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WKRP in Cincinnati
GenreSitcom
Created byHugh Wilson
StarringGary Sandy
Gordon Jump
Loni Anderson
Richard Sanders
Tim Reid
Frank Bonner
Jan Smithers
Howard Hesseman
Theme music composerTom Wells
Hugh Wilson
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No.of seasons4
No.of episodes90(list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerHugh Wilson
ProducersRod Daniel
Bill Dial
Blake Hunter
Steven Kampmann
Peter Torokvei
Hugh Wilson
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time24–25 minutes
Production companyMTM Enterprises
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 18, 1978(1978-09-18)–
April 21, 1982(1982-04-21)
Related
Bailey Quarters (Jan Smithers) and Andy Travis (Gary Sandy)
Les Nessman(Richard Sanders) andDr. Johnny Fever(Howard Hesseman) in the studio
Feverflirts with Jennifer Marlowe (Loni Anderson)

WKRP in Cincinnatiis an American sitcom television series about the misadventures of the staff of a struggling fictionalAM[1]radio stationinCincinnati,Ohio.The show was created byHugh Wilsonand was based upon his experiences working in advertising sales atTop 40radio stationWQXIin Atlanta, including many of the characters.[2]Wilson once toldThe Cincinnati Enquirerthat he selected WKRP as thecall signto stand for C-R-A-P.[3]

Theensemble castconsists ofGary Sandy(as Andy Travis),Howard Hesseman(Dr. Johnny Fever),Gordon Jump(Arthur Carlson),Loni Anderson(Jennifer Marlowe),Tim Reid(Venus Flytrap),Jan Smithers(Bailey Quarters),Richard Sanders(Les Nessman) andFrank Bonner(Herb Tarlek).[4]

The series won aHumanitas Prize[5]and received 10Emmy Awardnominations, including three for Outstanding Comedy Series.Andy Ackermanwon an Emmy Award for Videotape Editing in Season 3.[6]

WKRPpremiered on September 18, 1978, on theCBS televisionnetwork and aired for four seasons and 90 episodes, ending on April 21, 1982. Starting in the middle of the second season, CBS repeatedly moved the show around its schedule, contributing to lower ratings and its eventual cancellation. WhenWKRPwent intosyndication,it became an unexpected success. For the next decade, it was one of the most popular sitcoms in syndication, outperforming many programs that had been more successful in prime time, including all the otherMTM Enterprisessitcoms.[7]

Jump, Sanders, and Bonner reprised their roles as regular characters in a sequel series,The New WKRP in Cincinnati,which ran from 1991 to 1993 in syndication. Hesseman, Reid, and Anderson also reprised their roles as guest stars.

Premise[edit]

The station's new program director,Andy Travis,tries to turn around struggling radio station WKRP by switching its format from datedeasy-listeningmusic torock and roll,despite the well-meaning efforts of the mostly incompetent staff: bumbling station managerArthur Carlson,greasy sales managerHerb Tarlekand clueless news directorLes Nessman.To help bolster ratings, Travis hires a new disc jockey,New Orleansnative Gordon Sims (with the on-air persona ofVenus Flytrap) and allows spaced-out former major-market DJ John Caravella (with the on-air persona ofDr. Johnny Fever), already doing mornings in the easy-listening format, to be himself on-air. Rounding out the cast are "bombshell"receptionistJennifer Marloweand junior employeeBailey Quarters.Ruthless business tycoonLillian Carlsonappears periodically as the station's owner and the mother of Arthur Carlson.

Characters[edit]

Main ensemble[edit]

