Box set: Newsradio: The Complete Series
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Newsradio: Season 4
343 Films (1995)
TV Series  /  Comedy, Romance
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IMDB   7.9
480 mins USA / English
DVD 
Stephen Root Jimmy James
Phil Hartman Bill McNeal
Andy Dick Matthew Brock
Dave Foley Dave Nelson
Maura Tierney Lisa Miller
Joe Rogan Joe Garrelli
Vicki Lewis Beth
Khandi Alexander Catherine Duke
Lauren Graham Andrea
Brad Rowe Walt
Mary Lynn Rajskub Waitress
Denise Dowse Adoption Agent
Brian Posehn Brian
Michael Kostroff Carl
David Cross David
Director
Tom Cherones
Gregg Heschong
Producer Brad Grey
Drake Sather
Writer Drake Sather
Lewis Morton
Cinematography Gregg Heschong
Warren Bellamy

"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    9/23/1997  1.  Jumper
Bill tries to get an exclusive on-air story when a suicidal man is perched outside Dave's window.
Director:  Tom Cherone  Writer:  Paul Simms 
Guest starring:  Jon Lovitz, Ivan Allen
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/30/1997  2.  Plan Bee
Jimmy hires Andrea, an efficiency expert, when the station needs to cut funds. The staffers rally around an inept Matthew to try to preserve his job. Bill auditions for a television job.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Brian Kelley 
Guest starring:  Lauren Graham, Scott Valentine, Charlotte Booker, Reno,  Michael Kostroff, John Vosler
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/28/1997  3.  The Public Domain
Dave tries to get Matthew rehired amidst chaos. Andrea hires a man to share Dave's Job, Jimmy brings a camera crew into the office to film a documentary, and Bill prepares for a new career as a singing political satirist a la Mark Russell.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Joe Furey 
Guest starring:  Lauren GrahamPaul Gleason, Peter Spellos, Cheryl Kirby
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/4/1997  4.  Super Karate Monkey Death Car
Andrea forces the staff to take lie detector tests. Lisa fears she will not pass the test due to her extensive criminal past. Jimmy has his book, which failed in the U.S., translated into Japanese then back into English.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Josh Lieb 
Guest starring:  Lauren GrahamBrian Posehn, Dave Allen, Mark Conley, Zuhair Haddad, Michael Raysses
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/11/1997  5.  French Diplomacy
Dave and Lisa breakup. Bill gets himself into trouble when he advocates the beating of foreign diplomats. Matthew opens his own dentistry practice.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Paul Simms 
Guest starring:  Lauren Graham, Nancy Bell, Edith Barnes
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/18/1997  6.  Pure Evil
Dave hatches a scheme of 'pure evil' to get his job as news director back, including approving Bill's obscenity laced imaginary conversations with the president. Lisa tries hard to do a good job as news director. Matthew lives in the office.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Paul Simms 
Guest starring:  George Dobesh, Grace Morley
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/25/1997  7.  Catherine Moves On
Each staffer offers up a very different version of events of the day Catherine announces she's leaving WNYX. Joe realizes that Catherine's always yearned for him.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Josh Lieb 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/16/1997  8.  Stupid Holiday Charity Talent Show
Dave unveils a previously hidden talent to compete in a charity talent show. If a WNYX staff member wins, Mr. James will re-hire Matthew in this incredibly hilarious episode.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Alan J. Higgins 
Guest starring:  Kevin McDonald, Tom Parks
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/1/1998  9.  The Secret of Management
Bill hire's a gentleman's gentleman, Cadbury, to oversee his life. Mr. James teaches Lisa 'The Secret of Management'. Matthew feels left out when Bill doesn't congratulate him on being rehired.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Joe Furey 
Guest starring:  Ian AbercrombieMary Lynn Rajskub
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/6/1998  10.  Look Who's Talking
Bill announces plans to adopt a child. Beth and Joe attend a charity bachelor auction, with Beth impersonating a duchess and Joe playing her homosexual bachelor friend, to bid on Mr. James.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Joe Furey 
Guest starring:  Denise Dowse, Judy Geeson, Lynn A. Henderson, Clarinda Ross, Patricia Place, Logan Craig O'Brien, Jim Hanna, Kate Gladfelter, Reed Rudy
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/13/1998  11.  Chock
Dave finds it hard to say no when his old college acapella singing group 'Chock Full o' Notes' reunites for Dave's 32nd birthday, hoping to take the pop charts by storm. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to motivate Matthew without reducing him to tears. Joe has a beef with one of Dave's friends.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Sam Johnson  / Chris Marcil 
Guest starring:  Bob OdenkirkDavid CrossBrian Posehn
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/20/1998  12.  Who's the Boss? (1)
After Bill pesters Lisa once again, Dave and Lisa hatch an evil plan to make Bill the boss to teach him a lesson. Bill's reign is eerily efficient. Joe goes on a sympathy strike to support another of Mr. James companies.
