Episode
Murphy Brown: Loose Affiliations
Overview
Murphy bad mouths the network's new fall line-up and the staff is forced to attend an affiliate's meeting.
Details
- Series
- Murphy Brown
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 1994-10-03
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Loose Affiliations is Episode 3 in Season 7 of Murphy Brown. It aired on 1994-10-03. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 4: Be Careful What You Wish For
Corky's handling of a tough interview impresses her colleagues, but it isn't a hit with her fans, so she invites a few of the hate mail writers to the FYI offices.
More episodes from this season
Episode 1: Brown vs. the Board of Education
Murphy tries to impress the board members of the prestigious ""Ducky Lucky Pre-School,"" by inviting them to a celebrity filled party.
Episode 5: Burger, She Wrote
When her life-sized statue of ""Meaty Boy,"" an icon from a childhood burger place, is taken as a prank, Murphy unleashes a reign of terror against the suspected perpetrators.
Episode 6: Humboldt IV: Judgment Day
Jim tries to get the staff to be part of the Humboldt Award judging committee. Frank just tries to get on the ballot, since he forgot to send in his entry, but didn't forget his ad campaign. After the judging an easy category, Murphy plans to go to a Motown festival with Peter, but when she gets reassigned to another category, she makes the other judge's experience, including Corky, a living hell.
Episode 7: Frank Cuts Loose
FYI is moved out of its time slot to Saturday night, Frank goes upstairs to try to get the show moved back. Instead, he gets his big chance at being the lead anchor of the new magazine show that is taking the time slot. Then the network asks Murphy to interview him before their first show.
Episode 8: Reporters Make Strange Bedfellows
After her story falls apart, Peter & Murphy try to have a romantic weekend in the Cayman Islands. Just after arriving, Murphy gets word that the story is back on and Peter stumbles onto a lead and then their competition begins.
Episode 9: Prelude to a Kiss
Unbeknownst to Miles, Corky classifies a Saturday night dinner with him as a date. When he does find out, first he isn't interested, but then changes his mind.
Episode 10: Bye Bye Bernecky
Eldin's mother stops by to visit (she's a hit with the FYI staffers) and she has a letter for Eldin. The letter contains a chance for Eldin to study with a famous muralist in Spain, but it means he must leave Murphy and Avery, something he's reluctant to do, so Murphy fires him.
Episode 11: The Secret Life of Jim Dial
A series of incidents, while Doris is away, make Jim the subject of a tabloid article and his co-workers begin to doubt the credibility of his side of the story.
Episode 12: Brown in Toyland
Murphy joins the frenzied masses of toy shoppers, when she overhears Avery tell Santa that he wants the hottest toy on the market for Christmas. This holiday season is turning into a bummer for Corky, when nothing seems to go right.
Episode 13: The Best and Not-So-Brightest
Stuart Best returns to Washington as a congressman and he humiliates Murphy at an inaugural party. To get her revenge, Murphy gets him on FYI to see where he stands on the issues, only Stuart didn't find out who was contributing to his campaign.