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- 1. Respect Nov 14, 1988
- A TV journalist's professional success contrasts her personal failings.
- 2. Devil With a Blue Dress On Nov 21, 1988
- Novice Corky finds a corporate Wunderkind is a drug smuggler.
- 3. Nowhere to Run Nov 28, 1988
- Murphy investigates a federal prosecutor linked to mob-run prostitution.
Murphy Brown is an American television sitcom created by Diane English that premiered on November 14, 1988, on CBS. The series stars Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI, a fictional CBS television newsmagazine, and later for Murphy in the Morning, a cable morning news show.
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The early season
The first season saw Murphy relearning her job without the use of two crutches—alcohol and cigarettes. In the pilot episode, she complained the only vice she had left herself was chewing yellow number-two pencils. It also set up the series-long running gag of Murphy's battles with the off-beat and sometimes downright bizarre characters that were sent by Personnel to act as her secretary, none of whom ever last for more than an episode, save two; one played by Paul Reubens. Action was divided...
Murphy as a single mother
In the show's 1991–92 season, Murphy became pregnant. When her baby's father (ex-husband and current underground radical Jake Lowenstein) expressed his unwillingness to give up his own lifestyle to be a parent, Murphy chose to have the child and raise it alone. Another major fiction-reality blending came at Murphy's baby shower: the invited guests were journalists Katie Couric, Joan Lunden, Paula Zahn, Mary Alice Williams and Faith Daniels, who treated the fictional Murphy and Corky as friend...
Later seasons
The fifth season continued after the departure of series-creator and show-runner Diane English. Murphy's struggles with parenthood were highlighted, as were the revolving-door of nanny characters mirroring her office tribulations. Corky's marriage unraveled and ended in divorce as she and Will grew apart. (Right before the wedding, Forrest had decided to abandon the practice of law and follow his true calling—creative writing.) This tragedy saw Corky become less the Pollyanna as she began to...
Recurring
1. Jay Thomasas Jerry Gold 2. John Hostetter as John 3. Ritch Brinkleyas Carl Wishnitsk 4. Janet Carroll as Doris Dial 5. Colleen Dewhurst as Avery Brown (Sr.) 6. Darren McGavinas Bill Brown 7. Scott Bakulaas Peter Hunt 8. Jane Leevesas Audrey Cohen 9. Robin Thomas as Jake Lowenstein 10. Christopher Richas Miller Redfield 11. Alan Oppenheimeras Eugene Kinsela 12. Paula Caleas McGovern 13. Paul Reubens as Andrew J. Lansing III 14. Julius Carry as Mitchell Baldwin 15. Merle Dandridge as Diana M...
The program was well known for stories inspired by current events and its political satire. It achieved a high level of cultural notoriety in the 1992 presidential campaign when Dan Quayle mentioned the show in a campaign speech, afterwards known as the "Murphy Brown speech". The show began in the Monday 9/8 p.m. timeslot and remained there until i...
Development
With rival networks returning popular classic shows to the airwaves (Will & Grace on NBC, Roseanne on ABC, and The X-Files for Fox), CBS announced it ordered a 13-episode revival of Murphy Brown for the 2018–2019 season. The series will be set in "a world of cable news, fake news and a very different political and cultural climate," according to CBS. Bergen will reprise her role, plus executive produce alongside series creator Diane English. On February 27, 2018, it was announced that Pamela...
Casting
Alongside the initial announcement of the revival, it was confirmed that Candice Bergen would reprise her role as Murphy Brown. On February 26, 2018, it was announced that Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto, and Grant Shaud were joining the main cast and reprising their roles from the series' original run. It was also reported Charles Kimbrough might make a guest appearance in the revival. On March 16, 2018, it was announced that Jake McDorman and Nik Dodani had also joined the main cast. McDorman is...
Revival cancellation
On May 10, 2019, it was announced that CBS officially cancelled Murphy Brown for a single season, along with Fam, Happy Together and Life in Pieces. A combination of factors, including declining ratings, CBS's desire to have an ownership stake, and the network needing to clear space on four new sitcoms in the fall 2019 schedule, led to the show's demise.
FYI
FYI(For Your Information) is a fictional news broadcast anchored by Jim Dial and Murphy Brown. Regular segments include political interviews conducted by Brown, commentaries offered by Dial, celebrity or "fluff" news stories delivered by Corky Sherwood, and field investigations undertaken by Frank Fontana. The show was originally anchored by Dial, Brown, Fontana, and Stuart Best. Best offered a segment called "All's I Know", though he departed after six episodes. During Brown's temporary abse...
Front & Center
Front & Center with Murphy Brown and Miller Redfield is a fictional panel show featuring critical commentary offered by FYI co-anchor Murphy Brown and former FYIcorrespondent Miller Redfield. Brown was initially contracted to work alongside Walter Cronkite, who dropped out pre-production. The series ran from 1995-1996.
From 2005 to 2007, Nick at Nite aired the series daily nationwide including sister channel TV Land from 2006 to 2009. Syndicated shows are sold in multiyear cycles, with the first cycle the most expensive. The series was unsuccessful in off-network syndication, in part because of music rights fees and in part because the topical references in the s...
On February 8, 2005, Warner Home Video released the complete first season of Murphy Brownon DVD in Region 1. WBTV has released a statement in which it said that the reason as to why the second season has yet to be released as of 2016 is because of music that is copyrighted. It is unknown if the remaining nine seasons will ever be released. For the ...
Murphy Brown is an Emmy Award-winning American sitcom which aired on CBS from 1988 to 1998 and restarting in 2018. Starting Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown is a recovering alcoholic, who, in the show's first episode, returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic.
The following is a list of episodes for the American television sitcom Murphy Brown. The series premiered on November 14, 1988, on CBS , and ended on May 18, 1998. A total of 260 episodes have aired, most recently airing its eleventh season.
No. OverallNo. In SeasonTitleWritten By11"Respect"Diane English22"Devil with a Blue Dress On"Korby Siamis33"Nowhere to Run"Russ Woody44"Signed, Sealed, Delivered"Diane EnglishMurphy Brown: Created by Diane English. With Candice Bergen, Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto, Charles Kimbrough. The personal and professional misadventures of an opinionated but beloved woman working as a television journalist.
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List of Murphy Brown episodes. This is the complete episode list of all eleventh seasons of Murphy Brown the return of the series.
The eleventh and final season of the American television sitcom Murphy Brown follows news anchor Murphy Brown and the cast and crew of the morning news show Murphy in the Morning as they combat the rise of misinformation and fake news from their studio in Washington D.C.