Director:  Gregg Heschong  Writer:  Josh Lieb 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/3/1998  13.  Who's the Boss? (2)
Mr. James announces an election for station manager, which neither Dave nor Lisa want to win. Joe's dysfunctional brothers visit the station to plan a surprise party for their parents. Matthew runs for floor fire marshal.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Brian Kelley 
Guest starring:  Bryan Callen, Nick DiPaolo, Robert Hegyes,  Michael Kostroff
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/24/1998  14.  Security Door
Dave struggles vainly to get the staffers to properly use the recently installed security door. Bill enlists Lisa to do the negotiating when he's offered a job in a blue jean's commercial.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Sam Johnson  / Chris Marcil 
Guest starring:  Timothy Durkin
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/3/1998  15.  Big Brother
Matthew is assigned a Big Brother, who makes eyes at Beth; Joe, Jimmy, and Bill try to uncover Lisa's love life.
Director:  Judi Elterman  Writer:  Lewis Morton 
Guest starring:  Michael B. Silver, Mike Colt
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/18/1998  16.  Beep, Beep
Mr. James gives Matthew a small toy car. Mr. James urges Dave and Lisa to get back together when a secret study reveals they're more productive when they're a couple.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Alan J. Higgins 
Guest starring:  Antoinette Valente
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/25/1998  17.  Balloon
Jimmy plans to go around the world in a hot air baloon, until Dave finds that he is full of ""hot air"". Meanwhile, Bill switches from cigarettes to chewing tobacco.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Josh Lieb 
Guest starring:  Dave Nemeth
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/8/1998  18.  Copy Machine
The office mourns the loss of Ted, from accounting, until Dave realizes that nobody knew him, at all.
Director:  Joe Furey  Writer:  Drake Sather 
Guest starring:  Christopher Randolph, Tom Gallop
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/15/1998  19.  Monster Rancher
Matthew takes Lisa on a date. The office has trouble adapting to a new intern, Mr. James' nephew, Walt.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Sam Johnson  / Chris Marcil 
Guest starring:  Brad Rowe
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/29/1998  20.  4:20
Joe fights Matthew in a no-holds-barred match at Mr. James' men's club smoker. Bill is extremely worried that Walt will ask Lisa on a date. We learn Dave's technique for getting rid of an unwanted visitor; act insane.
Director:  Judi Elterman  Writer:  Paul Simms 
Guest starring:  Brad Rowe, David Dunard
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    5/6/1998  21.  Jackass Junior High
Lisa is treated like a male by office co-workers, who revert to their boorish selves when all other females are out sick.
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Joe Furey  / Alan J. Higgins 
Guest starring:  Brad Rowe, Jo Nell Kennedy, Michelle Benes, Doug Gochman, Allan Murray, Grady Hutt, Matthew Weiss, Mark Jonathan Davis
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    5/12/1998  22.  Sinking Ship
The episode spoofs the movie Titanic, where Walt and Dave sketch Lisa nude and give her heart shaped necklaces. Soon, though, the ship starts to sink...
Director:  Tom Cherones  Writer:  Brian Kelley  /  Josh Lieb 
Guest starring:  Brad Rowe, Emil Alexander
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