Murphy Brown 1988
“Comedy's Back In The News.”
★ 6.4/10 · 87 votes TV-PG Comedy 10 seasons · 247 eps Ended
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What is Murphy Brown?
Murphy Brown is an American television sitcom created by Diane English. The series stars Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI, a fictional television newsmagazine.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 1988
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 247
- Runtime
- 24 minutes
- First aired
- Nov 14, 1988
- Last aired
- May 18, 1998
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- US
- Networks
- CBS
- Genres
- Comedy
- Updated
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Murphy Brown is an American television sitcom created by Diane English. The series stars Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI, a fictional television newsmagazine. Murphy Brown is a recovering alcoholic who returns to FYI after a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic residential treatment center. She is portrayed as one of America's hardest-hitting media personalities, sharp tongued and hard as nails, having shattered many glass ceilings encountered during her career. The series premiered on CBS and follows the personal and professional misadventures of Murphy Brown, an opinionated but beloved woman working as a television journalist. The show features a cast including Candice Bergen, Grant Shaud, Robert Pastorelli, and Faith Ford. Murphy Brown is considered one of the boys in her profession, dominating the FYI news magazine.
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“A sharp-tongued journalist navigates work and life with wit and resilience.”
Reasons to watch
- Candice Bergen's compelling performance
- sharp writing and humor
- tackles serious issues with depth
Keep in mind
- some episodes feel dated
- occasionally slow pacing
you enjoy strong female leads in workplace comedies.
Suitable for mature audiences due to themes of addiction and adult situations.
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Cast
Candice Bergen
Murphy Brown
Faith Ford
Corky Sherwood
Joe Regalbuto
Frank Fontana
Charles Kimbrough
Jim Dial
Pat Corley
Phil
Grant Shaud
Miles Silverberg
Robert Pastorelli
Eldin Bernecky
Lily Tomlin
Kay Carter-Shepley
John Hostetter
John
Ritch Brinkley
Carl Wishnitski
Alan Oppenheimer
Eugene Kinsella
Paul Reubens
Andrew J. Lansing III
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Season 1 · 22 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 Respect Mytharc Nov 14, 1988
- E2 Devil with a Blue Dress On Core Nov 21, 1988
- E3 Nowhere to Run Core Nov 28, 1988
- E4 Signed, Sealed, Delivered Core Dec 5, 1988
- E5 Murphy's Pony Core Dec 11, 1988
- E6 Baby Love Core Dec 12, 1988
- E7 Set Me Free Core Dec 19, 1988
- E8 And So He Goes Core Jan 2, 1989
- E9 I Would Have Danced All Night Core Jan 9, 1989
- E10 Kyle Core Jan 16, 1989
- E11 Off the Job Experience Core Jan 23, 1989
- E12 Why Do Fools Fall in Love? Mytharc Feb 13, 1989
- E13 Soul Man Core Feb 20, 1989
- E14 It's How You Play the Game Core Feb 27, 1989
- E15 Mama Said Core Mar 6, 1989
- E16 Moscow on the Potomac Core Mar 13, 1989
- E17 My Dinner with Einstein Mytharc Mar 20, 1989
- E18 Funnies Girl Core Apr 10, 1989
- E19 The Unshrinkable Murphy Brown Core May 1, 1989
- E20 The Summer of '77 Core May 8, 1989
- E21 The Bickners Mytharc May 15, 1989
- E22 The Morning Show Mytharc May 22, 1989
Season 2 · 27 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Brothers Silverberg Mytharc Sep 18, 1989
- E2 Anchors Away Core Sep 25, 1989
- E3 The Memo that Got Away Core Oct 2, 1989
- E4 TV or Not TV Core Oct 16, 1989