  • Andy Travis(Gary Sandy). For the most part, vice president[8]andprogram directorAndy Travis serves as the straight man for the eccentric staff of the station he has been hired to run. Before coming to WKRP, he had an unblemished record of turning around failing radio stations, but meets his match in his wacky staff members, of whom he becomes reluctantly fond. The show's opening theme song is about Andy and his decision to settle down in Cincinnati. In the Season 4 episode "The Creation of Venus," Andy echoes the opening-theme lyrics in talking about his past ( "Got kinda tired of packing and unpacking, town to town, up and down the dial" ).
  • Arthur Carlson(Gordon Jump), occasionally called "Big Guy", is the middle-aged general manager, whose main qualification for the job is that his mother, a business tycoon, is the station's owner. Mama Carlson adopted strict methods in raising him in the mistaken belief that it would make him strong. Instead, it made him weak, and his bumbling, indecisive management style is one of the main reasons the station is unprofitable. Despite this, he is a principled, kind, decent and sometimes surprisingly wise man. He has far more interest in his hobbies (fishing, playing with various toys) than he does in the radio station, often hiding in his office from people who want to see him on business.
  • Dr. Johnny Fever(Howard Hesseman) (real name John R. Caravella) is a veteran disc jockey who comes to WKRP after being fired from a major Los Angeles station when he said "booger"on the air. In the Season 4 episode" Three Days of the Condo ", always-broke Johnny surprisingly receives a $24,000 out-of-court settlement from that station forwrongful dismissal.Cynical and neurotic, and an occasional insomniac who consumes large amounts of coffee, Johnny is usually in trouble. He adopts the "Fever" on-air name as a quick improvisation in the pilot episode upon being told by Travis to abruptly change the format of his morning show, but he has used other monikers on the air at other stations, mostly to conform to whatever station format he found himself working with.
  • Les Nessman(Richard Sanders), the fastidious, bow-tied news reporter, who is a "mama's boy" of a man, approaches his job with absurdly earnest seriousness, despite being almost totally incompetent (a fact to which he is oblivious). He and salesman Herb Tarlek refer to themselves and Mr. Carlson as "the suits", compared to "the dungarees" (Andy, Johnny, Bailey and Venus). As arunning gag,Les wears a bandage in a different spot each episode, presumably due to attacks from his unseen monstrous dog Phil; the gag was inspired by Sanders bumping his head on a studio light and needing a bandage while making the pilot. Other gags are his fixation on agricultural news ( "the hog report" ), and putting masking tape on the floor around his desk, which he insists his co-workers treat as the walls of his "office". He is staunchly patriotic and politically conservative, with the discovery that his biological father was a card-carrying Communist making him deeply conflicted. Venus Flytrap ribs him with wordplay by describing WKRP on the air as having "more music and Les Nessman."
  • Jennifer Marlowe(Loni Anderson) is the station's receptionist and highest-paid employee. Contrary to a common assumption that she is merely "eye candy" for the station, Jennifer is informed, wise, connected, and able to handle practically any situation, no matter how absurd, with aplomb. She herself sees her main job responsibility as deflecting any business calls (in person or over the telephone) for Mr. Carlson. Although very aware of her sex appeal, with various wealthy, powerful older men at her beck and call, she is friendly and good-hearted with the station staff. She is very strict about the limits of her job duties: she does not type letters (though she is in fact an expert typist), and neither makes coffee nor brings any to the office staff.
  • Herb Tarlek(Frank Bonner) is the boorish, tasteless, and vain sales manager at WKRP, who is sometimes referred to as "Little Guy" to Mr. Carlson's "Big Guy". He often wears loud plaid suits, with his belt matching his white shoes. He is unable to land the big accounts, but is effective in selling air time for products such as "Red Wigglers – the Cadillac of worms!" Although a married man with children, he persistently pursues Jennifer, who has absolutely no interest in him. While Herb is portrayed as buffoonish most of the time, he occasionally shows a sympathetic side. One of Herb's catch phrases is "no problemo"; another is "okay fine". Herb is based on radio executive Clarke Brown.[9][10]Bert Parksappears in one episode as Tarlek's father, Herb Sr. The elder Tarlek is very much like his son.
  • Venus Flytrap(Tim Reid), the soulful, funky evening DJ, runs his show with a smooth-talking persona and mood lighting in the studio. His real name, Gordon Sims, is almost never used, and he maintains an aura of mystery. In an early episode, it is revealed that he is a Vietnam War deserter wanted by the US Army. In later episodes, his backstory is elaborated upon and it is revealed that after deserting, he spent several years as a high school teacher in New Orleans while working part-time as a radio personality. In spite of the fact that he is a nighttime DJ and Johnny Fever works the early morning shift, the two are often seen together and become good friends as the series progresses, with Venus taking the job in the first place in part due to his admiration for Johnny as a DJ.
  • Bailey Quarters(Jan Smithers), the youngingénueof the radio station, is originally in charge of billing and station traffic. However, having graduated from journalism school with some training in editing, and intent on becoming a broadcast executive, she is later given additional duties as an on-air news reporter, in which she proves more capable than Les Nessman. As the series progresses, she overcomes her shyness and develops self-confidence. Beginning with the second season two-part episode "For Love or Money", she occasionally becomes linked romantically with Johnny Fever. The dynamic between Jennifer and Bailey has been likened to that betweenGingerandMary AnnonGilligan's Island.Jan Smithers was one of twoWKRPcast members who was the first choice for the role she played,Gordon Jumpbeing the other.[4]Creator Hugh Wilson said that despite Smithers' lack of experience (she had never acted in a situation comedy before), she was perfect for the character of Bailey as he had conceived her: "Other actresses read better for the part," Wilson recalled, "but they wereplayingshy. Janwasshy. "[4]

