Episode 1 - [For Love Or Money Part 1] |
Details : Johnny forgets about his date with Bailey when he gets a call from Buffy his old girlfriend from California. He borrows Jennifer's apartment to impress Buffy; however that plan ends when she tells him she's suing him for palimony. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Julie Payne as Buffy Denver | Director : Will Mackenzie | |
Air Date : Sep. 17, 1979 |
Episode 2 - [For Love Or Money Part 2] |
Details : Johnny calls his friends over to Jennifer's apartment to help him deal with Buffy and her threat of a lawsuit. Buffy arrives and after having a drink with Johnny tells him that she put poison in his drink. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Julie Payne as Buffy Denver | Director : Will Mackenzie | |
Air Date : Sep. 24, 1979 |
Episode 3 - [Baseball] |
Details : The staff plays against the team from rival station WPIG in a softball game. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Bill Dial as Bucky Dornster | Ross Bickell as Clark Callahan | Wyatt Johnson as Umpire | Director : Hugh Wilson | Writer : Hugh Wilson | |
Air Date : Oct. 15, 1979 |
Episode 4 - [Bad Risk] |
Details : Herb starts selling insurance as a sideline and sells a comprehensive policy to Les who promptly has an accident. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Helena Carroll as Tiffany Hopkins | William Glover as J. Garrett Hopkins | Director : Will Mackenzie | |
Air Date : Oct. 22, 1979 |
Episode 5 - [Jennifer Falls In Love] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Thomas Callaway as Steel | Director : Will Mackenzie | |
Air Date : Oct. 22, 1979 |
Episode 6 - [Carlson For President] |
Details : Mr. Carlson runs for Cincinnati City Council. When Bailey discovers a potentially damaging piece of information about the front-runner in the election Mr. Carlson considers using that information in a televised debate. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Howard Morton | Director : Will Mackenzie | |
Air Date : Nov. 05, 1979 |
Episode 7 - [Mike Fright] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Will Mackenzie | |
Air Date : Nov. 12, 1979 |
Episode 8 - [Patter Of Little Feet] |
Details : Mr. Carlson's wife Carmen announces that she is pregnant. Mr. Carlson is overjoyed and certain that Carmen feels the same way. However Mama Carlson points out the potential dangers of middle-aged pregnancy and recommends an abortion. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Will Mackenzie | Writer : Blake Hunter | |
Air Date : Nov. 26, 1979 |
Episode 9 - [Baby If You've Ever Wondered] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Rod Daniel | |
Air Date : Dec. 03, 1979 |
Episode 10 - [Bailey's Big Break] |
Details : When WKRP needs an assistant news reporter Bailey applies for the job and gets it. Les who doesn't want to work with anyone least of all a woman tries to keep Bailey from going on the air. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Will Mackenzie | Writer : Steve Marshall | |
Air Date : Dec. 10, 1979 |
Episode 11 - [Jennifer's Home For Christmas] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : George Gaynes as Henri | Don Diamond as Delivery Man # 1 | Director : Rod Daniel | Writer : Steve Marshall | |
Air Date : Dec. 17, 1979 |
Episode 12 - [Sparky] |
Details : Mr. Carlson hires legendary baseball manager Sparky Anderson as the host of a new sports interview show. But when the show proves a complete disaster it falls to Mr. Carlson to fire his hero. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Hugh Gillin as Howard R. Sternworthy | Director : Rod Daniel | |
Air Date : Dec. 24, 1979 |
Episode 13 - [God Talks To Johnny] |
Details : When Johnny thinks he's heard God's voice talking to him everyone including Johnny thinks he's going insane. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Will Mackenzie | Writer : Hugh Wilson | |
Air Date : Dec. 31, 1979 |
Episode 14 - [A Family Affair] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Rod Daniel | |
Air Date : Jan. 07, 1980 |
Episode 15 - [Herb's Dad] |
Details : Herb's father a lifelong salesman who shares Herb's taste in clothes runs away from the Shady Hills Rest Home and visits the station. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Bert Parks | Director : Rod Daniel | |
Air Date : Jan. 14, 1980 |
Episode 16 - [Put Up Or Shut Up] |
Details : Bailey convinces Jennifer to accept a date with Herb in the hope that he'll get scared and back down. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Will Mackenzie | Writer : Steve Marshall | Writer : Blake Hunter | |
Air Date : Jan. 21, 1980 |
Episode 17 - [The Americanization Of Ivan] |
Details : Bailey and Les attend a press conference given by a group of visiting Russian hog experts. One of the Russians falls for Bailey and asks her to help him defect to the United States. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Michael Pataki | Sam Anderson as Mr. Anderson | Director : Hugh Wilson | Writer : Steve Marshall | |
Air Date : Jan. 28, 1980 |
Episode 18 - [Les's Groupie] |
Details : Les goes out on a date with a female fan who proceeds to move into his apartment and take over his life. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Alice Nunn | Director : Rod Daniel | Writer : Steve Marshall | |
Air Date : Feb. 04, 1980 |
Episode 19 - [In Concert] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Linda Day | |
Air Date : Feb. 11, 1980 |
Episode 20 - [The Doctor's Daughter] |
Details : Johnny's daughter shows up and moves in and Johnny has to decide whether to express his disapproval of the shiftless boyfriend she's brought along. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Lissa Levin | Director : Frank Bonner | |
Air Date : Feb. 18, 1980 |
Episode 21 - [Filthy Pictures Part 1] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : George Wyner | Director : Rod Daniel | Writer : Steve Marshall | |
Air Date : Mar. 03, 1980 |
WKRP in Cincinnati Season 2 Episode 22 |
Episode 22 - [Filthy Pictures Part 2] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : George Wyner | Director : Rod Daniel | Writer : Steve Marshall | |
Air Date : Mar. 03, 1980 |
Episode 23 - [Venus Rising] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Terry Kiser | Writer : Steve Marshall | |
Air Date : Mar. 10, 1980 |
Episode 24 - [Most Improved Station] |
Details : Everyone starts bickering after the station loses a broadcasting award. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Rod Daniel | |
Air Date : Mar. 31, 1980 |