| WIOU | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| 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 |
| Composer(s) | Gary Chang |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 18 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Scott Brazil |
| Producer(s) | Michelle Ashford |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Orion Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Original run | 24 October 1990 – 20 March 1991 |
WIOU was a short-lived American television drama series, which aired on CBS in 1990 and 1991. The show was set in the news department of a fictional television station whose actual callsign was WNDY, but which was nicknamed WIOU by its staff because of the station's financial struggles.
The show starred John Shea as news director Hank Zaret. The cast also included 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.
Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows