NewsRadio: Season 4

NewsRadio: Season 4

Columbia TriStar (1997)
Comedy
USA / English / Color / 480 min
8.4
Cast View More ↓
Dave Foley
Stephen Root
Stephen Root Jimmy James
Andy Dick
Andy Dick Matthew Brock
Maura Tierney
Maura Tierney Lisa Miller
Jon Lovitz
Jon Lovitz Max Lewis
Khandi Alexander
Dave Foley Dave Nelson
Phil Hartman
Phil Hartman Bill McNeal
Vicki Lewis Beth
Joe Rogan
Joe Rogan Joe Garrelli
Vicki Lewis
Crew View More ↓
Director Alan Myerson, Tom Cherones, Patrick Maloney, Gregg Heschong
Plot
"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
1
Jumper
30 min 1997-09-23
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
2
Plan Bee
30 min 1997-09-30
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
3
The Public Domain
30 min 1997-10-28
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 Graham, Paul Gleason, Peter Spellos, Cheryl Kirby
4
Super Karate Monkey Death Car
30 min 1997-11-04
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 Graham, Brian Posehn, Dave Allen, Mark Conley, Zuhair Haddad, Michael Raysses
5
French Diplomacy
30 min 1997-11-11
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
6
Pure Evil
30 min 1997-11-18
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
7
Catherine Moves On
30 min 1997-11-25
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
8
Stupid Holiday Charity Talent Show
30 min 1997-12-16
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
9
The Secret of Management
30 min 1998-01-01
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 Abercrombie, Mary Lynn Rajskub
10
Look Who's Talking
30 min 1998-01-06
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
11
Chock
30 min 1998-01-13
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 Odenkirk, David Cross, Brian Posehn
12
Who's the Boss? (1)
30 min 1998-01-20
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
13
Who's the Boss? (2)
30 min 1998-02-03
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
14
Security Door
30 min 1998-02-24
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
15
Big Brother
30 min 1998-03-03
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
16
Beep, Beep
30 min 1998-03-18
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
17
Balloon
30 min 1998-03-25
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
18
Copy Machine
30 min 1998-04-08
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
19
Monster Rancher
30 min 1998-04-15
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
20
4:20
30 min 1998-04-29
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
21
Jackass Junior High
30 min 1998-05-06
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
22
Sinking Ship
30 min 1998-05-12
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, Sam Johnson, Joe Furey
Guest starring: Brad Rowe, Emil Alexander
Editions
Barcode Format Region Release Edition
043396146327 1 2006-06-20