NewsRadio - Season 3

First aired: 9/18/1996 25 episodes

Episodes

1. President

Aired: 9/18/1996

Mr. James decides to run for President of the United States while Lisa declares to expose all of his secrets. Matthew grows a ‘70s style mustache to "get chicks".

2. Review

Aired: 9/25/1996

A new coffee shop is opened on the first floor of the Criterion Building. Matthew becomes obsessed with Scott Adams' Dilbert cartoon.

3. Massage Chair

Aired: 10/2/1996

Bill leads a revolution when Mr. James eliminates free snacks in the break room. Joe gives Catherine a variety of electronic gadgets to ingratiate himself with her. Bill buys a massage chair.

4. Arcade

Aired: 10/23/1996

Dave worries that the past will repeat itself when an arcade game, Stargate Defender, is installed in the hallway. Lisa and Dave take the SATs to prove they're not getting dumber. Bill is obsessed with the stale, plastic, leathery sandwiches from a vending machine.

5. Halloween

Aired: 10/30/1996

Dave and Lisa try to get the staff psyched for Jimmy's Halloween party, but it's Dave who learns the holiday can be a drag.

6. Awards Show

Aired: 11/6/1996

Dave is down in the dumps, fearing that he may not be able to top himself after the station sweeps at an awards dinner.

7. Daydream

Aired: 11/13/1996

Daydreams plague WNYX as they sweat out a broken thermostat. Among the reveries: Matthew is Beth's worst nightmare; and Bill is every woman's fantasy.

8. Movie Star

Aired: 11/20/1996

James Caan pays a visit to research a role. That brings out the worst in Bill and Matthew. Meanwhile, Dave's idea for a birthday gift doesn't thrill Lisa.

9. Stocks

Aired: 12/11/1996

Jimmy teaches Beth how to play the stock market, prompting Bill to crash their lessons for some inside information.

10. Christmas

Aired: 12/18/1996

Dave has to plow through a pile of work before he can spirit Lisa off to Milwaukee for Christmas with his parents.

11. The Trainer

Aired: 12/19/1996

Bill weighs the options of joining a health club; Beth fails to exercise restraint after learning a secret about Dave; and Jimmy fears he won't measure up at a dinner party with the Clintons.

12. Rap

Aired: 1/8/1997

Envy rears its ugly head when Lisa is named "Cutest Reporter in New York"; Bill leads a crusade against rap.

13. Led Zeppelin Boxed Set

Aired: 1/15/1997

Bill's abuse--and Dave's advice--cause Matthew to adopt an abrasive attitude toward his co-workers.

14. Complaint Box

Aired: 1/29/1997

Dave has reason to whine when a complaint box is put up and the staff begins lodging groundless gripes against each other and their belabored leader.

15. Rose Bowl

Aired: 2/5/1997

Dave gets low marks for honesty after he lets staffers evaluate each other, but fails to mention that Lisa came up with the idea. Meanwhile, Jimmy scores a legal victory with Joe as his lawyer.

16. Kids

Aired: 2/12/1997

Third-graders invade WNYX at the same time some very adult reading material begins popping up around the office.

17. Airport

Aired: 2/19/1997

With Dave and Bill stuck at the airport, Lisa gets the chore of keeping Joe and Catherine from going on a date. Meanwhile, Beth and Matthew visit Bill's love shack of an apartment.

18. Twins

Aired: 3/12/1997

When Matthew's brother visits, the staff learns of his twisted family tree, while Jimmy makes some radical cutbacks, which include stripping the office bare.

19. Office Feud

Aired: 3/19/1997

Dave contends with WNYX's noisy neighbors, while Lisa must deal with rotten kids while covering an Easter event.

20. Our Fiftieth Episode

Aired: 4/2/1997

After Bill displays poor public behavior, he's thrown into a mental ward, and Lisa and Joe are thrown into his on-air job.

21. Sleeping

Aired: 5/7/1997

A coronary-stricken Jimmy recovers at WNYX, while nurse Lisa realizes that she wants to have a baby.

22. The Real Deal

Aired: 5/7/1997

The staff is shocked by Matthew's love life; Bill gets some bad news about the fate of his radio show.

23. Mistake

Aired: 5/14/1997

The staff is speechless after they read Dave's unkind comments about them in a magazine article.

24. Space

Aired: 5/21/1997

In an episode set in outer space, it's business as usual for the staff of WNYX.

25. Injury

Aired: 6/5/1997

Dave signs up Matthew for workers' comp after the uninsured reporter injures himself at the office.