OMFG. NewsRadio was by far the greatest sitcom ever. Not only did it have Phil (and it died when he died), but Joe Rogan, Andy Dick, Stephen Root, and David Foley... all comedians/comic actors in their own right, to various degrees. Phil Harman alone wouldn't have done dick. That show worked because of the entire office. Except, of course, for the girls. Although back then, Maura Tierney was so fucking hot.
That show had so many best episodes. The one in space was outrageous (ROFL andy dick let his android wife use the last stasis chamber)... Bill's piano on the elevator singing political jingles... right after Bill's death when Matthew writes a song about him and starts singing, and at first it's about Bill but turns into a long fantasy about elves and unicorns...
Lordy. That show makes me happy just thinking about it. Back when NBC had a remote clue, yet they still refused to market NewsRadio because it didn't appeal to the idiotic young white person demographic, back when all they did was pumped up Friends and Seinfeld. NR got its ratings on its own.
I downloaded the entire series. Boy, that's a lot of DVDs!