WKRP in Cincinnati
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WKRP in Cincinnati is an American television sitcom that follows the misadventures of the staff at a struggling Cincinnati radio station, originally airing from 1978 to 1982.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WKRP in Cincinnati canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4495156 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: WKRP in Cincinnati Context triple: [Tim Reid, notableWork, WKRP in Cincinnati]
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A.
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
The New WKRP in Cincinnati is a 1990s American sitcom that serves as a sequel to the original WKRP in Cincinnati, following the comedic misadventures of staff at a struggling radio station.
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B.
Spin City
Spin City is an American television sitcom that follows the hectic professional and personal lives of staffers in the New York City mayor’s office.
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C.
Wild 'N Out
Wild 'N Out is an American improv comedy and sketch television series that blends hip-hop culture with comedic battles, created and hosted by Nick Cannon.
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D.
All in the Family
All in the Family is a groundbreaking American television sitcom that aired in the 1970s, known for its candid and often controversial treatment of social and political issues through the lens of a working-class family.
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E.
Laverne & Shirley
Laverne & Shirley is an American sitcom that follows the comedic misadventures of two single women working in a Milwaukee brewery in the 1950s and 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WKRP in Cincinnati Target entity description: WKRP in Cincinnati is an American television sitcom that follows the misadventures of the staff at a struggling Cincinnati radio station, originally airing from 1978 to 1982.
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A.
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
The New WKRP in Cincinnati is a 1990s American sitcom that serves as a sequel to the original WKRP in Cincinnati, following the comedic misadventures of staff at a struggling radio station.
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B.
Spin City
Spin City is an American television sitcom that follows the hectic professional and personal lives of staffers in the New York City mayor’s office.
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C.
Wild 'N Out
Wild 'N Out is an American improv comedy and sketch television series that blends hip-hop culture with comedic battles, created and hosted by Nick Cannon.
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D.
All in the Family
All in the Family is a groundbreaking American television sitcom that aired in the 1970s, known for its candid and often controversial treatment of social and political issues through the lens of a working-class family.
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E.
Laverne & Shirley
Laverne & Shirley is an American sitcom that follows the comedic misadventures of two single women working in a Milwaukee brewery in the 1950s and 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
sitcom
ⓘ
television series ⓘ |
| basedOn | creator Hugh Wilson’s experiences in radio ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | half-hour episodes ⓘ |
| countryOfBroadcast | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Hugh Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsIndustry | radio broadcasting ⓘ |
| endTime | 1982 ⓘ |
| follows | staff of a struggling radio station ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom ⓘ |
| hasAudience | prime-time television viewers ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Frank Bonner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gary Sandy NERFINISHED ⓘ Gordon Jump NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard Hesseman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jan Smithers NERFINISHED ⓘ Loni Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Andy Travis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arthur Carlson NERFINISHED ⓘ Bailey Quarters NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. Johnny Fever NERFINISHED ⓘ Herb Tarlek NERFINISHED ⓘ Jennifer Marlowe NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Nessman NERFINISHED ⓘ Venus Flytrap NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The New WKRP in Cincinnati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSetting | fictional radio station WKRP ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
commercial radio programming
ⓘ
office politics ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
media satire
ⓘ
popular music radio ⓘ workplace comedy ⓘ |
| mediaFormat | television ⓘ |
| notableEpisode | Turkeys Away NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalChannel | CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredOn | network television ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastInTimePeriod |
early 1980s
ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| originalRunStartYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| partOf | American network television programming ⓘ |
| productionCompany | MTM Enterprises NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Cincinnati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1978 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: WKRP in Cincinnati Description of subject: WKRP in Cincinnati is an American television sitcom that follows the misadventures of the staff at a struggling Cincinnati radio station, originally airing from 1978 to 1982.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.