- E5 Miles' Big Adventure Core Oct 23, 1989
- E6 Buddies Schmuddies Core Oct 30, 1989
- E7 Whose Garbage is it Anyway? Core Nov 6, 1989
- E8 And the Whiner Is... Core Nov 13, 1989
- E9 Roasted Core Nov 20, 1989
- E10 Brown Like Me (1) Core Nov 27, 1989
- E11 Brown Like Me (2) Core Nov 27, 1989
- E12 The Strike Core Dec 11, 1989
- E13 Here's to You Mrs. Kinsella Core Dec 18, 1989
- E14 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? Core Jan 1, 1990
- E15 Subpoena Envy Core Jan 8, 1990
- E16 I Want My FYI Core Jan 29, 1990
- E17 Frankly Speaking Core Feb 5, 1990
- E18 The Murphy Brown School of Broadcasting Core Feb 12, 1990
- E19 Bad Girls Core Feb 19, 1990
- E20 Heart of Gold Core Feb 26, 1990
- E21 On the Road Again Core Mar 5, 1990
- E22 But First a Word From Our Sponsor Core Mar 19, 1990
- E23 Frank's Appendectomy Core Apr 9, 1990
- E24 Fax or Fiction Core Apr 30, 1990
- E25 The Bitch's Back Core May 7, 1990
- E26 Going to the Chapel (1) Mytharc May 14, 1990
- E27 Going to the Chapel (2) Mytharc May 21, 1990
Season 3 · 26 episodes
Open the complete Season 3 guide & lore primer →- E1 The 390th Broadcast Mytharc Sep 17, 1990
- E2 Brown and Blue Core Sep 24, 1990
- E3 Loco Hero Core Oct 1, 1990
- E4 Strike Two Core Oct 15, 1990
- E5 The Gold Rush Core Oct 22, 1990
- E6 Bob & Murphy & Ted & Avery Core Nov 5, 1990
- E7 The Last Laugh Core Nov 12, 1990
- E8 Rootless People Core Nov 19, 1990
- E9 The Bummer of 42 Core Nov 26, 1990
- E10 Trouble in Sherwood-Forrest Core Dec 10, 1990
- E11 Jingle Hell, Jingle Hell, Jingle All the Way Core Dec 17, 1990
- E12 Retreat Core Jan 7, 1991
- E13 Eldin Imitates Life Core Jan 14, 1991
- E14 Contractions Core Jan 21, 1991
- E15 Hoarse Play Core Feb 4, 1991
- E16 The Novel Core Feb 11, 1991
- E17 Terror on the 17th Floor Core Feb 18, 1991
- E18 On Another Plane (1) Core Feb 25, 1991
- E19 On Another Plane (2) Core Feb 25, 1991
- E20 Driving Miss Crazy Core Mar 4, 1991
- E21 Everytime it Rains... You Get Wet Core Mar 18, 1991
- E22 Corky's Place Core Apr 8, 1991
- E23 Small Core Apr 29, 1991
- E24 The Usual Suspects Core May 6, 1991
- E25 Q & A on FYI Mytharc May 13, 1991
- E26 Uh-Oh (1) Mytharc May 20, 1991
Season 4 · 26 episodes
Open the complete Season 4 guide & lore primer →- E1 Uh-Oh (2) Mytharc Sep 16, 1991
- E2 Uh-Oh (3) Core Sep 16, 1991
- E3 I'm As Much of a Man as I Ever Was Core Sep 23, 1991
- E4 Male Call Core Sep 30, 1991
- E5 The Square Triangle Core Oct 7, 1991
- E6 Full Circle Core Oct 14, 1991
- E7 The Smiths Go to Washington Core Oct 28, 1991
- E8 It Came From College Core Nov 4, 1991
- E9 The Queen of Soul Core Nov 11, 1991
- E10 Inside Murphy Brown Core Nov 18, 1991
- E11 Mission Control Core Nov 25, 1991
- E12 Be it Ever So Humboldt Core Dec 9, 1991
- E13 Love is Blonde Core Dec 16, 1991
- E14 Anchor Rancor Mytharc Jan 6, 1992
- E15 Guess Who's Coming to Luncheon Core Jan 13, 1992
- E16 Lovesick Core Jan 20, 1992
- E17 Heartfelt Core Feb 3, 1992
- E18 Send in the Clowns Core Feb 24, 1992
- E19 Murphy Buys the Farm Core Mar 2, 1992
- E20 Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are Core Mar 4, 1992
- E21 Rage Before Beauty Core Mar 16, 1992
- E22 Phil's Not So Silent Partner Core Mar 23, 1992
- E23 He-Ho, He-Ho, It's Off to Lamaze We Go Core Apr 27, 1992
- E24 On the Rocks Core May 4, 1992
- E25 A Chance of Showers Mytharc May 11, 1992
- E26 Birth 101 Mytharc May 18, 1992
Season 5 · 25 episodes
Open the complete Season 5 guide & lore primer →- E1 You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato (1) Mytharc Sep 21, 1992
- E2 You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato (2) Core Sep 21, 1992
- E3 Life After Birth Core Sep 28, 1992
