The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1991–1993)

A spinoff of the original WKRP in Cincinnati. Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson still runs the lagging station. When his latest program director is fired for violating FCC regulations, he hires ... See full summary »

Creator:

Hugh Wilson

Stars:

Gordon Jump, Richard Sanders, Frank Bonner

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Gordon Jump	...	Arthur 'Big Guy' Carlson (22 episodes, 1991-1993)
Richard Sanders	...	Les Nessman (22 episodes, 1991-1993)
Frank Bonner	...	Herb Tarlek (22 episodes, 1991-1993)
Mykelti Williamson	...	Donovan Aderhold (21 episodes, 1991-1993)
Tawny Kitaen	...	Mona Loveland (18 episodes, 1991-1993)
Marla Rubinoff	...	Nancy Braithwaite (17 episodes, 1991-1993)
Kathleen Garrett	...	Dana Burns (17 episodes, 1991-1993)
John Chappell	...	Buddy Dornster (14 episodes, 1991-1993)
Hope Alexander-Willis	...	Claire Hartline (11 episodes, 1991-1992)
Michael Des Barres	...	Jack Allen (10 episodes, 1991-1992)
French Stewart	...	Razor Dee (10 episodes, 1992-1993)

Storyline

A spinoff of the original WKRP in Cincinnati. Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson still runs the lagging station. When his latest program director is fired for violating FCC regulations, he hires Donovan Aderhold. Donovan has so many fresh ideas, it boggles the mind of the boss. The new WKRP included Morning DJs Jack Allen and Dana Burns and the sultry night DJ, Mona Loveland. From time to time past WKRP alumni would return to visit, showing that their lives had turned out better since they left. Advertising director Herb Tarlek (bad suits and all) and Les Nessman were also returning regulars to the show.

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Plot Keywords:

radio station | radio reporter | radio broadcasting | radio personality | sitcom | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 September 1991 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 2, CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

MTM Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In one episode, Mona mentions during a photo shoot that her favorite baseball team is the Angels and her favorite player is Chuck Finley. Tawny Kitaen was dating Finley at the time and was married to him for seven years.

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Connections

Follows WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)

User Reviews

Not the same

One of the things that made the original so good was that you had this sane character Andy Travis coming into what is essentially a nut house and becoming one of the nuts.But with this new one there are too many sane people who work at the station and also it centers around Carlson,Les Nesman and Herb Tarlick.While they were a bit off center in the old show they weren't the main characters.On this one they were and somehow without Jennifer to play off of Herb and Carlson to play off of Andy and Nesman to play off of everybody,it just doesn't work.Plus the original just had a great cast that that seemed to click.My advice would be to buy the original on DVD and try to forget this one