee Sobieski | Wesley Jonathan | Roger Hewlett | Writer : Brian Kelley | Director : Tom Cherones | |
| Air Date : Oct. 23, 1996 |
| Episode 5 - [Halloween] |
| Details : Mr. James requests that the reticent staffers wear costumes to his Halloween party. Lisa convinces everyone to dress up by promising that Dave will wear the most outlandish costume ever. A psychic tells Bill the exact date of his death..36 years in the future. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Patience Cleveland | Writer : Chris Marcil | Writer : Sam Johnson | Director : Tom Cherones | |
| Air Date : Oct. 30, 1996 |
| Episode 6 - [Awards Show] |
| Details : Dave believes WNYX will overcome its jinx and finally win the local broadcasting awards. Matthew believes the office is infested with ants. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Steven Gilborn | Bob Costas | Writer : Drake Sather | Director : Tom Cherones | |
| Air Date : Nov. 06, 1996 |
| Episode 7 - [Daydream] |
| Details : Daydreams plague staffers on an unbelievably hot day. Among others Beth fantasizes that she's being stalked by Matthew who's taking on horror movie guises; and Joe dreams he turned each of the staffers into androids. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Paul Simms | Director : Tom Cherones | |
| Air Date : Nov. 13, 1996 |
| Episode 8 - [Movie Star] |
| Details : James Caan visits WNYX to study Bill and prepare for an upcoming film role but gets distracted and ultimately enthralled by a nervous Matthew. Dave decides to buy a television for Lisa revealing his passion for Green Acres. Jimmy takes Beth and Catherine to a Knicks game. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Lewis Morton | Director : Tom Cherones | |
| Air Date : Nov. 20, 1996 |
| Episode 9 - [Stocks] |
| Details : Matthew returns from a Japanese vacation bearing gifts including a katana for Dave. Mr. James teaches Beth the intricacies of the stock market. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Alan J. Higgins | Director : Tom Cherones | |
| Air Date : Dec. 11, 1996 |
| Episode 10 - [Christmas] |
| Details : With everyone anxious to leave work and head off on holidays Dave finds himself doing everybody's job and delaying his trip to visit his parents with Lisa. Also Bill recruits Beth for a radio ad only to discover the director wants her and not him. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Terry Rhoads | Writer : Drake Sather | |
| Air Date : Dec. 18, 1996 |
| Episode 11 - [The Trainer] |
| Details : All of WNYX is up in arms when they discover Dave is actually a Canadian not a mid-westerner. Bill joins a health club. Dave tries to teach Jimmy table manners for his upcoming dinner with the president. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Eric Allan Kramer | Patton Oswalt | Writer : Alan J. Higgins | Writer : Brian Kelley | Director : Tom Cherones | |
| Air Date : Dec. 19, 1996 |
| Episode 12 - [Rap] |
| Details : Bill is outraged when he discovers that rap music has lyrics...offensive lyrics; Lisa is voted 'Cutest Reporter in New York' and attends a photo shoot with Catherine and Beth. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Chuck D | Writer : Alan J. Higgins | Director : Tom Cherones | |
| Air Date : Jan. 08, 1997 |
| Episode 13 - [Led Zeppelin Boxed Set] |
| Details : Matthew in his own mind becomes the 'King of the Office' when he loses his temper and punches Bill. Matthew's reign of terror including ordering various staffers to fetch his lunch alienates the entire office. Meanwhile Jimmy tries to best a Three Card Monte dealer at his own game. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Lewis Morton | Writer : Chris Marcil | Director : Tom Cherones | |
| Air Date : Jan. 15, 1997 |
| Episode 14 - [Complaint Box] |
| Details : A newly installed complaint box makes Dave's life miserable. Mr. James goes fishing but thanks to Joe's invention the Garelli 5000 stays in contact with the office via satellite hookup. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Bill Stevenson | Writer : Brian Kelley | Writer : Lewis Morton | Director : Tom Cherones | |
| Air Date : Jan. 29, 1997 |
| Episode 15 - [Rose Bowl] |
| Details : WNYX staffers evaluate their co-workers leading to problems based on Matthew's belief that Bill is a God. Jimmy buys fake movie memorabilia unaware that the sled from Citizen Kane was named 'Rosebud' not 'Rose Bowl'. Joe represents Jimmy in a lawsuit against the man who sold the items. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : David Clennon | Writer : Alan J. Higgins | Director : Tom Cherones | |