- E4 Black, White & Brown Core Oct 5, 1992
- E5 I Never Sang for My Husband Core Oct 12, 1992
- E6 Night of Living News Core Oct 26, 1992
- E7 A Year to Remember Core Nov 2, 1992
- E8 Midnight Plane to Paris Core Nov 9, 1992
- E9 Me Thinks My Parents Doth Protest Too Much Core Nov 16, 1992
- E10 Winners Take All Core Nov 23, 1992
- E11 Till Death or Next Thursday Do We Part Core Dec 7, 1992
- E12 I'm Dreaming of a Brown Christmas Core Dec 14, 1992
- E13 Games Mother Play Core Jan 4, 1993
- E14 The British Invasion Core Jan 11, 1993
- E15 Back to the Ball Core Jan 18, 1993
- E16 The Intern Core Feb 1, 1993
- E17 Trickster, We Hardly Knew Ye Core Feb 8, 1993
- E18 The World According to Avery Core Feb 15, 1993
- E19 Bump in the Night Core Feb 21, 1993
- E20 To Market, to Market Core Mar 1, 1993
- E21 Two For the Road Core Mar 15, 1993
- E22 Murphy and the Amazing Leaping Man Core Mar 22, 1993
- E23 The Egg & I Core May 3, 1993
- E24 Ship of Phil's Mytharc May 10, 1993
- E25 One Mytharc May 17, 1993
Season 6 · 25 episodes
Open the complete Season 6 guide & lore primer →- E1 The More Things Change Mytharc Sep 20, 1993
- E2 Angst For the Memories Core Sep 27, 1993
- E3 Black and White and Read All Over Core Oct 4, 1993
- E4 Political Correctness Core Oct 11, 1993
- E5 The Young & the Rest of Us Core Oct 18, 1993
- E6 Ticket to Writhe Core Oct 25, 1993
- E7 I Don't Know You From Madam Core Nov 1, 1993
- E8 All the Life That's Fit to Print Core Nov 8, 1993
- E9 Bah Humboldt Core Nov 15, 1993
- E10 Reaper Madness Core Nov 22, 1993
- E11 It's Not Easy Being Brown Core Nov 29, 1993
- E12 To Have and Have Not Core Dec 6, 1993
- E13 Socks and the Single Woman Core Dec 13, 1993
- E14 A Piece of the Auction Core Jan 3, 1994
- E15 The Thrill of the Hunt Core Jan 10, 1994
- E16 The Deal of the Art Core Jan 17, 1994
- E17 The Anchorman Core Jan 24, 1994
- E18 Fjord Eyes Only Core Jan 31, 1994
- E19 Crime Story Core Feb 28, 1994
- E20 The Fifth Anchor Core Mar 7, 1994
- E21 Anything But Cured Core Mar 14, 1994
- E22 The Tip of the Silverburg Core Mar 28, 1994
- E23 It's Just Like Riding a Bike Core May 2, 1994
- E24 My Movie With Louis Mytharc May 9, 1994
- E25 The More Things Stay the Same Mytharc May 16, 1994
Season 7 · 26 episodes
Open the complete Season 7 guide & lore primer →- E1 Brown vs. the Board of Education Mytharc Sep 19, 1994
- E2 Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? Core Sep 26, 1994
- E3 Loose Affiliations Core Oct 3, 1994
- E4 Be Careful What You Wish For Core Oct 10, 1994
- E5 Burger, She Wrote Core Oct 17, 1994
- E6 Humboldt IV: Judgment Day Mytharc Oct 24, 1994
- E7 Frank Cuts Loose Core Oct 31, 1994
- E8 Reporters Make Strange Bedfellows Core Nov 7, 1994
- E9 Prelude to a Kiss Core Nov 14, 1994
- E10 Bye Bye Bernecky Core Nov 21, 1994
- E11 The Secret Life of Jim Dial Core Nov 28, 1994
- E12 Brown in Toyland Core Dec 12, 1994
- E13 The Best and Not-So-Brightest Core Jan 2, 1995
- E14 Rumble in the Alley Core Jan 9, 1995
- E15 Requiem For a Crew Guy Core Jan 16, 1995
- E16 I Want My MTV-Jay Core Jan 23, 1995
- E17 Specific Overtures Core Feb 6, 1995
- E18 A Rat's Tale Core Feb 13, 1995
- E19 It's Miller Time Core Feb 20, 1995
- E20 McGovern: Unclothed Core Feb 27, 1995
- E21 The Good Nephew Core Mar 13, 1995
- E22 FYI of the Hurricane Core Mar 20, 1995
- E23 Model Relationships Core May 8, 1995
- E24 Make Room For Daddy Core May 15, 1995
- E25 Retrospective (1) Mytharc May 22, 1995
- E26 Retrospective (2) Mytharc May 22, 1995
Season 8 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 8 guide & lore primer →- E1 Altered States Mytharc Sep 18, 1995
- E2 The Awful Truth Core Sep 25, 1995
- E3 Fearless Frank Core Oct 2, 1995
