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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.
Helen Shaver
Kelby Robinson
Harris Yulin
Neal Frazier
Phil Morris
John Eisendrath, Kathryn Pratt
John Eisendrath
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
Season 1
13 episodes
October 24, 1990
Orion Television
N/A
GTG Entertainment
US
