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Murphy Brown is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988, to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. The program starred Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI, a fictional CBS television newsmagazine.
The program was well known for stories inspired by current events and its political satire. It achieved a high level of cultural notoriety in the 1992 presidential campaign when Dan Quayle mentioned the show in a campaign speech, afterwards known as the "Murphy Brown speech".
The show began in the Monday 9/8 p.m. timeslot and remained there until its final season when it was moved to Wednesday at 8:30/7:30 p.m. The series finale aired in its original Monday timeslot.
Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic, who, in the show's first episode, returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic. Over 40 and single, she is sharp-tongued and hard as nails. In her profession, she is considered one of the boys, having shattered any 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.
Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, comedian, and film producer. In a career spanning almost half a century, Midler has won three Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a special Tony Award. She has sold over 35 million records worldwide and along with that has also received four Gold, three Platinum and three Multiplatinum albums by RIAA.
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Midler began her professional career in several Off-Off-Broadway plays prior to her engagements in Fiddler on the Roof and Salvation on Broadway in the late 1960s. She came to prominence in 1970 when she began singing in the Continental Baths, a local gay bathhouse, where she managed to build up a core following. Since then, she has released 13 studio albums as a solo artist. Throughout her career, many of her songs became hits on the record charts, including her renditions of "The Rose", "Wind Beneath My Wings", "Do You Want to Dance", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", and "From a Distance". In 2008, she signed a contract with Caesars Palace in Las Vegas to perform a series of shows titled Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On, which ended in January 2010.
Actors: Dan Riley (producer), Candice Bergen (actress), Candice Bergen (actress), Diahann Carroll (actress), Heather Locklear (actress), Donna Mills (actress), Megan Mullally (actress), Katey Sagal (actress), Katey Sagal (actress), Joan Collins (actress), Marcia Cross (actress), Whitney Cummings (actress), Kristin Davis (actress), Shannen Doherty (actress), Eliza Dushku (actress),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: David Faustino (actor), Chevy Chase (actor), Dan Aykroyd (actor), Jeff Bergman (actor), Jeff Bergman (actor), Michael Douglas (actor), Jeff Bergman (actor), Kevin Clash (actor), Bill Cosby (actor), Kevin Costner (actor), Rodney Dangerfield (actor), Ted Danson (actor), James Brolin (actor), Danny DeVito (actor), Morgan Freeman (actor),
Genres: Music,
This pretty much explains any Koch Brother-owned, Republican politician ... and most corporate Democrats, for that matter, too. Your Congress is bought.
In "The 390th Broadcast" watch Murphy Brown interview an "average" American as part of a (failed) attempt to reinvent her fictional network news magazine "FYI" with less hard-hitting interviews. After one too many outlandish opinions by her guest, Murphy decides to challenge the interviewee's bigoted views. First aired on September 17, 1990, Season 3, Episode 1.
Murphy Brown's crazy secretaries (season 1) Part 1. Tribute to one of the best TV comedies. If you liked the video, please subscribe to my OTHER channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/KendallKenneth?feature=mhee
Harry Smith took a look back with Candice Bergen and the cast of the 1990s hit show "Murphy Brown."