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WKRP in Cincinnati

Show Summary

Aired: 1978 - 1982
Show Type: Live Action
Country of Origin: US

WKRP in Cincinnati (19781982) was an American situation comedy that featured the misadventures of the staff of a struggling radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio. It premiered September 18, 1978 on CBS and featured Gary Sandy, Howard Hesseman, Gordon Jump, Loni Anderson, Tim Reid, Jan Smithers, Richard Sanders, and Frank Bonner. The series won a Humanitas Prize and received three Emmy Award nominations during the early 1980s. The humor came more from running gags based on the known predilections and quirks of each character, rather than from outlandish plots or racy situations. The characters also developed somewhat over the course of the series, perhaps lessening the comedy of the series, but contributing to the fondness its fans have for the show. Episode concepts were occasionally drawn from contemporary events, such as the infamous Who concert in Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum on December 3, 1979, in which the show took a stand opposing festival seating.

Jump, Sanders, and Bonner reprised their supporting roles in a spinoff/sequel series, The New WKRP in Cincinnati, which ran from 1991 to 1993 in syndication.

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peanutsPosted: 12/28/2007

Great show and I loved the theme song so much I bought the 45.

pattisPosted: 03/25/2008

They're dropping something out of the helicopter, I can't quite see what it is...OH MY GOD THEY'RE TURKEYS!!! OH, THE HUMANITY....Les Nesman

"God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly"...Mr. Carlson

KarenMariePosted: 09/05/2008

I have just about every original episode of this show recorded on VHS. I don't even own a VHS player anymor, but I wont part with those tapes!!! This is one of my all time favorite shows.

:)

drjohnnyfeverPosted: 09/24/2008

This was an awesome show.

anomaly_1976Posted: 10/15/2008

I don't remember THAT much of this show, but I remember watching it..... What's so cool about older shows like this is that they had some actual content to them, and some of them actually had socially redeeming values in some way or other... Another great thing is the theme songs to a lot of these older shows did not necessarily sound as though they were written just for the show... This one actually sounds like something you might actually hear on the radio :)

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