![]() ![]() A few weeks after the premiere, the song went from #84 on the charts to #61. The episode "Out To Lunch" featured "I Have The Skill" by The Sherbs.The Pointer Sisters' song "Could I Be Dreaming" went from #62 on the charts to #52 after the premier of the episode "The Baby".Within 2 weeks of the episode's premiere, the song had gone from #7 on the charts to #3. ![]() "Coward of The County" by Kenny Rogers was used in the episode "A Family Affair".Blondie's "Heart of Glass" wouldn't have become as popular as it did if it hadn't been featured in the season 1 episode "A Commercial Break".Cast the Runner-Up: Howard Hesseman originally was selected to play Herb Tarlek, but after reading the script he requested to play Johnny Fever instead.It's even been suggested that the Denser and Wackier style of The New WKRP in Cincinnati was because it was using "Turkeys Away" as its role model. Black Sheep Hit: To a certain extent "Turkeys Away" counts, since it's the show's most famous episode, but it's from the first season (in fact, only the 7th episode of the entire series), and it's a bit of Early-Installment Weirdness, since it's more farcical and less character-based than the rest of the series.After the station's management saw a preview of the show, they realized that it was more focused on the aftermath of the show and dealt with the subject tastefully, so they allowed to air after all. Banned in China: The local CBS affiliate in Cincinnati at first refused to air "In Concert", feeling that it was exploiting the tragedy of the deaths of concertgoers at The Who's 1979 Riverfront Coliseum show.Still, to appease them, he wrote "Fish Story", but didn't want his name on the episode, so it's credited to Raoul Plager. Alan Smithee: Early in the series, Executive Meddling tried to force Hugh Wilson to take the show in a Denser and Wackier direction, which he didn't really want to do.He ad-libbed most of his on-air segments on the show. Actor-Shared Background/ Cast the Expert: Howard Hesseman was a radio DJ for a station in San Francisco before appearing in WKRP. ![]()
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