Buffalo Bill

- Season 1

(1983)

Bill's best friend Pete Killian, an Emmy-winning anchorman on 60 MINUTES, dies, so Bill applies for Pete's job while the network personnel look for ways to make Bill stay at WBFL.

Bill is none too happy when the guests booked to appear on his show are excruciating dull, and when the station manager hires Tamara Brooks to co-host Bill's show.

Bill goes too far in upbraiding Woody to the point of hurting Woody's feelings and prompting him to quit his job. So makeup man Newdell jumps in and takes the job with no training.

Actress Lauren Stockton guests on Bill's show and plugs her latest movie, in which Bill wants a part. So he not only wangles an audition for a role, but even suggests a few changes to the script.

Bill suggests to JoJo that they take another stab at a relationship, then sleeps with her and changes his mind.

Unseen station manager Wilkinson devastates Bill and the entire crew by suddenly announcing, through Karl Shub, that he is canceling the program and replacing it with reruns of M*A*S*H.

Bill complains of dull guests on his show while Jojo tries to get him to commit to her in their personal life. His estranged and divorced daughter Melanie Wayne visits and makes his world even more uncomfortable.

When a famous psychologist is a guest on Bill's show, Melanie goads the doctor into analyzing Bill and Melanie's relationship during a taping.

Everyone is pleased with the current shows. But when ratings drop, Bill thinks the show is going under, so he calls a late-afternoon meeting for the staffers to berate themselves publicly.

Bill sees a picture of an attractive young flautist named Angela, falls in love with her instantly, and fanatically prods the staff to help him locate her. Meanwhile, Karl is annoyed with Bill for not respecting Karl's authority.

The staffers plan a surprise birthday party for Bill, who is targeted by Clara, an obsessed fan who telephones him repeatedly claiming to be the mother of his unborn child and wanting to kill him. Karl notices Bill's erratic behavior.

Author Dr. Solomon Sigourney appears on the show to discuss his book on toxic waste, but Bill ridicules him and in so doing, crushes Wendy, who booked the doctor on the show. When she confides in Carl, Carl encourages her to tell Bill off.