WIOU

TV Series
1990–1991
1h

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Helen Shaver, Mariette Hartley, John Shea, and Harris Yulin in WIOU (1990)

The TV network sends Hank Zaret to be news director of station WNDY (known as WIOU to the staff). The news co-anchors are Neal Frazier and Kelby Robinson. Eddie Bock and Taylor Young are rep... Read allThe TV network sends Hank Zaret to be news director of station WNDY (known as WIOU to the staff). The news co-anchors are Neal Frazier and Kelby Robinson. Eddie Bock and Taylor Young are reporters, Liz McVay is the executive producer, Ann Hudson is a field producer (who is dating... Read allThe TV network sends Hank Zaret to be news director of station WNDY (known as WIOU to the staff). The news co-anchors are Neal Frazier and Kelby Robinson. Eddie Bock and Taylor Young are reporters, Liz McVay is the executive producer, Ann Hudson is a field producer (who is dating Rick Singer), Willis Teitlebaum is a news intern (with a crush on Ann), and Marc Adamson ... Read all

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7.2/10

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Awards
- 2 nominations

Episodes18

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Trivia
The show drew some controversy over how similar the program was to the Canadian TV newsroom drama E.N.G. (1989)

Connections
Referenced in You Don't Know Jack: Television (1997)

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10/10

Great show but not given a chance to succeed

The show was great; however, it was not allowed to become firmly established. In 1990, Iraq invade Kuwait and later in the year, USA went to war to liberate Kuwait. I remember watching an episode of the WIOU when it was interrupted by an announcement that Iraq had invaded Kuwait. After that interruption, it seems that the show kept getting interrupt because of what was happening in Kuwait and finally, it was canceled without much fanfare.

My favorite character was the blond reporter played by Katie McNeil. She was hot and could have been one of our best actresses if the show was not interrupted by the events in Kuwait.