Episode
Murphy Brown: The Fifth Anchor
Overview
FYI's 17th anniversary show is more than complete when an annoying former anchor returns. They plot to get rid of him again until Murphy finds out what he once did for her before the 1st show.
Details
- Series
- Murphy Brown
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 1994-03-07
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Fifth Anchor is Episode 20 in Season 6 of Murphy Brown. It aired on 1994-03-07. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 21: Anything But Cured
Frank's psychologist tells him after 18 years of therapy that he's cured and needs to move on and he leans on Murphy for support.
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Episode 22: The Tip of the Silverburg
When Murphy take Miles shopping for a new suit, he becomes humiliated when she ""sees it"" and then everyone else finds out. Later, everyone else lets out their most embarrassing moment.
Episode 17: The Anchorman
Jim decides to open an English pub called ""The Anchorman"" and it turns out to be a big success as a gay bar.
Episode 23: It's Just Like Riding a Bike
Peter returns to town and he and Murphy pick up right where they left off. Back at her place, Murphy delays the inevitable.
Episode 16: The Deal of the Art
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Episode 24: My Movie With Louis
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Episode 15: The Thrill of the Hunt
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Episode 25: The More Things Stay the Same
Frank, Jim and Murphy are all up for contract renewals as FYI celebrates the airing of its 500th broadcast and their egos go unchecked.
Episode 14: A Piece of the Auction
Murphy gets rude remarks by radio personality, Marty Crane. She gets mad but the gang actually thin the things Marty says about Murphy are funny. They're all now at a charity event at Phill's, while every one of the gang donated something to be auctioned, Murphy decided to donate herself, that means the winner will spend a whole day with her in the office and then go to dinner.
Marty Crane is there, and buys Murphy for 10 thousand dollars. Murphy doesn't accept it at first but then agrees, after all I can't be that bad.
But it is, Marty shows up at the bullpen with cameras and girls with costumes. At her office, they start talking and Marty says that by the end of the day, she'll start seing him differently. Murphy doens't think so.
At the restaurant Murphy doens't seem to want people to see her with Marty, which he notices. They have a honest talk, and Murphy starts to understand his point of view and they make plans to get together again.
The next morning while driving to work,
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