NewsRadio 

The workplace sitcom "NewsRadio" explores the office politics and interpersonal relationships among the staff of WNYX NewsRadio, New York's #2 news radio station. Beleaguered news director ... See full summary »

Creator:

Paul Simms

Stars:

Dave Foley, Stephen Root, Andy Dick

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 14 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 60 episodes, 1995-1998

Storyline

The workplace sitcom "NewsRadio" explores the office politics and interpersonal relationships among the staff of WNYX NewsRadio, New York's #2 news radio station. Beleaguered news director Dave Nelson (Dave Foley) tries his best to manage a staff that includes egotistical anchors Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman) and Catherine Duke (Khandi Alexander), ambitious supervising producer Lisa Miller (Maura Tierney), who also happens to be his on/off girlfriend, hapless reporter Matthew Brock (Andy Dick), sardonic secretary Beth (Vicki Lewis), and tech-happy electrician Joe (Joe Rogan), while also answering to the station's intimidating and eccentric owner Jimmy James (Stephen Root).

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Plot Keywords:

radio station | radio personality | radio dj | neo screwball comedy | workplace | 

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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:

Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

343 Films,Brillstein-Grey Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min (97 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Maura Tierney, Dave Foley, Stephen Root, Vicki Lewis and Andy Dick are the only five cast members to appear in both the pilot and the series finale. Joe Rogan did not appear in the pilot as the character of Joe was played by a different actor and was named Rick.

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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

Featured in Atop the Fourth Wall: A Nightmare on Elm Street: Paranoid #2 (2016)

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Soundtracks

Newsradio Theme
Written by Mike Post

User Reviews

One of the greatest TV shows the 90's has ever seen...

NewsRadio has to be one of the most wittiest television sitcoms the 90's has to offer. Every character is wonderfully written and hilariously portrayed by a cast of excellent actors. Dave Foley, from Kids in the Hall, is great at playing the dead pan and sarcastic new boss "Dave." And of course Phil Hartman and Andy Dick steal the show as a great combination of stand up and slapstick. This show is one of the funniest ever!