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''The New WKRP in Cincinnati'' is a sequel/spin-off of the original CBS sitcom ''WKRP in Cincinnati''. It was made for the syndication market from 1991 to 1993. MTM Enterprises produced the show. Gordon Jump (Arthur Carlson), Frank Bonner (Herb Tarlek), and Richard Sanders (Les Nessman) reprised their roles from the original show. Other original cast members came in for guest spots, with Loni Anderson (Jennifer Marlowe) returning for two episodes, Tim Reid (D.J. Venus Flytrap) for one episode, and Howard Hesseman (Dr. Johnny Fever) appearing in nine episodes total (four in the first season, five in the second), as well as directing several other episodes. The week before the show's premiere, many stations carrying the program aired the hour-long ''WKRP in Cincinnati 50th Anniversary Special'', centered on a newspaper reporter interviewing Arthur Carlson about the fictitious station's golden anniversary, which served as a setup to show clips of memorable moments from the original series. == Synopsis == The character of Arthur Carlson, Jr., returns as an adult. However, he is not portrayed by Sparky Marcus, who played a 10-year-old Arthur in one episode of the original series. Newcomer Lightfield Lewis was signed on to assume the role of the character, modeled much after the Herb Tarlek character from the original series. Like Tarlek and his father before him, Art Jr. works as an advertising sales rep for WKRP, presumably grooming him to take over the business from his father. The show underwent many cast changes during its run, and ended in 1993 after two seasons and 47 episodes (though it ran for another year in repeats on VH-1). Among the other notable actors that were cast members on the show were Mykelti Williamson as program director Donovan Aderhold, Tawny Kitaen as late night D.J. Mona Loveland, Kathleen Garrett as D.J. Dana Burns, and French Stewart, who joined the cast in the second season as morning D.J. Razor Dee. In the first season, Michael Des Barres played Jack Allen, the two halves of the "Burns and Allen" (a play on George Burns and Gracie Allen) morning show. Des Barres had played Sir Charles "Dog" Weatherby, frontman for the fictional band Scum of the Earth in the "Hoodlum Rock" episode of the original series. For the first several episodes, the series was still identified as ''WKRP in Cincinnati'' and used a nearly identical opening sequence to the original series, except with updated cast names; the ''The New'' portion was not added until later, when clips of the starring actors were added to the title sequence. Additionally, the familiar opening and closing themes of its parent series were retained; while a new arrangement/recording was used for the opening theme, the closing theme was the same version heard on the original series. The series followed up on some details left unaddressed in the original series. For example, the actual frequency of WKRP was never revealed in the original series. In this version, the station is identified as being at 1530 AM, the actual home of WCKY, also licensed to Cincinnati, though the actual 1530 AM is a 50,000 watt class A clear channel frequency, while WKRP's coverage map promoted the station as a 5000 watt station of unknown class. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The New WKRP in Cincinnati」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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