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The Worst Episodes of Murphy Brown

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The Worst Episodes of Murphy Brown

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...
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    #1 - But First a Word From Our Sponsor

    S2:E22

    A worried viewer urges advertisers to boycott FYI for an upcoming piece Murphy has on sex education. Murphy flies out to keep the one sponsor they have for the controversial show.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #2 - The Novel

    S3:E16

    Jim's new novel, seems to uncover his affection for Murphy, when the central character meets a blonde female reporter.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - Terror on the 17th Floor

    S3:E17

    The network is sold to American Industrial, a large corporation, who send in a management consultant to streamline the network. Miles and Murphy go to New York to meet with the new mis-management.

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    #4 - On Another Plane (1)

    S3:E18

    When their plane gets in trouble: Murphy and Frank's lives flash before their eyes.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - On Another Plane (2)

    S3:E19

    Frank and Murphy witness their wake, giving them further time for reflection on their lives.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - Driving Miss Crazy

    S3:E20

    While the FYI staff car pool together, Murphy works on her will, Frank gets over a relationship, Corky obsesses over being right about a trivia question, Jim tries to think of an anecdote for an interview and Miles almost gets everyone killed.

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    Writer:Tom Palmer
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    #7 - Everytime it Rains... You Get Wet

    S3:E21

    Suffering from ""3rd year burnout,"" Miles asks for a positive uplifting story. When everyone else fails, Murphy takes on the challenge. She gets a perfect story, until the interview is on the air.

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    #8 - Corky's Place

    S3:E22

    Corky gets her own network special, she decides to do it as an interview show with a ""tea party"" theme. Murphy comes on as her first guest and is humiliated when Corky asks her really tough, Murphy Brown type of questions.

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    Writer:Tom Palmer
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    #9 - Small

    S3:E23

    Murphy makes a flip remark that insults short men, especially members of ""The 66 Club."" She shows them their ""short"" sightedness.

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    #10 - The Usual Suspects

    S3:E24

    Murphy goes off the deep end when a tabloid prints lies about her, one of which says she is drinking again.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown
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    #11 - Q & A on FYI

    S3:E25

    The FYI staff vies against Yale on a TV quiz show, but at the dress rehearsal, they realize just how much they've forgotten since their school days.

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    #12 - Uh-Oh (1)

    S3:E26

    Jake resurfaces with matrimony on his mind, Murphy is caught between him and her ex-lover, Jerry Gold, when he returns unexpectedly. Later Murphy takes a home pregnancy test, the results are positive.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #13 - The More Things Change

    S6:E1

    An arrogant new colleague threatens everyone on the staff, especially Murphy who's just reduced her role on FYI resulting from the pressures of motherhood. Their relationship hits it off real well just as the show is ready to air.

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    #14 - Angst For the Memories

    S6:E2

    Murphy gets an interview with a reclusive '60s literary idol, but times and people have changed.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Rob Bragin
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    #15 - Black and White and Read All Over

    S6:E3

    After going to a function with Mitchell, Murphy begins to date him. Is there anything there, or do they just like it when heads turn?

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown
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    #16 - Political Correctness

    S6:E4

    A series of on-air comments made by Peter and Murphy gets the staff forced to attend a seminar on political correctness.

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    #17 - The Young & the Rest of Us

    S6:E5

    The staff gets nervous when Peter whisks away a depressed Corky on her 30th birthday.

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    #18 - Ticket to Writhe

    S6:E6

    Peter and Murphy compete for the Middle East peace story. Miles obtains sideline passes to a Washington football game where he plans to propose to Audrey via the scoreboard, but finds he is so wrapped up with work he didn't even notice that she has left him. Corky thinks the passes are cursed when more bad things occur to anyone in possession of them.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown
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    #19 - I Don't Know You From Madam

    S6:E7

    Murphy works reluctantly on a story the network brass wants on ""The Beltway Madam,"" a high priced call girl who's just been exposed and is the hottest story in town.

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    #20 - All the Life That's Fit to Print

    S6:E8

    Murphy has nightmares about what her colleagues will say about her when they are interviewed for a biography that she has authorized to be written.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown
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    #21 - Bah Humboldt

    S6:E9

    Peter, Frank & Murphy are all nominated for the Humboldt Award. While at the ceremony, Murphy can't understand how disinterested Peter is in the award and Frank hears a rumor about a network having to make cutbacks.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown
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    #22 - Reaper Madness

    S6:E10

    Murphy is obsessed with the need to try to explain death to Avery and bothers everyone for their perspective.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Rob Bragin
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    #23 - It's Not Easy Being Brown

    S6:E11

    To improve upon her image, Murphy gets a publicist and makes an appearance on a children's puppet show.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown
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    #24 - To Have and Have Not

    S6:E12

    Miles comes under public scrutiny when he is misquoted in a magazine article that makes him out to be the biggest male chauvinist in Washington, DC.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown
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    #25 - Socks and the Single Woman

    S6:E13

    Murphy gets invited to the White House by the Clintons. Once she gets back to the office, she finds out she has a furry stowaway.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"But First a Word From Our Sponsor" is the worst rated episode of "Murphy Brown". It scored 0/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Barnet Kellman and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/19/1990. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Novel".