| Air Date : Feb. 05, 1997 |
| Episode 16 - [Kids] |
| Details : Jimmy implements a program allowing kids into the station to learn about radio but ditches the students to hit on their teacher. Dave searches for a stash of dirty magazines. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Chris Marcil | Writer : Sam Johnson | Director : Tom Cherones | |
| Air Date : Feb. 12, 1997 |
| Episode 17 - [Airport] |
| Details : With Bill and Dave stuck in a St. Louis airport Lisa takes command of the office. Her first task: stop Joe and Catherine from going to a movie. Beth and Matthew go to Bill's 'pleasure palace' of an apartment to water his plants. Back in St. Louis Dave teaches Bill that being polite has its rewards. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Drake Sather | Director : Tom Cherones | |
| Air Date : Feb. 19, 1997 |
| Episode 18 - [Twins] |
| Details : Matthew's 'identical' twin brother visits. Most of WNYX's furniture is repossessed when the budget is drastically slashed to accommodate a staffer's secret raise. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Lewis Morton | Director : Tom Cherones | |
| Air Date : Mar. 12, 1997 |
| Episode 19 - [Office Feud] |
| Details : Joe engages in office warfare with the new noisy environmentalists upstairs. Catherine takes offense at Bill's newest sponsor Rocket Fuel Malt Liquor. Lisa covers a White House Easter Egg hunt. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Taylor Nichols | Writer : Chris Marcil | Writer : Sam Johnson | Director : Leonard R. Garner Jr. | |
| Air Date : Mar. 19, 1997 |
| Episode 20 - [Our Fiftieth Episode] |
| Details : Bill is committed to an asylum when he's judged mentally incompetent. Lisa is forced to do the 'McNeal Perspective' with Joe in Bill's absence. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Doug Ballard | Writer : Paul Simms | Director : Tom Cherones | |
| Air Date : Apr. 02, 1997 |
| Episode 21 - [Sleeping] |
| Details : Jimmy suffers a heart attack. His lawyer insists Jimmy stay in the break room while recovering from his coma. Lisa realizes she hasn't completed all her goals in life and decides to have a baby. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Brian Kelley | |
| Air Date : May. 07, 1997 |
| Episode 22 - [The Real Deal] |
| Details : When Bill and producer Lisa's new show 'The Real Deal' is on the verge of cancellation they do everything in their power to recruit Jerry Seinfeld to appear. Matthew reveals that he's never gone 'all the way' before. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Bobbie Brown as Irene | Writer : Joe Furey | Writer : Paul Simms | Director : Tom Cherones | |
| Air Date : May. 07, 1997 |
| Episode 23 - [Mistake] |
| Details : Matthew is no longer the weirdest person in the office when a strange temp comes in. Dave is featured in a national magazine where he inexplicably insults each staff member...and reveals his passion for tap dancing. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : French Stewart | Writer : Drake Sather | Director : Tom Cherones | Writer : Josh Lieb | |
| Air Date : May. 14, 1997 |
| Episode 24 - [Space] |
| Details : NewsRadio in Outer Space. The year is 2228 humankind is nearly extinct and those who remain are constantly on the run from killer robots. Matthew dates an android. Dave and Lisa discuss moving in together after 93 years dating. Joe after living in suspended animation for 83 years tries to fix the life support system. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Bobbie Brown as Irene | Writer : Joe Furey | Writer : Paul Simms | Director : Tom Cherones | Writer : Josh Lieb | |
| Air Date : May. 21, 1997 |
| Episode 25 - [Injury] |
| Details : Matthew faces a large medical bill when he's injured while goofing off around the office. A sympathetic Dave claims it was a work related mishap earning Matthew Workman's comp. Mr. James and his lawyer Roger search for the truth. Meanwhile Bill takes offense at a rival stations' use of the word 'penis' and air several McNeal reports using the same word. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Bob Odenkirk | Norm Macdonald | Writer : Paul Simms | |
| Air Date : Jun. 05, 1997 |