- E4 Murphy's Law Core Oct 9, 1995
- E5 Sex or Death Core Oct 16, 1995
- E6 Miller's Crossing Core Oct 23, 1995
- E7 The Feminine Critique Core Oct 30, 1995
- E8 Bad Company Core Nov 6, 1995
- E9 The Ten Percent Solution Core Nov 13, 1995
- E10 The Humboldt Doldt Core Nov 20, 1995
- E11 Dick and Dottie Core Nov 27, 1995
- E12 All in the Family Core Jan 8, 1996
- E13 If You're Going to Talk the Talk Core Jan 15, 1996
- E14 My Fair Miller Core Jan 22, 1996
- E15 Old Flames Core Feb 5, 1996
- E16 Up in Smoke Mytharc Feb 12, 1996
- E17 Aftermath Core Feb 19, 1996
- E18 Trick or Retreat Core Feb 26, 1996
- E19 All Singing! All Dancing! All Miserable! Core Mar 4, 1996
- E20 The Bus Stops Here Core Mar 11, 1996
- E21 When A. Lansing Loves a Woman Core Apr 29, 1996
- E22 Casa Nova Core May 6, 1996
- E23 Stepping Out (1) Mytharc May 13, 1996
- E24 Miles Away (2) Mytharc May 20, 1996
Season 9 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 9 guide & lore primer →- E1 Executive Decision Mytharc Sep 16, 1996
- E2 Power Play Core Sep 23, 1996
- E3 A Comedy of Eros Core Sep 30, 1996
- E4 Son of Dottie Core Oct 7, 1996
- E5 Office Politics Core Oct 14, 1996
- E6 Phil's Dead - Long Live Phil's Core Oct 21, 1996
- E7 That's the Way the Corky Crumbles Core Oct 28, 1996
- E8 Defending Your Life Core Nov 4, 1996
- E9 Underdogs Core Nov 11, 1996
- E10 Nobody's Perfect Core Nov 18, 1996
- E11 A One Night Stan Core Nov 25, 1996
- E12 Seperation Anxiety Core Dec 2, 1996
- E13 Montezuma's Retreat Core Dec 16, 1996
- E14 The Big Thaw Core Jan 6, 1997
- E15 Who Do You Truss? Core Jan 13, 1997
- E16 You Don't Know Jackal Core Jan 20, 1997
- E17 Blind Date Core Feb 3, 1997
- E18 Oh, Danny Boy Core Feb 10, 1997
- E19 Desperate Times Core Feb 17, 1997
- E20 And That's the Way it Was? Core Feb 25, 1997
- E21 How to Marry a Billionaire Core Apr 28, 1997
- E22 Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow Core May 5, 1997
- E23 Mama Miller Mytharc May 12, 1997
- E24 When One Door Closes ... Mytharc May 18, 1997
Season 10 · 22 episodes
Open the complete Season 10 guide & lore primer →- E1 Murphy Redux Mytharc Oct 1, 1997
- E2 A Butcher, A Faker a Bummed-Out Promo Maker Core Oct 8, 1997
- E3 Ectomy, Schmectomy Core Oct 15, 1997
- E4 Operation: Murphy Brown Core Oct 22, 1997
- E5 Florence Night-en Corky Core Oct 29, 1997
- E6 Waiting to Inhale Core Nov 5, 1997
- E7 Petty Woman Core Nov 12, 1997
- E8 From Here to Jerusalem Core Nov 19, 1997
- E9 Tempus Fugit Core Nov 24, 1997
- E10 I Hear a Symphony Core Dec 10, 1997
- E11 From the Terrace Core Dec 17, 1997
- E12 The Last Temptation of Murphy Core Jan 7, 1998
- E13 Turpis Capillus Annus (Bad Hair Day) Core Jan 14, 1998
- E14 Wee Small Hours Core Jan 21, 1998
- E15 Then and Now Core Jan 28, 1998
- E16 Opus One Core Apr 6, 1998
- E17 Seems Like Gold Times Core Apr 13, 1998
- E18 Second Time Around Core Apr 20, 1998
- E19 A Man and a Woman Core Apr 27, 1998
- E20 Dial and Substance Core May 4, 1998
- E21 Never Can Say Goodbye (1) Mytharc May 18, 1998
- E22 Never Can Say Goodbye (2) Mytharc May 18, 1998
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Frequently asked questions
Is Murphy Brown based on a real person?
No, Murphy Brown is a fictional character created by Diane English.
Where can I watch Murphy Brown?
The series aired on CBS and is available through various streaming platforms.
Did the show win any awards?
Yes, it received multiple Emmy Awards and Golden Globe nominations.
What genre is Murphy Brown?
It is a comedy-drama sitcom with elements of satire.
How many seasons are there?
The original run lasted ten seasons from 1988 to 1998.
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