Buffalo Bill

Be Good To Your Buffalo.

Buffalo Bill is an American television situation comedy that featured the misadventures of an egotistical talk show host, played by Dabney Coleman, and his staff at WBFL-TV, a small TV station in Buffalo, New York. It premiered May 31, 1983 on NBC and ran for only part of two seasons. It was also shown on the then-new UK fourth TV channel Channel 4.

Comedy

Seasons

1. Pilot

Air Date: 1983-06-01

Bill tries to get a job with 60 Minutes.

2. Buffalo Beat

Air Date: 1983-06-08

Karl tries to tame Bill by giving him a co-host.

3. Woody Quits

Air Date: 1983-06-15

Bill insults Woody once too often.

4. Buffalo Bill and the Movies

Air Date: 1983-06-22

Bill tries to get a part in a movie being filmed in Buffalo.

5. Mrs. Buffalo Bill?

Air Date: 1983-06-29

Bill gets lonely so he proposes to Jo-Jo, but the next day he tries to get out of it.

6. Wilkinson's Sword

Air Date: 1983-07-13

The show is cancelled and replaced with M*A*S*H reruns.

7. Guess Who's Coming to Buffalo?

Air Date: 1983-07-20

Bill's daughter, who he hasn't seen in ten years, visits the station.

8. Below the Belt

Air Date: 1983-07-27

Melanie threatens to move in with Newdell.

9. Ratings

Air Date: 1983-08-03

When the ratings drop, Bill thinks he lost his touch.

10. True Love

Air Date: 1983-08-10

Bill sees a picture of a woman and wants her on the show.

11. The Fan

Air Date: 1983-08-17

A woman claims she will have Bill's baby.

12. Hackles

Air Date:

Wendy is insulted when Bill insults a guest she booked.

1. Hit the Road, Jack

Air Date: 1983-12-22

Bill gets Newdell fired, but he begins to regret it.

2. Jerry Lewis Week

Air Date: 1984-01-05

Karl challenges Bill by stealing the stuffed bear Bill has been using for on-air commercials about his mechanic.

3. The Interview

Air Date: 1984-01-12

A reporter interviews the crew for a news feature.

4. Company Ink

Air Date: 1984-01-19

The new owner of the station wants to fire Bill.

5. Jo-Jo's Problem (1)

Air Date: 1984-01-26

Jo-Jo's problem is that she's pregnant.

6. Jo-Jo's Problem (2)

Air Date: 1984-02-02

Jo-Jo's problem is that she's pregnant.

7. The Search High and Low for Miss WBFL

Air Date: 1984-02-09

Wendy and Melanie enter a beauty contest that Jo-Jo is protesting.

8. The Big Freeze

Air Date: 1984-02-16

Bill and Jo-Jo have a falling out. Wendy wants to do a show about nuclear weapons.

9. The Girl on the Jetty

Air Date: 1984-02-23

Jo-Jo takes in Karl when he's thrown out of the house.

10. Buffalo Bill and the Soviets

Air Date: 1984-03-01

Bill thinks two of his guests are smuggling technology to Russia.

11. A Hero

Air Date: 1984-03-08

Karl Jr. worships Bill, so Karl gets him a job at the station to show him the real Bill.

12. The Tap Dancer

Air Date: 1984-03-15

Bill's boyhood hero dies during the show.

13. Have Yourself a Very Degrading Christmas

Air Date: 1984-03-22

Bill skips Jo-Jo's Christmas party for a date with a Brazilian movie star.

14. Church of the Poisoned Mind

Air Date: 1984-03-29

Bill insults a priest on the air which ignites a boycott.

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Rating

6.1/10

Release Date

1983-05-31

Episodes

26 (2 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Dabney Coleman

Bill Bittinger

Joanna Cassidy

Jo Jo White

John Fiedler

Woody

Geena Davis

Wendy Killian

Max Wright

Karl Shub

Meshach Taylor

Tony

Charles Robinson

Newdell

Production Companies

Stampede Productions