<P> The series won a Humanitas Prize and received 10 Emmy Award nominations, including three for Outstanding Comedy Series . Andy Ackerman won an Emmy Award for Videotape Editing in season 3 . </P> <P> WKRP premiered September 18, 1978 on the CBS television network, and aired for four seasons and 90 episodes through April 21, 1982 . Starting in the middle of the second season, CBS repeatedly moved the show around its schedule, contributing to lower ratings and its eventual cancellation . </P> <P> When WKRP went into syndication, it became an unexpected success . For the next decade, it was one of the most popular sitcoms in syndication, outperforming many programs which had been more successful in prime time, including all the other MTM Enterprises sitcoms . </P> <P> Jump, Sanders, and Bonner reprised their roles, appearing as regular characters in a spin - off / sequel series, The New WKRP in Cincinnati, which ran from 1991 to 1993 in syndication . Hesseman, Reid and Anderson also reprised their roles on this show as guest stars . </P>

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