EPISODE
SEASON
NewsRadio - Season 1
The workplace sitcom 'NewsRadio' explores the office politics and interpersonal relationships among the staff of WNYX NewsRadio, New York's #2 news radio station.
31 December 1962, Hockley, England, UK
20 December 1967, Detroit, Michigan, USA
26 March 1940, The Bronx, New York, USA
25 April 1988, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 March 1967, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
22 December 1951, USA
February 26, 2018
NewsRadio is a nervier, more sophisticated version of WKRP in Cincinnati, updated to a time when people are much less secure about their jobs and far more wary about each other.
September 13, 2018
This was an ensemble with talent like no other, helmed by Paul Simms, fresh off his stint at The Larry Sanders Show. Put those forces together and you have one amazing pilot.
September 13, 2018
It was clear that NewsRadio was something special. Here was a show that, rather than expecting its audience to ignore the strangeness of a multicamera sitcom and instead played into it, crafting episodes with the breakneck absurdity of classic farce.
February 27, 2018
Where NewsRadio goes from here is anyone's guess. If slightly offbeat comedy that makes you laugh is a gauge, however, it deserves to travel a long way.
February 27, 2018
The crispest, wittiest and most delightful new sitcom of the season making as self-assured, clever and distinctive a debut as Frasier did last season.
September 13, 2018
It's a well-oiled machine in the first season.
February 27, 2018
Everybody involved needs to calm down, take a deep breath and go to work on some other show.
September 13, 2018
Always had a healthy appreciation for the eccentric and the absurd, which helped the show transcend its borrowed roots.
September 13, 2018
NewsRadio was on its way to becoming one of the best sitcoms in TV history, starting with its third episode, "Smoking."
February 27, 2018
This show benefits from thoughtful casting, an extremely talented cast, and sharp writing that plays to the actors' strengths and promotes the banter and sarcastic exchanges to keep the laughs coming.
February 27, 2018
Hartman is already doing a brilliant job in a difficult role. After all, how does anyone do a boob anchorman without aping the definitive one, Ted Knight's Ted Baxter? But Hartman has figured out how to do it
September 13, 2018
Still, NewsRadio boasts a rich setting, droll characters and some fine actors... Hartman's comic brilliance will remind you how sorely Saturday Night Live misses him.
