NewsRadio (1995–1999)

"NewsRadio" is a sitcom that explores office politics, relationships, and crises through a group of co-workers at WNYX NewsRadio, New York's #2 newsradio station. Dave Foley stars as the ... See full summary »

Creator:

Paul Simms

Stars:

Dave Foley, Stephen Root, Andy Dick

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 5 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Dave Foley	...	Dave Nelson (97 episodes, 1995-1999)
Stephen Root	...	Jimmy James (97 episodes, 1995-1999)
Andy Dick	...	Matthew Brock (97 episodes, 1995-1999)
Maura Tierney	...	Lisa Miller (97 episodes, 1995-1999)
Vicki Lewis	...	Beth (96 episodes, 1995-1999)
Joe Rogan	...	Joe Garrelli (96 episodes, 1995-1999)
Phil Hartman	...	Bill McNeal (75 episodes, 1995-1998)
Khandi Alexander	...	Catherine Duke (59 episodes, 1995-1998)

Storyline

"NewsRadio" is a sitcom that explores office politics, relationships, and crises through a group of co-workers at WNYX NewsRadio, New York's #2 newsradio station. Dave Foley stars as the haggled news director, Phil Hartman and Khandi Alexander portray sniping anchor people, Maura Tierney is the ambitious supervising producer, Stephen Root is the station's eccentric owner, Vicki Lewis does wacky secretary, and Joe Rogan is a tech-happy electrician.

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Plot Keywords:

office | new york | sitcom | love in workplace | receptionist | 

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Taglines:

Fifty-thousand watts of pure Comedy

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 March 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Station

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

343 Films, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min 23 min (97 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jon Lovitz has appeared as three different characters:

• A guest appearance as a mental patient who befriends Bill McNeal
• A guest appearance as a suicidal man perched on the ledge outside Dave's window
• As Max Lewis, a radio DJ who had several dozen jobs in his past, but was hired to replace the late Bill McNeal largely because he had once worked alongside him. Lovitz said that he took the role to honor the memory of his good friend, the late Phil Hartman. Andy Dick reportedly treated Lovitz badly during his regular season on the show, but the rest of the cast praised Lovitz for stepping into a terrible situation and doing well.

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Goofs

Bill McNeal frequently misattributes quotes to John Keats. In Season One, Episode 10, "Rat Funeral," Hartman attributes the line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may..." to Keats; the line is actually from "To the Virgins, to Make Most of time" written by Robert Herrick. In Season Two, Episode 11, "Station Sale," Hartman attributes the line "Yours is not to reason why, yours is but to do and die;" to John Keats, 1776; Hartman's version is actually slightly adapted from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade" published in 1870.

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Quotes

Bill: In the future, it might help if you located the source of your rage before you unleashed it on the world.

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Crazy Credits

In the poker game episode, Boba Fett is courtesy of 'J. T. Hutt'.

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Connections

Referenced in Janeane Garofalo (1997)

User Reviews

Very funny, great comedy!!

News Radio is a brilliant 90's television show. It's a great comedy, great actors, and is flexible (has many different forms of comedy) Never boring or dull. Once I started watching, I couldn't stop. I never miss it! Get it on your TV screen NOW!