Newsradio bills autobiography examples

The WNYX personal (from left to right): Catherine, Matthew, Jimmy, Bill, Dave, Lisa, Joe, and Beth.

Lisa: You know that this fryst vatten completely and totally unethical?
Dave: I know. It wasn't great journalism.
Lisa: No, I'm talking about that you didn't tell me.

A satirical Work Com that aired on NBC from 1995–99, set at fictional New York City news-talk radio station WNYX-AM.

Dave Foley (The Kids in the Hall) starred as news director and Only Sane Man Dave Nelson, whose co-workers included pompous anchorman Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman), neurotic overachieving producer Lisa Miller (Maura Tierney), inept roving reporter Matthew Brock (Andy Dick), Sassy Secretary Beth (Vicki Lewis), Eccentric Millionaire station-owner Jimmy James (Stephen Root), Conspiracy Theorist electrician and Homemade Inventions producer Joe Garelli (Joe Rogan), and, for the first three seasons, co-anchor Sassy Black Woman Catherine Duke (Khandi Alexander, who left for a bigger role on ER; Tie

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'NewsRadio' Turns 20: Here Are 20 Episodes That Prove It's a Classic

When you think of great ’90s sitcoms, the first shows that probably come to mind are Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Friends, Roseanne, Frasier… all of which we love, don’t get us wrong. But there’s one series that tends to get left out of these “best of the ’90s” discussions — and deserves a spot right alongside the all-time greats.  

Twenty years ago this week, NewsRadio debuted on NBC as a midseason replacement; following the zany adventures of the employees at WNYX, a New York City news radio station, it was your basic workplace comedy, with an extra dose of weird. But the cast had superb chemistry from the start, and as the seasons wore on, NewsRadio found its own distinctive voice, blossoming into one of TV’s last great three-camera network sitcoms. (We don’t even mind the laugh track.)

Dave Foley — fresh off a stellar run with The Kids in the Hall — starred as news director D

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THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!

Welcome to a new Sitcom Tuesday! This week, we’re continuing our coverage of NewsRadio (1995-1999, NBC), one of the pluckiest Peacock Network Sitcoms from the MSTV era. As of this writing, the entire series is available in full on DVD!

NewsRadio stars DAVE FOLEY as Dave, STEPHEN ROOT as Jimmy, ANDY DICK as Matthew, MAURA TIERNEY as Lisa, VICKI LEWIS as Beth, JOE ROGAN as Joe, and PHIL HARTMAN as Bill McNeal. KHANDI ALEXANDER appears early as Catherine.

Many hardcore fans of NewsRadio consider this the series’ apex — filled with the highest highs and the greatest concentration of gems. No doubt, there are a lot of strong episodes this year. As you know, though, I prefer Season Four’s predecessor, which I’ve posited as the most ideal balance of what the show was built to be and what the show becomes… However, I want to preface this discussion by noting: this isn’t a case where I think the series’ peak is followed by a sharp decline