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Mar 26, 2015 · The story of NewsRadio ’s five-season run on NBC is so full of intrigue and drama that it could be its own series. Twenty years ago this week, the employees of the fictional AM news station...
Sep 4, 2022 · Published Sep 4, 2022. After disappearing off Hulu back in 2012, the beloved sitcom NewsRadio has returned to the streaming universe - and it's well overdue for a rewatch. After years of lesser sitcoms getting rediscovered thanks to streaming services snapping up the rights to older shows, NewsRadio is finally getting its chance to shine.
- Dan Mandel
May 21, 2024 · NewsRadio is a classic sitcom that aired from 1995 to 1999, captivating audiences with its witty humor and eccentric cast of characters. Set in the fictional WNYX radio station in New York City, the show revolves around the hilarious interactions and mishaps of the station's staff.
Mar 20, 2015 · To celebrate NewsRadio 's 20th anniversary, we've picked out 20 essential episodes that cement its place in the pantheon of great sitcoms. Good times… good times. 1. “Smoking” (aired April 4 ...
- Dave Nemetz
- It Was The Creator’s First Time Working For A Network sitcom.
- Ten Episode Titles Are Led Zeppelin References.
- Both Jimmy James and Beth Were Named After Songs.
- Sarah Silverman Auditioned For The Role of Beth.
- Ray Romano Was Originally The Station Electrician.
- The Casting Director Accidentally Erased Maura Tierney’s Initial Audition.
- The Cast of Friends Went to The Pilot Taping.
- Phil Hartman’s Early Graphic Artist Career Was A Part of The Show.
- Judd Apatow Was The Uncredited Voice of Goofy Ball.
- Ron Jeremy Is in Mr. James’ Book Reading Audience For No Discernible reason.
Paul Simms went from writing for The Harvard Lampoon and the satirical Spy magazine to working for Late Night with David Letterman and the HBO comedy The Larry Sanders Show (a comedy about a late night talk show host), to overseeing his own show at 29 years old.
The final nine episodes of season two are titled after the names of Zeppelin albums, in a non-chronological, seemingly random order. One season three episode was christened “Led Zeppelin Boxed Set.” When Simms was interviewed for The New York Times to promote the launch of the series, it was noted that he was wearing jeans and a Led Zeppelin T-shir...
Stephen Root’s character is named after the Beastie Boys song from Check Your Head. Beth the secretary got her name from the Kiss ballad.
As did her one-time roommate and Mr. Show castmate Mary Lynn Rajskub, who went on to play Chloe on 24. The part of Beth went to Vicki Lewis.
The part played by Greg Lee in the pilot and by Joe Rogan for the rest of the series was Ray Romano’s for two days. Romano claimed he was “relieved” when his manager told him that he had been fired, and felt deep down that he “wasn’t pulling it off”anyway.
Showing Lisa Miller-like determination, Tierney went back to New York, passed the network audition test, and started rehearsing the same day.
The six stars of Friends watched veteran TV comedy director James Burrows direct NewsRadio’s first episode, and reportedly felt “jealous.” Burrows directed Friends' pilot and nearly half of its first season. Former NBC executive Karey Burke remembers not being able to figure out whether Friends or NewsRadiowould become the network's big “hit."
In “Bill’s Autobiography,” Bill discovers a recording of Dave singing “A Horse With No Name” by America, a song that Lisa claimed Dave is “obsessed” with. Phil Hartman designed three album covers for America, a band managed by his brother John. What was a job in the seventies was Hartman’s hobby in the nineties; Stephen Root recalled to Grantland t...
The 1995 "Goofy Ball" episode found Mr. James tasking Matthew, Beth, and Joe with testing an “annoying” toy being made by one of his companies. Apatow had only been credited in one TV show and one movie before this voice gig, but is labeled as a celebrity guest star on the official DVD.
He has no lines, and is uncredited for appearing in the scene from the classic episode "Super Karate Monkey Death Car.”
- Roger Cormier
Mar 20, 2007 · Though the show is not willing to escape the confines of a traditional three-camera sitcom, the fifth season of the NewsRadio series finally loosens up and plays with its own format a...
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Mar 22, 2015 · NewsRadio was the best sitcom of the 1990s. by Emily St. James. Mar 22, 2015, 10:00 AM PDT. Emily St. James was a senior correspondent for Vox, covering American identities. Before she joined Vox...
