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Murphy Brown

CBS (Ended 1998)

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8.3 Great
516 votes

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Murphy Brown ranks 1,840 out of the 18,221 shows on TV.com.

The 304 users who count themselves as Murphy Brown fans have written a total of 24 reviews.

Status

Ended

Premiered

November 14, 1988

Ended

May 18, 1998

Genre

Comedy

Theme

Office

Show Overview

Final Episode

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Episode Score
 
9.5

Never Can Say Goodbye (1)

Murphy fires her last secretary, she plans on leaving FYI, it has been six months since her last chemotherapy treatment. She wants to live the rest of her life. Jim mentions it might be time for him to go as well. The rest of the staff tries to come to grips with the situation. Meanwhile, shooting on location down the street, Julia Roberts stops by the offices of FYI hoping to meet Frank… read more »

Aired: 05/18/98

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Murphy Brown was created by Diane English. Murphy is the star reporter on a news magazine show called FYI. The show is based in Washington DC, which gives the FYI team more than enough material to work with. Murphy lives in a townhouse that she has been having repainted for the duration... more »



First air date: November 14, 1988
Last air date: May 18, 1998
Original air time: Monday 9:00:00 pm (Eastern)

Episodes: 247 Color Episodes + 1 Special

Nielsen Ratings:
(Top 30 or Better)
#27 in the 1989–1990 Season
#6 in the 1990–1991 Season
#3 in the 1991–1992 Season
#4 in the 1992–1993 Season
#9 in the 1993–1994 Season
#16 in the 1994–1995 Season
#20 in the 1995–1996 Seasonless «

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  • Ghost writers on Murphy Brown

    OK, I hope someone can help me. My cousin by marriage I found out was a ghost writer for the Murphy Brown Show. My Grandma ...more »

    2 comments, last one Oct 1, 2008 + Add Comment
  • Well this is just pathedic.

    No one has posted any threads on here! Does everyone hate the show, or does no one have an idea for a thread? I mean, seriously, there might as well not even be a forum for this show. If you answer this, good. that means that at least someone else likes the show other than me.

    12 comments, last one May 21, 2008 + Add Comment
  • Murphy Brown on DVD

    So far we only have season one on DVD, and it doesn't look like season two and onwards will be coming out anytime soon. Why is that? lets put together a campaign or something to get all of the seasons of the great show released on DVD!

    1 comments, last one Feb 12, 2008 + Add Comment
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    1.2 Abysmal

    I didn't care for it too much. It was sort of funny but that was about as much substance as it had. hide « show »

    Candice Bergan plays the same character now forcing her beliefs on people as she did on Murphy Brown. There were som funny jokes, but when you use a show as propaganda for your beliefs, political, religious, or any other I don't really care for that too much. It's kind of sad that these people feel like they have to do that, because that was really the only thing wrong with Murphy Brown. The unfortunate part was that the only the wrong was used during about 80% of the show especially towards the last few seasons that is was on the air.
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    10 Perfect

    This show was one of the best shows on the air from the 80's until the 90's. It hit America's funny bone hard and never let go. It was one of the earliest shows that I got hooked on and watched until the day that it sadly went off the air. hide « show »

    I wish that there were more shows like Murphy Brown out there today, that actually make the audience think. I had a blast seeing Murphy and the gang go through daily life and the many problems in it with such class, character and humanity. Each episode, for the most part, was special in their own way.

    My all time favorite episode was "Waiting to Inhale", the episode where Murphy is fighting breast cancer and Jim goes and tries to get her some marjuana from a drug dealer. What happens next is just pure Murphy Brown. It cracked me up when I first saw that episode back when it originally aired and it still does today.

    Too bad more shows don't have that much guts anymore. The writing just isn't as original and that kind of thing in todays' shows. In fact, Murphy Brown kind of predicted the coming of reality tv in a way. There was an episode where everyone was in one of the bosses' offices' and they showed the board where all of the new shows were listed on, and all that were on it for the most part, were reality tv shows. Kind of ironic, when I look back at it, and rather sad as well.

    Murphy Brown will always be missed for its' sharp humor and insight into life and the world itself, and will be remembered for it as well.
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    9.9 Superb

    One of the best shows out there hide « show »

    Murphy Brown/Candice Bergen is an inspiration in her own light; I'm sure this show has made quite a few people consider journalism as a career based on FYI and the cast of Murphy brown. the rest of the cast has done a wonderful job in portraying their roles. Sharp wit. Wonderful dialog. A lot of nicely shot scenes and memorable moments. Funny and unique characters. Great writing! Murphy Brown remains a favorite of mine to the day. I own Season 1 on DVD and have already watched it several times; it never ceases to be funny. Now if only they'll release the rest of the show on DVD.
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    10 Perfect

    My webpage www.freewebs.com/murphybrown hide « show »

    I think this show is really great. I love Murphy and also Corky and whole cast. The first seasons were the best, but the rest of seasons wasnt also bad.

    There I can write about my web.

    I create fan website about this great sitcom. I didnt found any fan website about this sitcom, so I decided to create some fanpage. I dont know if it will be so good web as the murphy brown show is, but you can judge by yourself. Here it is: www.freewebs.com/murphybrown ... The web is under permanent construction. Maybe there can come also whole episodes.avi ;-) ... so come on to visit my page about Murphy Brown. :o)
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    Still my favorite sitcom hide « show »

    I watched Murphy Brown for the first time when I was about 10 - 12 years old. Back then I couldn't grasp even half of the jokes in the show but nevertheless it fascinated me. The characters were extremely well written and had wonferful interaction between each other. It was a pleasure to watch them fighting, laughing, or whatever they were doing. The reason is that all of them had many flaws and all of them were more or less self-centric (of course, Murphy's ego was huger than anyone else's). Certainly, the formula wouldn't have worked without the brilliant ensemble cast which (in my opinion) was the basis of the show's success and the superb writing. Later, when I was older, I came to appreciate the other wonderful aspect of Murphy Brown as well - the satire. The ability of the writers to balance the funny and the serious has always impressed me. Some people find the show preachy but I strongly disagree.
    The only season I found weak is season 9. But the 10th was great and the show returned to its origins with it. It was a perfect way to say goodbye.
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