Murphy Brown is an American sitcom television series created by Diane
English that premiered on November 14, 1988, on CBS. The series stars
Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, a famous investigative
journalist and news anchor for FYI, a fictional CBS television
newsmagazine, and later for Murphy in the Morning, a cable morning
news show.The series originally ran until May 18, 1998, after airing a
total of 247 episodes over ten seasons. In January 2018, it was
announced that CBS ordered a 13-episode revival of Murphy Brown, which
premiered on September 27, 2018. CBS canceled the revival series after
a single season on May 10, 2019.Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a
recovering alcoholic whoâ€"in the show's first episodeâ€"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.Her colleagues at FYI
include stuffy veteran anchor Jim Dial (Charles Kimbrough), who
affectionately addresses Murphy as "Slugger" and reminisces about the
glory days of Murrow and Cronkite. Murphy's best friend and sometime
competitor is investigative reporter Frank Fontana (Joe Regalbuto),
the only person who addresses her as "Murph". Though a daredevil
reporter, insecurities regarding fame and (especially) his personal
relationships have him in psychotherapy for the majority of the
series. In early seasons, there was a running gag about Frank's
toupée, which he hated, but which producers insisted he wear on the
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