Other characters[edit]

  • Lillian Carlson(Sylvia Sidneyin the series pilot,Carol Bruceafterward) is Arthur Carlson's ruthless, domineering mother – often referred to as Mother Carlson (with Arthur calling her Mama) – and the owner of WKRP. An extremely successful and rich businesswoman, her only regret is that her approach to parenting (the "what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger" school of child-rearing) backfired as her son ended up indecisive, weak-willed, and afraid of her. As a display of her cutthroat attitude, she has a painting hanging above her fireplace in her living room of two pairs of dangling legs of people just hanged. In the series' final episode, it is revealed she had always intended WKRP to lose money (for the tax write-off), which explains why she allows the incompetent employees to continue working at the station. The only one who is regularly able to get the better of her is her sarcastic butler, Hirsch.
  • Carmen Carlson(Allyn Ann McLerie) is Mr. Carlson's sweet-natured wife. The two met in college, he being her chosen date to a "bring a loser" dance at the sorority she was pledging, something he was unaware of until their twenty-five-year college reunion as they never did go to the dance and she never did pledge that sorority. Though happily married, they are so anxious to avoid hurting each other's feelings that they rarely tell each other what they really think. They have a son,Arthur Carlson Jr.(Sparky Marcusappearing in one episode), whom they've sent off tomilitary school.During the second season Carmen has a surprise pregnancy and during the third season gives birth to a daughter,Melanie.
  • Hirsch(Ian Wolfe) is Mother Carlson's "houseboy." He is well into his eighties, but is energetic and seems unfazed by any new circumstances. Hirsch regularly expresses his dislike for his employer in otherwise charming and polite exchanges. His coffee is terrible, unless there is a guest, in which case he prepares it with care.
  • Lucille Tarlek(Edie McClurg) is Herb's devoted nasal-voiced wife, who, deep down, knows that he chases after Jennifer. Lucille is perhaps the one woman who does see Herb's charms. Herb and Lucille have an adolescent son and daughter,Herb IIIandBunny(N.P. Schoch and Stacy Heather Tolkin, one and two appearances respectively).
  • Three other DJs at the station are mentioned, but (with one exception) never seen.Moss Steigerhas the graveyard shift after Venus and is mentioned as having attempted suicide at least twice; he eventually dies inThe New WKRP in Cincinnati.Rex Erhardt(who was seen in the fourth-season episode "Rumors", and played bySam Anderson) hosts a program after Dr. Johnny Fever's morning show; andDean the Dreamhas the afternoondriveslot. Another DJ,Doug Winter(Philip Charles MacKenzie), is hired and fired in the same episode ( "Johnny Comes Back" ).
  • Frank Bartman(Max Wright) is a cynical but practical attorney retained by the station in the fourth season.
  • Series writer Bill Dial infrequently appears asBuckey Dornster,WKRP's station engineer.
  • Longtime actorWilliam Woodson(though not credited) served as the announcer of the series (imploring the audience to stay tuned for the tag scene, in the episodes that had one) and did various voice-over roles during the run, including the pre-recorded announcer of the intro/outro to Les's newscasts, and the narrator of the trial results in the first-season episode "Hold Up".

Throughout its runWKRPfeatured appearances by several high-profile guest stars, includingColleen Camp,Sparky Anderson,Hoyt AxtonandMichael Des Barres.Hamilton Camp,Craig T. Nelson,andRobert Ridgelyalso appeared in supporting roles.

Episodes[edit]

Main article:List of WKRP in Cincinnati episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
122September 18, 1978June 4, 1979
224September 17, 1979March 31, 1980
322November 1, 1980April 12, 1981
422October 7, 1981April 21, 1982
Special1980

Timeslots and success[edit]

WKRP in Cincinnatidebuted in 1978 in CBS's Monday 8 p.m. timeslot, competing against ABC'sWelcome Back, Kotterand NBC's top-20 showLittle House on the Prairie.The show initially earned poor ratings, andWKRPwas put on hiatus after only eight episodes, even though they included some of the most famous of the series, including "Turkeys Away."But owing to good reviews and positive fan reaction, especially from disc jockeys, who immediately hailed it as the first show that realistically portrayed the radio business, CBS broughtWKRPback without any cast changes.

