So Let's Get This Straight, 'WKRP's' Finale Really Wasn't Suppose to Be A Finale??? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 06-30-2011, 09:42 PM

For four seasons, CBS seemed inclined to act out the lyrics to the WKRP In Cincinnati theme song, bouncing the sitcom from timeslot to timeslot until viewers began to wonder whatever became of it. While creator Hugh Wilson and company didn’t officially know they were done for when they wrote and shot “Up And Down The Dial,” they weren’t rubes, either, so they made the last WKRP one that could serve as a goodbye. At the start of the episode, the AM radio station’s crusty owner declares that the switch to a rock ’n’ roll format back at the beginning of the series was a failure, and she announces another switch, to all-news. It takes program director Andy Travis and top DJ Johnny Fever to shame Mrs. Carlson into admitting that she’s really always wanted the station to lose money for tax purposes. In the end, Mrs. Carlson relents, and fans are left to imagine WKRP’s cast of zanies still living on the air.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/dont-...ental-t,58085/

Is this all true?

robyrob · 07-01-2011, 05:46 PM

i still don't understand why they canceled the show - even though they kept moving it around faster than you could find it, and they stopped promoting it completely, it was still getting good ratings and had a massive following.

Brian Damage · 07-31-2011, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robyrob

i still don't understand why they canceled the show - even though they kept moving it around faster than you could find it, and they stopped promoting it completely, it was still getting good ratings and had a massive following.

Yeah, I agree, especially considering it also was backed by MTM enterprises. It really seemed like a bad fit for CBS from the get go.

06-30-2011, 09:42 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	So Let's Get This Straight, 'WKRP's' Finale Really Wasn't Suppose to Be A Finale??? For four seasons, CBS seemed inclined to act out the lyrics to the WKRP In Cincinnati theme song, bouncing the sitcom from timeslot to timeslot until viewers began to wonder whatever became of it. While creator Hugh Wilson and company didn’t officially know they were done for when they wrote and shot “Up And Down The Dial,” they weren’t rubes, either, so they made the last WKRP one that could serve as a goodbye. At the start of the episode, the AM radio station’s crusty owner declares that the switch to a rock ’n’ roll format back at the beginning of the series was a failure, and she announces another switch, to all-news. It takes program director Andy Travis and top DJ Johnny Fever to shame Mrs. Carlson into admitting that she’s really always wanted the station to lose money for tax purposes. In the end, Mrs. Carlson relents, and fans are left to imagine WKRP’s cast of zanies still living on the air. http://www.avclub.com/articles/dont-...ental-t,58085/ Is this all true?
	__________________ The Key to the Kingdom of Heaven: John 3:3 *Money Doesn't Buy Happiness...But I'd Rather Cry in My Private Jet*

07-01-2011, 05:46 PM	#2
robyrob certified wackball#3 Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Aug 03, 2003 Location: hiding under the third booth at Arnold's Posts: 58,194	i still don't understand why they canceled the show - even though they kept moving it around faster than you could find it, and they stopped promoting it completely, it was still getting good ratings and had a massive following.
	__________________ * firefox * AdAware * HiJackThis * CoolWebShredder * Spybot * SpywareBlaster * Spyware Terminator * * GeeksToGo * AntiVir * Avast antivirus * Housecall Online * Sysinternals Security Utilities * * ZoneAlarm * Agnitum-firewall * Comodo Firewall * AVG Anti-Rootkit * RootkitRevealer * ParasiteCheck * * Annoyances * FreeCodecs * Mikes-Hosts-File * GRC.com * MSAntispyware * DVD's * TradeList * myspace *