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The plot of "Turkeys Away" is based on a true story. WKRP in Cincinnati creator Hugh Wilson — who adapted Carlson's character from Jerry Blum, a general manager of radio station WQXI in Atlanta from 1960 to 1989 — recounted that the episode was inspired by a similar live turkey giveaway promotion by Blum, who tossed turkeys out of a pick-up truck at a Dallas shopping center parking lot.
USA TODAY released a ranking of the 10 best Thanksgiving TV episodes of all-time Monday, and the classic "WKRP in Cincinnati" Thanksgiving episode titled "Turkeys Away" came in at No. 1.
"WKRP in Cincinnati" gave the television world one of the greatest Thanksgiving gifts imaginable when the "Turkeys Away" episode hit screens across the country on Oct. 30, 1978. According to the ...
"WKRP in Cincinnati" gave the television world one of the greatest Thanksgiving gifts when the "Turkeys Away" episode hit screens across the country on Oct. 30, 1978, and it remains among the top ...
The new ratings arrive, and WKRP has finally become a successful station, rising to #6 in the Cincinnati market with Johnny Fever as the #1 DJ. But when a new news director (Nicholas Hormann) shows up and says he was hired by Mama Carlson, Andy soon finds out that she plans to change the station to a 24-hour news format.
WKRP in Cincinnati debuted in 1978 in CBS's Monday 8 p.m. timeslot, competing against ABC's Welcome Back, Kotter and NBC's top-20 show Little House on the Prairie. The show initially earned poor ratings, and WKRP was put on hiatus after only eight episodes, even though they included some of the most famous of the series, including "Turkeys Away."
If you're a true Cincinnatian, you know a thing or two about a turkey drop. Wednesday, Oct. 30, marks the 46th anniversary of the classic "WKRP in Cincinnati" episode, which showed that turkeys do ...
This is a list of television programs currently and formerly broadcast by NewsNation and WGN America, ... WKRP in Cincinnati (1983–90, 2008–September 6, 2009)