NewsRadio

Season 5 (22 Episodes)

5 Seasons 1998 TV-14 23m 8

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

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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Season 5 Episodes:

Episode 1 Bill Moves On

1. Bill Moves On

Aired: Sep 23, 1998

After Bill's funeral, the staff deals with their grief. Catherine comes back ...

Episode 2 Meet the Max Louis

2. Meet the Max Louis

Aired: Oct 7, 1998

Dave thinks it's time to hire Bill's replacement. When the staff resists, he ...

Episode 3 Lucky Burger

3. Lucky Burger

Aired: Oct 14, 1998

Matthew does what he can to get Max fired. Lisa goes undercover to investigat...

Episode 4 Noise

Aired: Oct 21, 1998

Dave is more stressed than usual, so Joe decides to make him a white-noise ma...

Episode 5 Flowers for Matthew

5. Flowers for Matthew

Aired: Oct 28, 1998

Matthew becomes brilliant after drinking Joes Brain milkshake.

Episode 6 Jail

Aired: Nov 4, 1998

Mr. James is arrested and held for possibly being the legendary bank robber D...

Episode 7 The Lam

Aired: Nov 11, 1998

With Mr. James on the loose after breaking out of prison, Dave and Lisa must ...

Episode 8 Clash of the Titans

8. Clash of the Titans

Aired: Nov 24, 1998

After beating the D.B. Cooper case in court, Mr. James returns to the station...

Episode 9 Boston

Aired: Dec 9, 1998

Max tries to help Lisa with a supposed speech impediment, but accidentally un...

Episode 10 Spooky Rapping Crypt

10. Spooky Rapping Crypt

Aired: Dec 15, 1998

Beth and Mr. James clash over employee profit-sharing. After undergoing hypno...

Episode 11 Stinkbutt

Aired: Jan 5, 1999

Joe and Beth paint a self-expression mural in the lobby. Max insists that Mr....

Episode 12 Apartment

Aired: Jan 12, 1999

Dave and Lisa fight over a new apartment and, needing a required reference, t...

Episode 13 Towers

Aired: Feb 2, 1999

Wanting to leave a lasting legacy, Mr. James proposes to build a pair of 200-...

Episode 14 Hair

Aired: Feb 9, 1999

Mr James wants to do business with a computer billionaire, but he is shocked ...

Episode 15 Assistant

Aired: Feb 16, 1999

Lisa discovers her contract allows her to have an assistant. When the new gal...

Episode 16 Wino

Aired: Feb 23, 1999

Matthew finds Mr. James' evil nemesis who almost put him away in Federal pris...

Episode 17 Wedding

Aired: Mar 2, 1999

During Lisa and Johnny's wedding, which Dave strongly opposes, Johnny is arre...

Episode 18 Ploy

Aired: Mar 9, 1999

Max threatens to quit, but nobody takes him serious since Beth tells them it'...

Episode 19 Padded Suit

19. Padded Suit

Aired: Apr 13, 1999

Angry that the staff members do not even pretend to do their job and that the...

Episode 20 Freaky Friday

20. Freaky Friday

Aired: Apr 20, 1999

Matthew and Mr. James switch jobs for a day, Dave bans Max from the kitchen, ...

Episode 21 Retirement

Aired: Apr 27, 1999

Mr. James announces he's retiring and moving to a big cabin in New Hampshire....

Episode 22 New Hampshire

22. New Hampshire

Aired: May 4, 1999

In the series finale, Jimmy James shock jocks WNYX by returning from his tita...

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Paul Simms

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Info about NewsRadio

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Production Country: United States

Genres: Comedy, Romance

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