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WIOU

TV·1990–1991·1 season, 13 episodes·CBS·Drama·1h·Created by John Eisendrath, Kathryn Pratt

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WIOU is an American television drama series, which aired on CBS in 1990 and 1991. The show is set in the news department of a fictional television station whose actual callsign is WNDY, but which is nicknamed WIOU by its staff because of the station's perennial financial struggles. The show stars John Shea as news director Hank Zaret. The cast also includes Mariette Hartley as executive producer Liz McVay, Harris Yulin and Helen Shaver as news anchors Neal Frazier and Kelby Robinson, Phil Morris as aggressive reporter Eddie Bock, Jayne Brook as reporter Ann Hudson, Kate McNeil as reporter Taylor Young, Dick Van Patten as aging weatherman Floyd Graham, and Wallace Langham as news intern Willis Teitelbaum. According to television researchers Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, this program received such low ratings that although 18 episodes were actually produced, five were never aired upon the program's cancellation.

Castfull cast & details

Helen ShaverHelen ShaverKelby RobinsonHarris YulinHarris YulinNeal FrazierPhil MorrisPhil MorrisEddie BrockJohn SheaJohn SheaHank ZaretJoe GrifasiJoe GrifasiTony ProRobin GammellRobin GammellKevin DohertyMariette HartleyMariette HartleyLiz McVayKate McNeilKate McNeilTaylor Young

Episodes by season

Season0113Episodes1990–91Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01pilotOctober 24, 1990—
  2. S01E02AppearancesOctober 31, 1990—
  3. S01E03The InquisitionNovember 7, 1990—
  4. S01E04Do the Wrong ThingNovember 14, 1990—
  5. S01E05One Point, No LightDecember 5, 1990—
  6. S01E06They Shoot Sources, Don't They?December 12, 1990—
  7. S01E07Diamond DogsDecember 19, 1990—
  8. S01E08Mother Nature's SonDecember 26, 1990—
  9. S01E09Ode to Sizzling SalJanuary 2, 1991—
  10. S01E10Labored RelationsJanuary 9, 1991—
  11. S01E11Bleeds, It Leads (a.k.a. Without Prejudice)March 4, 1991—
  12. S01E12Pair o' Guys LostMarch 13, 1991—
  13. S01E13Three Women and a BabyMarch 20, 1991—

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