NewsRadio

Season 4

22 episodes 6 seasons

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NewsRadio Season 4 released on September 23, 1997.

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S04E01 Aired September 23, 1997

Jumper

Bill tries to get an exclusive on-air story when a suicidal man is perched outside Dave's window.

S04E02 Aired September 30, 1997

Plan Bee

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.

S04E03 Aired October 28, 1997

The Public Domain

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.

S04E04 Aired November 04, 1997

Super Karate Monkey Death Car

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.

S04E05 Aired November 11, 1997

French Diplomacy

Dave and Lisa break up. Bill gets himself into trouble when he advocates the beating of foreign diplomats. Matthew opens his own dentistry practice.

S04E06 Aired November 18, 1997

Pure Evil

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 to excel as news director. Matthew lives in the office.

S04E07 Aired November 25, 1997

Catherine Moves On

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.

S04E08 Aired December 16, 1997

Stupid Holiday Charity Talent Show

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.

S04E09 Aired January 01, 1998

The Secret of Management

Bill hires 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.

S04E10 Aired January 06, 1998

Look Who's Talking

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.

S04E11 Aired January 13, 1998

Chock

Dave finds it hard to say no when his old college a cappella 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.

S04E12 Aired January 20, 1998

Who's the Boss? (1)

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.

S04E13 Aired February 03, 1998

Who's the Boss? (2)

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.

S04E14 Aired February 24, 1998

Security Door

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 jeans commercial.

S04E15 Aired March 03, 1998

Big Brother

Matthew is assigned a Big Brother, who makes eyes at Beth; Joe, Jimmy, and Bill try to uncover Lisa's love life.

S04E16 Aired March 18, 1998

Beep, Beep

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.

S04E17 Aired March 25, 1998

Balloon

Jimmy plans to go around the world in a hot air balloon, until Dave finds that he is full of "hot air". Meanwhile, Bill switches from cigarettes to chewing tobacco.

S04E18 Aired April 08, 1998

Copy Machine

The office mourns the loss of “Ted from Accounting” until Dave realizes that nobody knew him at all.

S04E19 Aired April 15, 1998

Monster Rancher

Matthew takes Lisa on a date. The office has trouble adapting to a new intern, Mr. James' nephew Walt.

S04E20 Aired April 29, 1998

4:20

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.

S04E21 Aired May 06, 1998

Jackass Junior High

Lisa is treated like a male by office co-workers, who revert to their boorish selves when all other females are out sick.

S04E22 Aired May 12, 1998

Sinking Ship

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...