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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S07E01 Brown vs. the Board of Education
September 19 · 30min find the promo
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Murphy tries to impress the board members of the prestigious ""Ducky Lucky Pre-School,"" by inviting them to a celebrity filled party.
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S07E02 Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?
September 26 · 30min find the promo
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A media frenzy ensues when famous ex-astronaut ""Danger Duke"" Robinson is wanted for questioning in the murder of his brother.
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S07E03 Loose Affiliations
October 3 · 30min find the promo
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Murphy bad mouths the network's new fall line-up and the staff is forced to attend an affiliate's meeting.
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S07E04 Be Careful What You Wish For
October 10 · 30min find the promo
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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.
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S07E05 Burger, She Wrote
October 17 · 30min find the promo
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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.
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S07E06 Humboldt IV: Judgment Day
October 24 · 30min find the promo
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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.
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S07E07 Frank Cuts Loose
October 31 · 30min find the promo
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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.
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S07E08 Reporters Make Strange Bedfellows
November 7 · 30min find the promo
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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.
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S07E09 Prelude to a Kiss
November 14 · 30min find the promo
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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.
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S07E10 Bye Bye Bernecky
November 21 · 30min find the promo
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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.
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S07E11 The Secret Life of Jim Dial
November 28 · 30min find the promo
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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.
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S07E12 Brown in Toyland
December 12 · 30min find the promo
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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.
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S07E13 The Best and Not-So-Brightest
January 2 · 30min find the promo
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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.
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S07E14 Rumble in the Alley
January 9 · 30min find the promo
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Murphy and Peter find out how much they don't know; when they go out on a double date with Frank and a quick blind date that Peter finds for him. Corky and Miles relationship begins to gel.
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S07E15 Requiem For a Crew Guy
January 16 · 30min find the promo
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Murphy is the only one who can't remember Jack, a crew member who's just died; everyone else can, but Murphy is the one who's been asked to give the eulogy.
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S07E16 I Want My MTV-Jay
January 23 · 30min find the promo
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While Lansing is in the hospital for a ""heart attack,"" he decides to bring youth and cute animals into the CBS schedule, this includes the addition of a former MTV veejay to FYI. Murphy likes the new anchor, but during a White House press conference, her politics come out.
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S07E17 Specific Overtures
February 6 · 30min find the promo
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When a network executive sexually harasses Corky, Murphy deals with him and then gets slapped with a harassment suit of her own.
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S07E18 A Rat's Tale
February 13 · 30min find the promo
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There is a rat running amok at FYI as they move to their new ground level studio, with a ""Window on America""; however, the animal rights activists react when Murphy is seen catching a rat on camera.
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S07E19 It's Miller Time
February 20 · 30min find the promo
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Miles begins to split his time with another show that features Miller Redfield, who is still interested in Corky. Murphy takes over FYI meanwhile, Miles is too busy for a relationship with Corky.
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S07E20 McGovern: Unclothed
February 27 · 30min find the promo
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When McGovern appears naked on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, Murphy is certain that Lansing will get rid of her.
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S07E21 The Good Nephew
March 13 · 30min find the promo
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Murphy is forced to hire Lansing's nephew as her new secretary. He proves to be the best one she's ever had, but only at the expense of the rest of the staff.
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S07E22 FYI of the Hurricane
March 20 · 30min find the promo
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The staff is sent down to Florida to cover a hurricane and Murphy is showing signs of being pregnant again. Later after the results of a test are in, Peter asks Murphy an important question.
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S07E23 Model Relationships
May 8 · 30min find the promo
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Miles begins dating Vendela, the supermodel, to make Corky jealous. Murphy relents and lets Corky help make her wedding plans, so that pizza won't be on the menu.
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S07E24 Make Room For Daddy
May 15 · 30min find the promo
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Their busy schedules keep postponing the details for the various wedding activities, Murphy claims they are not pre-wedding jitters, but aren't they? Miller confronts Corky about taking their relationship to the ""next level,"" sex. Frank arranges Peter's bachelor party and when he doesn't make it, guess who shows up.
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S07E25 Retrospective (1)
May 22 · 30min find the promo
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The first seven seasons of the show are highlighted by Lesley Stahl of CBS's 60 Minutes including interviews with the cast and Diane English, the series creator.
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S07E26 Retrospective (2)
May 22 · 30min find the promo
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The first seven seasons of the show are highlighted by Lesley Stahl of CBS's 60 Minutes including interviews with the cast and Diane English, the series creator.