WIOU
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.
Cast
Helen Shaver
Kelby Robinson
Harris Yulin
Neal Frazier
Phil Morris
Eddie Brock
John Shea
Hank Zaret
Joe Grifasi
Tony Pro
Robin Gammell
Kevin Doherty
Mariette Hartley
Liz McVay
Kate McNeil
Taylor Young
Dick Van Patten
Floyd Graham
Wallace Langham
Willis Teitlebaum
Jayne Brook
Ann Hudson
Seasons
E1pilot
Oct 24, 1990
E2Appearances
Oct 31, 1990
E3The Inquisition
Nov 7, 1990
E4Do the Wrong Thing
Nov 14, 1990
E5One Point, No Light
Dec 5, 1990
E6They Shoot Sources, Don't They?
Dec 12, 1990
E7Diamond Dogs
Dec 19, 1990
E8Mother Nature's Son
Dec 26, 1990
E9Ode to Sizzling Sal
Jan 2, 1991
E10Labored Relations
Jan 9, 1991
E11Bleeds, It Leads (a.k.a. Without Prejudice)
Mar 4, 1991
E12Pair o' Guys Lost
Mar 13, 1991
E13Three Women and a Baby
Mar 20, 1991
Storyline
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.
