Box set: Newsradio: The Complete Series
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Newsradio: Season 3
343 Films (1995)
TV Series  /  Comedy, Romance
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IMDB   7.9
563 mins USA / English
DVD 
Stephen Root Jimmy James
Phil Hartman Bill McNeal
Andy Dick Matthew Brock
Dave Foley Dave Nelson
Vicki Lewis Beth
Maura Tierney Lisa Miller
Khandi Alexander Catherine Duke
Joe Rogan Joe Garrelli
Cory Buck Matthew's Kid ('Adam')
Mark Fite Counterman
Susan Leslie Hairstylist
Bobbie Brown Irene
Joe Furey Eric
Michael Risner Doctor
Ben Stiller Vic
Director
Tom Cherones
Leonard R. Garner Jr.
Producer Brad Grey
Drake Sather
Writer Drake Sather
Lewis Morton
Cinematography Gregg Heschong
Alan Keath Walker

"NewsRadio" showcases the hilarious antics of the whimsical #2 news radio station in New York City. The corral of characters are eccentric and witty, and they surprise each other with their back-and-forth banter. Their workplace humor also supplies an abundance of laughs amidst this unlikely bunch of colleagues.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/18/1996  1.  President
Mr. James decides to run for President of the United States while Lisa declares to expose all of his secrets. Matthew grows a 70's style moustache to ""get chicks"".
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Paul Simms 
Guest starring:  Al Roker
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/25/1996  2.  Review
A new coffee shop is opened on the first floor of the Criterion Building. Matthew becomes obsessed with Scott Adams' Dilbert cartoon.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Josh Lieb 
Guest starring:  Mark Fite, Scott Adams, Michael Adler
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/2/1996  3.  Massage Chair
Bill leads a revolution when Mr. James eliminates free snacks in the break room. Joe gives Catherine a variety of electronic gadgets to ingratiate himself with her. Bill buys a massage chair.
Director:  Drake Sather  Writer:  Lewis Morton 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/23/1996  4.  Arcade
Dave worries that the past will repeat itself when an arcade game, Stargate Defender, is installed in the hallway. Lisa and Dave take the SATs to prove they're not getting dumber. Bill is obsessed with the stale, plastic, leathery sandwiches from a vending machine.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Brian Kelley 
Guest starring:  Roger Hewlett, Wesley Jonathan, Orion Courtin,  Leelee Sobieski
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/30/1996  5.  Halloween
Mr. James requests that the reticent staffers wear costumes to his Halloween party. Lisa convinces everyone to dress up by promising that Dave will wear the most outlandish costume ever. A psychic tells Bill the exact date of his death..36 years in the future.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Sam Johnson  / Chris Marcil 
Guest starring:  Nancy Fish, Patience Cleveland, Suzanne Turner, James Healey, Jr., Tony DeCarlo
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/6/1996  6.  Awards Show
Dave believes WNYX will overcome its jinx and finally win the local broadcasting awards. Matthew believes the office is infested with ants.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Drake Sather 
Guest starring:  Bob Costas, Steven Gilborn, Kev O'Neil, Johnny Crear
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/13/1996  7.  Daydream
Daydreams plague staffers on an unbelievably hot day. Among others, Beth fantasizes that she's being stalked by Matthew, who's taking on horror movie guises; and Joe dreams he turned each of the staffers into androids.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Paul Simms 
Guest starring:  Lance E. Nichols, Charles C. Stevenson Jr., Rebecca Chambers, Mike James, Cheryl Murphy
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/20/1996  8.  Movie Star
James Caan visits WNYX to study Bill and prepare for an upcoming film role, but gets distracted and ultimately enthralled by a nervous Matthew. Dave decides to buy a television for Lisa, revealing his passion for Green Acres. Jimmy takes Beth and Catherine to a Knicks game.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Lewis Morton 
Guest starring:  James Caan, Allan Murray
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/11/1996  9.  Stocks
Matthew returns from a Japanese vacation bearing gifts, including a katana for Dave. Mr. James teaches Beth the intricacies of the stock market.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Alan J. Higgins 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/18/1996  10.  Christmas
With everyone anxious to leave work and head off on holidays, Dave finds himself doing everybody's job and delaying his trip to visit his parents with Lisa. Also Bill recruits Beth for a radio ad only to discover the director wants her and not him.
Director:  Patrick Maloney  Writer:  Drake Sather 
Guest starring:  Duke Moosekian, Terry Rhoads
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/19/1996  11.  The Trainer
All of WNYX is up in arms when they discover Dave is actually a Canadian, not a mid-westerner. Bill joins a health club. Dave tries to teach Jimmy table manners for his upcoming dinner with the president.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Brian Kelley  / Alan J. Higgins 
Guest starring:  Ben Stiller, Eric Allan Kramer,  Patton Oswalt
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/8/1997  12.  Rap
Bill is outraged when he discovers that rap music has lyrics...offensive lyrics; Lisa is voted 'Cutest Reporter in New York' and attends a photo shoot with Catherine and Beth.
