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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.

Date: 10/24/1990
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Helen Shaver, Harris Yulin, Phil Morris, John Shea, Joe Grifasi, Robin Gammell, Mariette Hartley, Kate McNeil, Dick Van Patten, Wallace Langham, Jayne Brook

Helen Shaver as Kelby Robinson in WIOU Helen Shaver

Harris Yulin as Neal Frazier in WIOU Harris Yulin

Phil Morris as Eddie Brock in WIOU Phil Morris

John Shea as Hank Zaret in WIOU John Shea

Joe Grifasi as Tony Pro in WIOU Joe Grifasi

Robin Gammell as Kevin Doherty in WIOU Robin Gammell

Mariette Hartley as Liz McVay in WIOU Mariette Hartley

Kate McNeil as Taylor Young in WIOU Kate McNeil

Dick Van Patten as Floyd Graham in WIOU Dick Van Patten

Wallace Langham as Willis Teitlebaum in WIOU Wallace Langham

Jayne Brook as Ann Hudson in WIOU Jayne Brook