Murphy Brown

1988 - 1998 TV-PG 30m 6.9

The personal and professional misadventures of an opinionated but beloved woman working as a television journalist.

Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a very selfish, stubborn, extremely hot-tempered, but also talented, resourceful, clever, and caring middle-aged reporter who works for FYI News Network and at the same time tries to raise her child as an unmarried, working woman. Her friends and co-workers, Corky Sherwood (Faith Ford), Frank Fontana (Joe Regalbuto), Jim Dial (Charles Kimbrough), and Miles Silverberg (Grant Shaud), try to balance between her outbursts of anger and her family, personality, or even financial crises. It's a difficult life for Murphy, but she has the guts to live it.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Respect

1. Respect

Aired: Nov 14, 1988

After spending months at the Betty Ford Center, TV reporter Murphy Brown trie...

Episode 3 Nowhere to Run

3. Nowhere to Run

Aired: Nov 28, 1988

Miles becomes the target of death threats when the show investigates the deal...

Episode 5 Murphy's Pony

5. Murphy's Pony

Aired: Dec 11, 1988

Two days before Christmas, three children show up at FYI with a note from the...

Episode 6 Baby Love

6. Baby Love

Aired: Dec 12, 1988

A friend of Murphy's is having a baby, and Murphy starts to wonder if somethi...

Episode 7 Set Me Free

7. Set Me Free

Aired: Dec 19, 1988

Murphy's having a rotten day, complicated by a gunman who interrupts the show...

Episode 8 And So He Goes

8. And So He Goes

Aired: Jan 2, 1989

The man that Murphy has been in a prank war for decades with dies suddenly, a...

Episode 10 Kyle

10. Kyle

Aired: Jan 16, 1989

Murphy's story gets an innocent inmate released. Everyone feels sorry for him...

Episode 13 Soul Man

13. Soul Man

Aired: Feb 20, 1989

When Murphy is denied access into the last gentlemen's only club in Washingto...

Episode 15 Mama Said

15. Mama Said

Aired: Mar 6, 1989

Murphy's mom whom she was never close to comes for a visit. And she spends al...

Episode 18 Funnies Girl

18. Funnies Girl

Aired: Apr 10, 1989

Murphy makes a joking remark, but her lurid comment is aired on live TV. She ...

Episode 20 The Summer of '77

20. The Summer of '77

Aired: May 8, 1989

Miles needs a story for FYI and Corky suggests covering Phil's 70th anniversa...

Episode 21 The Bickners

21. The Bickners

Aired: May 15, 1989

Murphy is involved in a fender bender with a seemingly sweet old couple who b...

Episode 22 The Morning Show

22. The Morning Show

Aired: May 22, 1989

Murphy and Corky are asked to fill in on a morning show. They quickly discove...

Info about Murphy Brown

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Genres: Comedy