Remember WENN

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Remember WENN
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Genre Comedy drama
Developed by Rupert Holmes
StarringTom Beckett
Carolee Carmello
George Hall
Margaret Hall
John Bedford Lloyd
Melinda Mullins
Christopher Murney
Amanda Naughton
Hugh O'Gorman
Kevin O'Rourke
Dina Spybey
Mary Stout
Composer Rupert Holmes
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes56
Production
Executive producerPaula Connelly Skorka
ProducersFrank Doelger
Howard Meltzer
CinematographyDavid Sperling
Production companiesEntertainment Group
Turtleback Productions
Original release
Network American Movie Classics
ReleaseJanuary 31, 1996 (1996-01-31) 
September 11, 1998 (1998-09-11)

Remember WENN is a comedy-drama television series that aired from 1996 to 1998 on the cable channel American Movie Classics, as the network's first scripted original series. Created and written by Rupert Holmes (with music also by Holmes) and set at the fictional Pittsburgh radio station WENN in the late 1930s and early 1940s, it depicted events (both dramatic and comic) in the personal and professional lives of the station's staff in the era before and during World War II and the Golden Age of Radio. It is not related to the real radio station in Alabama known with the WENN callsign from 1959 to 1983 and again since 2009. The series title is a play on the phrase "remember when".

Contents

The show ran for four seasons totalling 56 episodes, including an hour-long Christmas episode. The series was slated for a fifth season, but was cancelled when new management took over AMC. Holmes says that it was his favorite writing experience of his career. [1] After decades of being unavailable to audiences, all four seasons of the series are currently streaming on AMC+ and PLEX TV.

Major characters

Recurring characters

Episodes

Season 1 (1996)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"On the Air" Juan José Campanella Rupert HolmesJanuary 13, 1996 (1996-01-13)
22"Klondike 9366"Juan José CampanellaRupert HolmesJanuary 13, 1996 (1996-01-13)
33"A Rock and a Soft Place"Howard MeltzerRupert HolmesFebruary 7, 1996 (1996-02-07)
44"There But for the Grace"Juan José CampanellaRupert HolmesFebruary 21, 1996 (1996-02-21)
55"Sight Unseen"Juan José CampanellaRupert HolmesJune 1, 1996 (1996-06-01)
66"Emperor Smith"Frank DoelgerRupert HolmesJune 8, 1996 (1996-06-08)
77"Who's Minding the Asylum?"Howard MeltzerStory by: Rupert Holmes
Teleplay by: Rupert Holmes & G. Ross Parker
June 15, 1996 (1996-06-15)
88"Armchair Detective"Juan José CampanellaRupert HolmesJune 22, 1996 (1996-06-22)
99"Hilary Booth, Registered Nurse"Howard MeltzerRupert HolmesJune 29, 1996 (1996-06-29)
1010"Valentino Speaks!"Juan José CampanellaStory by: Rupert Holmes
Teleplay by: G. Ross Parker
July 13, 1996 (1996-07-13)
1111"A Capital Idea"Frank DoelgerRupert HolmesJuly 20, 1996 (1996-07-20)
1212"Popping the Question"Howard MeltzerRupert HolmesAugust 3, 1996 (1996-08-03)
1313"World of Tomorrow"Juan José CampanellaRupert HolmesAugust 17, 1996 (1996-08-17)

Season 2 (1996–97)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
141"Radio Silence"Howard MeltzerRupert HolmesNovember 16, 1996 (1996-11-16)
152"I Now Pronounce You Man and Wife Again" Richard Shepard Rupert HolmesNovember 23, 1996 (1996-11-23)
163"Some Good News, Some Bad News"Bruce LeddyRupert HolmesNovember 30, 1996 (1996-11-30)
174"Don't Act Like That"Howard MeltzerRupert HolmesDecember 7, 1996 (1996-12-07)
185"The Diva That Wouldn't Die"Richard ShepardStory by: Rupert Holmes
Teleplay by: Rick Mitz
December 14, 1996 (1996-12-14)
196"Christmas in the Airwaves" Peter Lauer Rupert HolmesDecember 21, 1996 (1996-12-21)
207
218"Behind Every Great Woman" Danny Leiner Story by: Rupert Holmes
Teleplay by: Rupert Holmes & Rick Mitz
December 28, 1996 (1996-12-28)
229"Strange Bedfellows" Chris Koch Rupert HolmesJanuary 4, 1997 (1997-01-04)
2310"Close Quarters"Peter LauerRupert HolmesJanuary 11, 1997 (1997-01-11)
2411"Scott Sherwood of the F.B.I."Richard ShepardRupert HolmesJanuary 18, 1997 (1997-01-18)
2512"The First Mrs. Bloom"Julian PetrilloRupert HolmesJanuary 25, 1997 (1997-01-25)
2613"Like a Brother"Howard MeltzerRupert HolmesFebruary 1, 1997 (1997-02-01)
2714"Magic"Richard ShepardRupert HolmesFebruary 8, 1997 (1997-02-08)

