TV series
Murphy Brown
Overview
Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic residential treatment center. Over 40 and single, she is sharp tongued and hard as nails. In her profession, she is considered one of the boys, having shattered many glass ceilings encountered during her career. Dominating the FYI news magazine, she is portrayed as one of America's hardest-hitting (though not the warmest or more sympathetic) media personalities.
Details
- First air date
- 1988-11-14
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 10 seasons
- Episodes
- 247 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy
- Network
- CBS
- Production
- Warner Bros. Television, Shukovsky English Entertainment
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown
- Faith Ford as Corky Sherwood
- Joe Regalbuto as Frank Fontana
- Charles Kimbrough as Jim Dial
- Pat Corley as Phil
- Grant Shaud as Miles Silverberg
- Robert Pastorelli as Eldin Bernecky
- Lily Tomlin as Kay Carter-Shepley
- John Hostetter as John
- Ritch Brinkley as Carl Wishnitski
- Alan Oppenheimer as Eugene Kinsella
- Paul Reubens as Andrew J. Lansing III
Creators and crew
- Diane English - Creator
- Gary Dontzig - Executive Producer
- Diane English - Executive Producer
- Russ Woody - Producer
- Norm Gunzenhauser - Producer
- Tom Seeley - Producer
Seasons
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