WIOU

WIOU

1990 · ★ 8.0/10 · 1 season

Created by John Eisendrath

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.

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Cast

Helen Shaver
Helen ShaverKelby Robinson
Harris Yulin
Harris YulinNeal Frazier
Phil Morris
Phil MorrisEddie Brock
John Shea
John SheaHank Zaret
Joe Grifasi
Joe GrifasiTony Pro
Robin Gammell
Robin GammellKevin Doherty
Mariette Hartley
Mariette HartleyLiz McVay
Kate McNeil
Kate McNeilTaylor Young
Dick Van Patten
Dick Van PattenFloyd Graham
Wallace Langham
Wallace LanghamWillis Teitlebaum
Jayne Brook
Jayne BrookAnn Hudson

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