NewsRadio

NewsRadio was a sitcom that ran on NBC for five seasons from 1995-1999. The setting was a fictional New York City radio station, WNYX.

Muppet Mentions
In the third season episode entitled "Rap", Lisa comments on how advertisement is deceptive, sending Jimmy James, the station owner, into a rant against Lisa and Dave:


 * "If it wasn't for advertising, you know what you two would be doing? You two would be giving out Sesame Street tote bags during PBS pledge breaks, except they wouldn't say Sesame Street on 'em. Oh, no, they wouldn't say that. If they said that, that would be...? Advertising! That's right. Hell, if you two had your way, there probably wouldn't even be any Sesame Street, would there? Would there?! ... That's right, there'd be no Ernie, would there? Oh, no, there'd be no Bert. Bye-bye! Bye-bye to Grover! Bye-bye to Cookie Monster! No, there'd be no Snuffleupagus, would there? Forget that trash can, 'cause there ain't no Oscar the Grouch."

''[EXITS. RETURNS]''


 * "Not to mention Kermit the damn frog!"

Later in the episode, Bill tells Jimmy that he thinks the most important things are the things money cannot buy.


 * JIMMY:"Bill, I'm going to jump to the end and work my way back. Do you like Ernie and Bert?"
 * MATTHEW: "Well, I like Bert. ... Well, I don't like-like Bert. He's a puppet."

Connections

 * Bernie Brillstein was executive producer on the series
 * Greg Lee played Rick the electrician in the pilot episode
 * Jon Lovitz pled Max Louis
 * Norm MacDonald played Roger
 * Alaina Reed
 * John Ritter played Dr. Frank
 * Joe Rogan played Joe
 * Stephen Root played Jimmy James
 * Jerry Seinfeld played himself
 * French Stewart played a temp
 * Jon Stewart played Matthew's brother, Andrew
 * Ben Stiller played a trainer