Seasons & episodes
S3 · E7Daydream 1996-11-13 · 22 min
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.
S3 · E8Movie Star 1996-11-20 · 22 min
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.
S3 · E9Stocks 1996-12-11 · 22 min
Jimmy teaches Beth how to play the stock market, prompting Bill to crash their lessons for some inside information.
S3 · E10Christmas 1996-12-18 · 22 min
Dave has to plow through a pile of work before he can spirit Lisa off to Milwaukee for Christmas with his parents.
S3 · E11The Trainer 1996-12-19 · 22 min
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.
S3 · E12Rap 1997-01-08 · 22 min
Envy rears its ugly head when Lisa is named "Cutest Reporter in New York"; Bill leads a crusade against rap.
S3 · E13Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 1997-01-15 · 22 min
Bill's abuse--and Dave's advice--cause Matthew to adopt an abrasive attitude toward his co-workers.
S3 · E14Complaint Box 1997-01-29 · 22 min
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.
S3 · E15Rose Bowl 1997-02-05 · 22 min
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.
S3 · E16Kids 1997-02-12 · 22 min
Third-graders invade WNYX at the same time some very adult reading material begins popping up around the office.
S3 · E17Airport 1997-02-19 · 22 min
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.
S3 · E18Twins 1997-03-12 · 22 min
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.
S3 · E19Office Feud 1997-03-19 · 22 min
Dave contends with WNYX's noisy neighbors, while Lisa must deal with rotten kids while covering an Easter event.
S3 · E20Our Fiftieth Episode 1997-04-02 · 22 min
After Bill displays poor public behavior, he's thrown into a mental ward, and Lisa and Joe are thrown into his on-air job.
S3 · E21Sleeping 1997-05-07 · 22 min
A coronary-stricken Jimmy recovers at WNYX, while nurse Lisa realizes that she wants to have a baby.
S3 · E22The Real Deal 1997-05-07 · 22 min
The staff is shocked by Matthew's love life; Bill gets some bad news about the fate of his radio show.
S3 · E23Mistake 1997-05-14 · 22 min
The staff is speechless after they read Dave's unkind comments about them in a magazine article.
S3 · E24Space 1997-05-21 · 22 min
In an episode set in outer space, it's business as usual for the staff of WNYX.
S3 · E25Injury 1997-06-05 · 22 min
Dave signs up Matthew for workers' comp after the uninsured reporter injures himself at the office.
S4 · E1Jumper 1997-09-23 · 30 min
Bill tries to get an exclusive on-air story when a suicidal man is perched outside Dave's window.
S4 · E2Plan Bee 1997-09-30 · 30 min
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.
S4 · E3The Public Domain 1997-10-28 · 30 min
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.
S4 · E4Super Karate Monkey Death Car 1997-11-04 · 30 min
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.
S4 · E5French Diplomacy 1997-11-11 · 30 min
Dave and Lisa break up. Bill gets himself into trouble when he advocates the beating of foreign diplomats. Matthew opens his own dentistry practice.