Remember WENN

Remember WENN is a comedy-drama television series that aired from 1996 to 1998 on the cable channel American Movie Classics. 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". 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. After decades of being unavailable to audiences, all four seasons of the series are currently streaming on AMC+ and PLEX TV. Major characters Elizabeth "Betty" Roberts (Amanda Naughton) – Originally an unpaid writing intern at WENN, the plucky and determined Betty is hired as a salaried writer after resolving a crisis at the station in the first episode. Being from Elkhart, Indiana, Betty exhibits a lot of small-town naivete and at times seems overwhelmed by living in a bigger city like Pittsburgh, though she never loses her spirit. While she primarily remains a writer during the course of the show, she also acts, sings, announces, reads advertisements on the air, negotiates with sponsors, and acts as the de facto station manager on many occasions. Throughout the series, Betty shares romantic and reciprocated feelings for both Victor Comstock and Scott Sherwood. Her relationship with Scott sours when he admits to lying about his background. Her relationship with Victor is unconventional. While Betty shows romantic interest in him, he is usually distant and business-like toward her and appears oblivious to her veiled advances. Victor Comstock (John Bedford Lloyd) – The station manager of WENN during the most of the first season of the series, Victor Comstock clearly loves working in radio and inspires loyalty amongst his staff. Though generally honest and upright, he is not above reluctantly engaging in mild deception or slightly shady ploys to keep the always-financially-shaky station running.