Season 3 (1997)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
281"In the WENN Small Hours"Howard MeltzerRupert HolmesAugust 16, 1997 (1997-08-16)
292"Prior to Broadway" Richard Shepard Story by: Emily Whitesell & Rupert Holmes
Teleplay by: Rupert Holmes
August 23, 1997 (1997-08-23)
303"Who's Scott Sherwood?" Juan José Campanella Rupert HolmesAugust 30, 1997 (1997-08-30)
314"The New Actor" Joanna Kerns Rupert HolmesSeptember 6, 1997 (1997-09-06)
325"Two for the Price of One"Juan José CampanellaRupert HolmesSeptember 13, 1997 (1997-09-13)
336"The Importance of Being Betty" Michael Tuchner Rupert Holmes & Leon SeidmanSeptember 20, 1997 (1997-09-20)
347"Mr. & Mrs. Singer"Richard ShepardRupert HolmesSeptember 27, 1997 (1997-09-27)
358"Nothing Up My Sleeve" Jason Alexander Rupert HolmesOctober 11, 1997 (1997-10-11)
369"A Star in Stripes Forever" Jill Mitwell Rupert HolmesOctober 18, 1997 (1997-10-18)
3710"A Girl Like Maple"Richard ShepardRupert HolmesOctober 25, 1997 (1997-10-25)
3811"From the Pen of Gertrude Reece"Howard MeltzerRupert HolmesNovember 1, 1997 (1997-11-01)
3912"Eugenia Breimer, Master Spy"Julian PetrilloRupert HolmesNovember 8, 1997 (1997-11-08)
4013"Courting Disaster"Richard ShepardRupert HolmesNovember 15, 1997 (1997-11-15)
4114"And How"Julian PetrilloRupert HolmesNovember 22, 1997 (1997-11-22)
4215"The Ghost of WENN"Jill MitwellRupert HolmesDecember 6, 1997 (1997-12-06)
4316"Caller I.D."Richard ShepardRupert HolmesDecember 13, 1997 (1997-12-13)
4417"Happy Homecomings"Juan José CampanellaRupert HolmesDecember 27, 1997 (1997-12-27)

Season 4 (1998)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
451"Some Time, Some Station" Juan José Campanella Rupert HolmesJune 19, 1998 (1998-06-19)
462"Thanks a Lottery!"Howard MeltzerRupert HolmesJune 26, 1998 (1998-06-26)
473"You've Met Your Match" Richard Shepard Rupert HolmesJuly 3, 1998 (1998-07-03)
484"And If I Die Before I Sleep"Juan José CampanellaRupert HolmesJuly 10, 1998 (1998-07-10)
495"Hillary's Agent"Richard ShepardRupert HolmesJuly 17, 1998 (1998-07-17)
506"Birth of a Station"Juan José CampanellaRupert HolmesJuly 24, 1998 (1998-07-24)
517"Follies of WENN"Richard ShepardRupert HolmesJuly 31, 1998 (1998-07-31)
528"Pitfall" Joanna Kerns Rupert HolmesAugust 7, 1998 (1998-08-07)
539"Work Shift"Juan José CampanellaRupert HolmesAugust 14, 1998 (1998-08-14)
5410"Past Tense, Future Imperfect" Danny Leiner Rupert HolmesAugust 21, 1998 (1998-08-21)
5511"The Sunset Also Rises"Juan José CampanellaDavid IvesAugust 28, 1998 (1998-08-28)
5612"At Cross Purposes"Howard MeltzerRupert HolmesSeptember 4, 1998 (1998-09-04)
5713"All's Noisy on the Pittsburgh Front"Juan José CampanellaRupert HolmesSeptember 11, 1998 (1998-09-11)

Notable guest stars

Notes

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