Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who, in the show's first episode, returns to the fictional … See more

• Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown, a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI. In seasons 8 and 9, she also co-hosts a second show called Front and Center. Following a brief retirement, in 2018 Brow… See more

The first season saw Murphy relearning her job without the use of two crutches—alcohol and cigarettes. In the pilot episode, she complained the only vice she had left herself was chewing yellow number-tw… See more

Following the end of the show's original run, series creator Diane English had been approached multiple times about potentially reviving the series. Around 2008, the show came the closest to being brought back to the air follo… See more

In the show's 1991–92 season, Murphy became pregnant. When her baby's father (ex-husband and current underground radical Jake Lowenstein) expressed his unwillingness to give up his own lifestyle to be a parent… See more

Murphy Brown was unsuccessful when it was introduced in off-network syndication in the 1990s, in part because of high music rights fees and that the topical references in the show quickly had become dated. It was reintroduce… See more

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