WKRPwas given a new timeslot, one of the best on the network, followingM*A*S*H.This allowed creatorHugh Wilsonto move away from the farcical radio-based stories that CBS wanted and to start telling stories that, while not necessarily dramatic, were more low-key and character-based. To allow theensemble castto mingle more, the set was expanded. A previously unseen communal office area ( "the bullpen" ) was added to accommodate scenes with the entire cast.

Partway through the second season, the show was moved back to its original earlier time. CBS executives wanted to free up the prized post-M*A*S*Hslot forHouse Calls(with formerM*A*S*HstarWayne Rogers). They also felt that the rock and roll music and the sex appeal ofLoni Andersonwere better suited to the earlier slot, which was mostly aimed at young people. The mid-season timeslot change did not affect the show's success;WKRPfinished at No. 22 in the ratings for its second year. For the next two seasons, the writers and producers often fought with CBS over the show's content in the so-calledfamily hour.

Starting with the second season, CBS movedWKRParound repeatedly, and the show lost nearly 2.5 million viewers on average for each of four timeslot changes in the 1979–80 season.[11]

At the end of the fourth season, the network canceledWKRP.The final first-run episode ofWKRPaired on April 21, 1982, and ranked No. 7 in the weeklyNielsen ratings,though the series had already been canceled.

Production[edit]

WKRPwas videotaped inHollywoodbefore a live studio audience atKTLA'sGoldenwest Videotape Division,later moving to theCBS Studio Centerlot in Studio City.[12]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
1979 Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Loni Anderson Nominated [13]
1980 Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy Nominated
1981 Nominated
1981 Humanitas Prize 30 Minute Network or Syndicated Television Hugh Wilson(for "God Talks to Johnny" ) Nominated [14]
1982 Hugh Wilson(for "Venus and the Man" ) Won
1980 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Comedy Series Hugh Wilson andRod Daniel Nominated [15]
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series Howard Hesseman Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series Loni Anderson Nominated
1981 Outstanding Comedy Series Hugh Wilson, Rod Daniel,Blake Hunter,Steven Kampmann,andPJ Torokvei Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series Howard Hesseman Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series Loni Anderson Nominated
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series Rod Daniel(for "Venus and the Man" ) Nominated
Outstanding Video Tape Editing for a Series Andy Ackerman(for "Bah, Humbug" ) Won
1982 Outstanding Comedy Series Hugh Wilson, Blake Hunter, PJ Torokvei, Dan Guntzelman, and Steve Marshall Nominated
Outstanding Video Tape Editing for a Series Andy Ackerman(for "Fire" ) Nominated
2005 TV Land Awards Classic TV Broadcaster of the Year Tim Reid Nominated
2006 Broadcaster of the Year Howard Hesseman Nominated
2008 Broadcaster(s) of the Year Richard Sanders Nominated

Fact vs. fiction[edit]

"Real" WKRP people[edit]

WhileAndy Travisreceived his name and some personality elements from a cousin of creator Hugh Wilson,[16]he was based primarily on innovative program directorMikel Herrington,[17]who also was the inspiration for the character Jeff Dugan in the 1978 filmFM,written by Ezra Sacks, who had worked at KMET.[18][19]Dr. Johnny Fever was based on a DJ named"Skinny" Bobby Harperat WQXI/790 in Atlanta, Georgia in 1968. WKRP writer Bill Dial worked with Harper at WQXI, which is considered Dial's inspiration for the show.[20]Coincidentally, Harper had previously worked at Cincinnati AM Top 40 powerhouse WSAI in 1964, before moving to 11 other stations, including seven in Atlanta.[20]In 1997, Bobby Harper toldWSB'sCondace Pressley, "He went on record as pointing out which ones, including myself, that he based the characters on. [That recognition] was a nice little thing. You know? That was nice. I appreciated that."[20]The Carlsons were a pastiche of Jerry Blum, WQXI's longtime general manager. Mrs. Carlson inherited Blum's brashness while Arthur borrowed his nickname "Big Guy," sense of style, and some of his unorthodox promotions (including the turkey drop).[21]

Transmission tower[edit]

Although the show aired on CBS, the self-supporting transmission tower seen at the beginning ofWKRP in Cincinnatiactually belongs to Cincinnati'sNBCaffiliate,WLWT.[22]

Studios and offices[edit]

In the show, WKRP's offices and studios are in the Osgood R. Flimm Building, anart decooffice building. The building shown during the show's opening credits is actually theCincinnati Enquirer Buildingat 617 Vine Street in downtown Cincinnati.[23]

Real stations with similar branding[edit]

