WKRP was a ground breaker, simply because it was about a radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was funny and sharp, unexpected. An abbreviation from Wikipedia:
"The ensemble cast consists of Gary 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) and Frank Bonner (Herb Tarlek).[4]
The series won a Humanitas Prize[5] and received 10 Emmy Award nominations, including three for Outstanding Comedy Series. Andy Ackerman won an Emmy Award for Videotape Editing in Season 3.[6]
WKRP premiered on September 18, 1978, on the CBS television network 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. When WKRP went into syndication, 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 other MTM Enterprises sitcoms.[7]"**
It was entertaining, each character with their own special gifts. The above segment is about an incredibly generous and stupid stunt to help citizens of Cincinnati have turkeys for Thanksgiving. The results were hilarious.
In 1978 I was immensely pregnant with our son (who was 8 lb. 5 oz. at birth) when we were introduced to this show. As he kicked my ribs to a fare-the-well , I had something to enjoy.
**It is a lot easier to cut and paste, than to struggle with condensing this.
