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5.5/10 TV Composer(s) Gary Chang Network CBS | 7.6/10 IMDb Genre Drama Final episode date 20 March 1991 Program creator John Eisendrath | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Created by John Eisendrath
Kathryn Pratt Written by John Eisendrath
Kathryn Pratt Directed by Donna Deitch
Jan Eliasberg
Arthur Allan Seidelman Starring John Shea
Helen Shaver
Harris Yulin
Phil Morris
Joe Grifasi
Wallace Langham
Jayne Brook
Robin Gammell
Dick Van Patten
Kate McNeil
And Mariette Hartley Cast Mariette Hartley, Helen Shaver, John Shea, Wallace Langham, Kate McNeil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WIOU is an American drama series, which aired on CBS from October 24, 1990 until March 20, 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.
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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, 14 episodes were shot but only 13 aired.