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.
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- Seasons
- 10
- Episodes aired
- 247
- Latest aired
- S10E21
- Total runtime
- 4d 23h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 November 1988 – May 1989 22 episodes
- Season 2 September 1989 – May 1990 27 episodes
- Season 3 September 1990 – May 1991 26 episodes
- Season 4 September 1991 – May 1992 26 episodes
- Season 5 September 1992 – May 1993 25 episodes
- Season 6 September 1993 – May 1994 25 episodes
- Season 7 September 1994 – May 1995 26 episodes
- Season 8 September 1995 – May 1996 24 episodes
- Season 9 September 1996 – May 1997 24 episodes
- Season 10 October 1997 – May 1998 22 episodes
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S05E01 You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato (1)
September 21 · 30min find the promo
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After the delivery, Murphy goes through her ""period of adjustment"" including the sleepless nights, finding a suitable nanny, name for the baby, then Dan opens his mouth.
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S05E02 You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato (2)
September 21 · 30min find the promo
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Murphy is angry over the Vice President's comments about her choice of ""family values,"" while trying to deal with her choice.
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S05E03 Life After Birth
September 28 · 30min find the promo
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During her first day back at FYI, Murphy discovers just how hard it is to leave the baby at home with a nanny.
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S05E04 Black, White & Brown
October 5 · 30min find the promo
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The network moves Kinsella into a nothing position, Murphy finds herself unusually pleasant to the new ""black"" vice president of news at the network, Mitchell Baldwin.
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S05E05 I Never Sang for My Husband
October 12 · 30min find the promo
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Doris, feeling that her life is miserable, decides to become a cabaret singer and Jim has hard time dealing with it.
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S05E06 Night of Living News
October 26 · 30min find the promo
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Frank, sensing his ""big break,"" persuades a reluctant Murphy to co-host the network's new overnight news program with him, and the pair get punchy while on the air.
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S05E07 A Year to Remember
November 2 · 30min find the promo
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While working their way through Election Day, the staff recalls casting their first votes.
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S05E08 Midnight Plane to Paris
November 9 · 30min find the promo
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Murphy leaves Eldin as nanny when she must fly to Paris for a European Summit Conference. She also decides on the baby's name, Avery and a full time nanny, Eldin.
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S05E09 Me Thinks My Parents Doth Protest Too Much
November 16 · 30min find the promo
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Miles is embarrassed when his activist parents come to Washington for a large demonstration.
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S05E10 Winners Take All
November 23 · 30min find the promo
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The Museum of Broadcast Arts awards ceremony honoring FYI turns into a colossal battle of egos and nobody has a bigger one than Murphy.
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S05E11 Till Death or Next Thursday Do We Part
December 7 · 30min find the promo
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After finishing his book The Little Dutch Boy and the movie's screenplay, Will gets hit with a plagiarism suit at the premiere. The stress of the situation exposes Corky and Will's marital problems.
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S05E12 I'm Dreaming of a Brown Christmas
December 14 · 30min find the promo
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On Christmas Eve, Murphy wants to celebrate Avery's first Christmas simply; however she finds herself dealing with two surprise guests. Murphy's father and aunt arrive to celebrate the holiday, and it becomes a traditional Brown family Christmas.
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S05E13 Games Mother Play
January 4 · 30min find the promo
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Though she thinks she knows how to relate to Avery, Murphy is swayed into giving him some ""quality time"" by playing games and singing children's songs with a group of other mothers.
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S05E14 The British Invasion
January 11 · 30min find the promo
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Miles and Audrey decide to live together, but he finds the living arrangements a little too crowded for his liking when her ex-boyfriend stays for a night and then doesn't leave.
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S05E15 Back to the Ball
January 18 · 30min find the promo
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The staff try to rustle up a date for Murphy when she gets invited to the inaugural ball. Murphy finds her own date, Eldin's friend, who did a sketch of Avery. Later Murphy has second thoughts about going out on a date.
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S05E16 The Intern
February 1 · 30min find the promo
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Corky gets an intern job for one of her sorority sisters, a recent college graduate. The staff over-protects their new intern, from labor-intensive and meaningless jobs, when she turns out to be much older than they expected.
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S05E17 Trickster, We Hardly Knew Ye
February 8 · 30min find the promo
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Following his dog's death, Jim delivers a commentary on the animal during his commentary. The staff throws a memorial service to help him overcome the loss.
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S05E18 The World According to Avery
February 15 · 30min find the promo
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When Eldin becomes sick, Murphy brings Avery to work. While Murphy is out searching for an interview for that night's show, everyone takes turns baby-sitting and sharing their most personal feelings with him.
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S05E19 Bump in the Night
February 21 · 30min find the promo
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A major story gets Frank a booking on Late Night With David Letterman, and Murphy becomes jealous. Frank invites Murphy to come with him and she causes trouble in the green room with the other guests, causing their performances to be off.
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S05E20 To Market, to Market
March 1 · 30min find the promo
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Murphy gets the car pool to make a ""quick"" side trip to the market, just so she pick up a quick jar of baby food; also while there she meets up with ex-secretary #37. Corky finds a picture of Will and Cher together, so she starts to shop for a binge. Miles tries to buy a female item for Audrey. Frank tries to pick up another shopper, but he gets ""nun."" Jim tries to get the deli guy to make him a sandwich.
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S05E21 Two For the Road
March 15 · 30min find the promo
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Murphy decides to take Mitchell on when he wants a set change. When they go to a charity event together, each tries to get the upper hand.
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S05E22 Murphy and the Amazing Leaping Man
March 22 · 30min find the promo
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When Murphy can't join him for their annual escapades at the Press Club dinners, Frank does something unusual, he goes alone. At the dinner he is accused of being a bachelor and he stops by Corky's to talk, she inspires him to ""take the leap."" So to the shock of everyone he gets a steady girlfriend.
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S05E23 The Egg & I
May 3 · 30min find the promo
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When Frank gets back from a story, Corky recounts the story about how Murphy tried to beat other newswomen to an interview with the president by taking Avery to the White House Easter Egg Hunt. All she winds up getting is banned, from the White House again.
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S05E24 Ship of Phil's
May 10 · 30min find the promo
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Murphy and Phil play for high stakes during their annual poker cruise aboard his houseboat. Miles suffers from an overdose of seasick medication.
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S05E25 One
May 17 · 30min find the promo
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Murphy plans Avery's first birthday party; however, on the day of the big event her plane from New York is fogged in. While the others celebrate, Murphy tries everything to get back. Frank brings a special guest for the event. The missing of this big event in Avery's life makes Murphy decide that maybe she just can't do it all, so she plans to make a couple of changes in her career.