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Murphy Brown

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198824m / epComedy

First aired

November 14, 1988

6.5

TMDB Score

65% match · 95 votes

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S01 · E14

It's How You Play the Game

Season 1 · Feb 27, 1989 · 24m

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E01▶

Respect

Nov 14, 1988 · 24m

E02▶

Devil with a Blue Dress On

Nov 21, 1988 · 24m

E03▶

Nowhere to Run

Nov 28, 1988 · 24m

E04▶

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Dec 5, 1988 · 24m

E05▶

Murphy's Pony

Dec 11, 1988 · 24m

E06▶

Baby Love

Dec 12, 1988 · 24m

E07▶

Set Me Free

Dec 19, 1988 · 24m

E08▶

And So He Goes

Jan 2, 1989 · 24m

E09▶

I Would Have Danced All Night

Jan 9, 1989 · 24m

E10▶

Kyle

Jan 16, 1989 · 24m

E11▶

Off the Job Experience

Jan 23, 1989 · 24m

E12▶

Why Do Fools Fall in Love?

Feb 13, 1989 · 24m

E13▶

Soul Man

Feb 20, 1989 · 24m

E14Playing

It's How You Play the Game

Feb 27, 1989 · 24m

E15▶

Mama Said

Mar 6, 1989 · 24m

E16▶

Moscow on the Potomac

Mar 13, 1989 · 24m

E17▶

My Dinner with Einstein

Mar 20, 1989 · 24m

E18▶

Funnies Girl

Apr 10, 1989 · 24m

E19▶

The Unshrinkable Murphy Brown

May 1, 1989 · 24m

E20▶

The Summer of '77

May 8, 1989 · 24m

E21▶

The Bickners

May 15, 1989 · 24m

E22▶

The Morning Show

May 22, 1989 · 24m

The FYI staff fears that viewers will ignore Frank’s serious report on homelessness. To attract a larger audience, they imitate the sensational promotional tactics of rival television personality Jerry Gold, but their effort to win the ratings battle threatens to overshadow the story itself.

About the Series

Comedy

Synopsis

Murphy Brown 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.

CreatorDiane English