Cincinnati has two radio stations with call letters similar toWKRP.WKRC,an AM station that had a "middle of the road"music format when the series debuted, did not object to the use ofWKRP,saying that it was the best publicity that they had ever had, and it was free;[24]it currently brands itself (as it did during the show's run) as "55KRC".[25]WKRQis an FM station with a similar "contemporary hit radio" format; its primary branding is "Q102."[26]

Other stations have adopted similar branding in reference to the series. In 1986, aSalt Lake CityFM station (nowKUMT) changed its calls letters to KRPN, and branded itself asWKRP,using the similarity of the spoken letter "N"to the word"in"for a sound-alikestation identification:"WKRPNSalt Lake City ".[27][28][29]In 2008, Cincinnati television stationWBQC-LDpromoted its conversion to digital broadcasting by rebranding itself "WKRP-TV".[30]In 2015, alow-powerFM station inRaleigh, North Carolinabegan broadcasting asWKRP-LP.[31]

Music[edit]

Musical themes[edit]

WKRP had two musical themes, one opening and the other closing the show.

The opening theme, asoft rock/pop number called "WKRP in Cincinnati Main Theme," was composed by Tom Wells, with lyrics by series creatorHugh Wilson,and was performed by Steve Carlisle.[32][33][34]Anurban legendcirculated at the time that Richard Sanders (who had comparable vocal characteristics to those of Carlisle) had recorded the song. Wilson stated in the commentary for the first season's DVD set that this was not true. Sanders would later "sing" the lyrics in a promo spot onVH1forThe New WKRP in Cincinnatithat parodied theU2song "Numb."

The closing theme was a different song with more of a hard rock sound performed by Atlanta musician Jim Ellis, played over scenes from the episodes followed by a still photo of the Cincinnati skyline.[35][36]Ellis recorded the song as a demonstration for Wilson, and as he had not yet written lyrics for it, Ellis mumbled nonsense words. Wilson chose to use the demo version because he found the gibberish lyrics funny and a satire on the unintelligible lyrics of many rock songs. Wilson also knew that the lyrics would not be heard clearly in any event, as a CBS announcer always talked over the closing credits of the network's shows.[37]

A longer version of the original theme song was released in 1979 on a 45-rpm vinyl single on theMCA Recordslabel. It peaked at 65 on theBillboardHot 100chart in 1981[38]and at 29 on theAdult Contemporarychart in 1982.[39]

Music licensing[edit]

The show's use ofBlondie's "Heart of Glass"was widely credited with helping the song become a major U.S. hit, and the band's record labelChrysalis Recordspresented the producers with a gold record award for the song's albumParallel Lines.The gold record can be seen hanging on the wall in the "bullpen" set in many episodes.

The songs were often tied into episode plots, and some pieces of music were even used as running gags. For example, the doorbell at Jennifer's penthouse apartment played "Fly Me to the Moon"(which was later replaced by"Beautiful Dreamer"for copyright reasons).

Wilson has commented thatWKRPwas videotaped rather than filmed because at the time, music-licensing fees were lower for videotaped programs, a loophole that was intended to accommodate variety shows.[40][41]Music licensingdeals that were cut at the time of production covered only a limited number of years,[42]but when the show entered syndication shortly after its 1982 cancellation, most of the original music remained intact because the licensing deals were still active.[43]After the licenses had expired, later syndicated versions of the show did not feature the music as first broadcast, withstock productionmusic inserted in place of the original songs to avoid paying additionalroyalties.In some cases (such as during scenes with dialogue over background music), some of the characters' lines were dubbed by soundalike actors, a practice evident in all prints of the show issued since the early 1990s, including those used for its late-1990s run onNick at Nite.[42][43]

The expense of procuring licenses for the original music delayed release of a DVD set for years.[44]When a Season 1 set was finally released, much of the music was again replaced and the soundalike vocal dubs were present. Some scenes were shortened or cut entirely,[45]but some deleted scenes that had not been included in the original broadcast were added.[citation needed]

Home media[edit]

20th Century Fox Home Entertainmentreleased the first season ofWKRPon DVD in region 1 in 2007, with a number of music replacements. Sales of the set were poor, and Fox released no further seasons.

In 2014,Shout! Factoryacquired rights to the series for DVD release.[46]Shout! had planned to include all of the copyrighted music that originally aired on the show,[47]and obtained the rights to include what they called "the vast majority of the music", but explained, "In a few cases, it was simply impossible to get the rights."[48]Most of the dialogue dubs done for the 1990s syndication airings were removed, and the original dialogue restored.[49][50][51]This release presented the second-season episode "Filthy Pictures" and the third-season episode "Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide" in their original hour-long formats instead of the syndicated two-part versions, bringing the episode count from 90 episodes to 88 episodes.[52]

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