NewsRadio
Season 1
7 listed hours · 1995–1999 · NBC
From the desk
How this season is filed
Phil Hartman’s velvet deadpan in a radio station that treated workplace farce like jazz. NewsRadio would rather be weird than warm — overlapping bits, dead-air panic, and an ensemble that could pivot from corporate idiocy to genuine ache without a hug button. Watch it for timing that still embarrasses louder sitcoms.
TV Flash files Season 1 of NewsRadio (1995–1999) on NBC as the first listed season of 5 — 7 listed hours, 1995-03-21–1995-05-09 from “Pilot” (S01E01) to “Sweeps Week” (S01E07). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S01E01 Pilot
Phil Hartman's velvet deadpan in a radio station that would rather be weird than warm — workplace farce as jazz.
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S01E01 Pilot
The wet-behind-the-ears director of an all-news radio station must fire his predecessor.
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S01E02 Inappropriate
Dave and Lisa try to keep their after-dinner kiss a secret from the staff.
- S01E03
Smoking
To get Bill to comply with a new no-smoking ordinance, Dave agrees to give up drinking coffee. Lisa worries that Joe saw her and Dave at a movie.
- S01E04
The Crisis
Dave deals with his first major challenge as news director when a subway train is derailed. In the office, Matthew's new desk causes friction among the team who all demand they they get one too.
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S01E05 Big Day
It's Bonus Day and the staff show just how conniving and unfriendly they all are as they compete to get the money.
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S01E06 Luncheon at the Waldorf
Bill invites Beth on a lunch date where she sticks her tongue down his throat, and Dave tries to get to the bottom of WNYX's financial problems.
- S01E07
Sweeps Week
Dave's old girlfriend Nancy visits but she's still under the impression that they are an item. Meanwhile, Jimmy insists that Bill interview a so-called financial visionary.
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