Director:  Tom Cherones  / Drake Sather  Writer:  Brian Kelley  / Alan J. Higgins 
Guest starring:  Chuck D, Vince Ricotta,  Susan Leslie
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/15/1997  13.  Led Zeppelin Boxed Set
Matthew, in his own mind, becomes the 'King of the Office' when he loses his temper and punches Bill. Matthew's reign of terror, including ordering various staffers to fetch his lunch, alienates the entire office. Meanwhile, Jimmy tries to best a Three Card Monte dealer at his own game.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Lewis Morton  / Sam Johnson 
Guest starring:  Lawrence B. Adisa, David Basulto
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/29/1997  14.  Complaint Box
A newly installed complaint box makes Dave's life miserable. Mr. James goes fishing, but thanks to Joe's invention, the Garelli 5000, stays in contact with the office via satellite hookup.
Director:  Tom Cherones  / Josh Lieb  Writer:  Lewis Morton  / Brian Kelley 
Guest starring:  Bill Stevenson,  David St. James, Jon Simmons, Norm Macdonald
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/5/1997  15.  Rose Bowl
WNYX staffers evaluate their co-workers, leading to problems based on Matthew's belief that Bill is a God. Jimmy buys fake movie memorabilia, unaware that the sled from Citizen Kane was named 'Rosebud' not 'Rose Bowl'. Joe represents Jimmy in a lawsuit against the man who sold the items.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Josh Lieb  / Alan J. Higgins 
Guest starring:  David Clennon, Glenn Walker Harris, Jr.,  George Lindsey
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/12/1997  16.  Kids
Jimmy implements a program allowing kids into the station to learn about radio, but ditches the students to hit on their teacher. Dave searches for a stash of dirty magazines.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Sam Johnson  / Chris Marcil 
Guest starring:  Stephanie Erb, Sydney Berry, Curtis Blanck,  Cory Buck, Meghan Harris, Colton James, Kyle Sullivan, Gregory Wheeler, Katherine Zane
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/19/1997  17.  Airport
With Bill and Dave stuck in a St. Louis airport, Lisa takes command of the office. Her first task: stop Joe and Catherine from going to a movie. Beth and Matthew go to Bill's 'pleasure palace' of an apartment to water his plants. Back in St. Louis, Dave teaches Bill that being polite has its rewards.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Drake Sather 
Guest starring:  Daniel Hagen, Stoney Westmoreland, Michael McDonald, Jim Fyfe
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/12/1997  18.  Twins
Matthew's 'identical' twin brother visits. Most of WNYX's furniture is repossessed when the budget is drastically slashed to accommodate a staffer's secret raise.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Lewis Morton 
Guest starring:  Jon Stewart, Steven R. Barnett
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/19/1997  19.  Office Feud
Joe engages in office warfare with the new noisy environmentalists upstairs. Catherine takes offense at Bill's newest sponsor, Rocket Fuel Malt Liquor. Lisa covers a White House Easter Egg hunt.
Director:  Jr.  / Leonard R. Garner  Writer:  Sam Johnson  / Chris Marcil 
Guest starring:  Taylor Nichols, Jack Patterson,  Cory Buck, Dion C. Overstreet, Jr., Sara Paxton, Christopher Riccio
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/2/1997  20.  Our Fiftieth Episode
Bill is committed to an asylum when he's judged mentally incompetent. Lisa is forced to do the 'McNeal Perspective' with Joe in Bill's absence.
Director:  Tom Cherones  / Josh Lieb  Writer:  Paul Simms  / Joe Furey 
Guest starring:  Jon Lovitz, Gregg Daniel,  Mark FiteSusan Leslie
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    5/7/1997  21.  Sleeping
Jimmy suffers a heart attack. His lawyer insists Jimmy stay in the break room while recovering from his coma. Lisa realizes she hasn't completed all her goals in life, and decides to have a baby.
Director:  Judi Elterman  Writer:  Brian Kelley 
Guest starring:  Scott N. Stevens
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    5/7/1997  22.  The Real Deal
When Bill and producer Lisa's new show 'The Real Deal' is on the verge of cancellation, they do everything in their power to recruit Jerry Seinfeld to appear. Matthew reveals that he's never gone 'all the way' before.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Paul Simms  / Joe Furey 
Guest starring:  Jerry Seinfeld,  Bobbie Brown, Gregg Daniel,  Mark Fite
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    5/14/1997  23.  Mistake
Matthew is no longer the weirdest person in the office, when a strange temp comes in. Dave is featured in a national magazine where he inexplicably insults each staff member...and reveals his passion for tap dancing.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Drake Sather  /  Josh Lieb 
Guest starring:  French Stewart, Robert M. Koch
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    5/21/1997  24.  Space
NewsRadio in Outer Space. The year is 2228, humankind is nearly extinct and those who remain are constantly on the run from killer robots. Matthew dates an android. Dave and Lisa discuss moving in together after 93 years dating. Joe, after living in suspended animation for 83 years, tries to fix the life support system.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Josh Lieb  / Paul Simms 
Guest starring:  Bobbie Brown
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    6/5/1997  25.  Injury
Matthew faces a large medical bill when he's injured while goofing off around the office. A sympathetic Dave claims it was a work related mishap, earning Matthew Workman's comp. Mr. James and his lawyer, Roger, search for the truth. Meanwhile, Bill takes offense at a rival stations' use of the word 'penis' and air several McNeal reports using the same word.
Director:  Rick Beren  Writer:  Paul Simms 
Guest starring:  Norm Macdonald,  Bob Odenkirk, Wayne Wilderson
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