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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 Ford Clinic residential treatment center. Over 40 and single, she

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 22 - But First a Word From Our Sponsor
    0.0/10(1 votes)

    #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.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Murphy Brown Season 3 Episode 16 - The Novel
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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.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Murphy Brown Season 3 Episode 17 - Terror on the 17th Floor
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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.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writers:Denise Moss, Sy Dukane

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  4. Murphy Brown Season 3 Episode 18 - On Another Plane (1)
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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.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Murphy Brown Season 3 Episode 19 - On Another Plane (2)
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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.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Murphy Brown Season 3 Episode 20 - Driving Miss Crazy
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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.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Tom Palmer

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  7. Murphy Brown Season 3 Episode 21 - Everytime it Rains... You Get Wet
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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.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writers:Steven Peterman, Gary Dontzig

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  8. Murphy Brown Season 3 Episode 22 - Corky's Place
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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.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Tom Palmer

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  9. Murphy Brown Season 3 Episode 23 - Small
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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.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writers:Denise Moss, Sy Dukane

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  10. Murphy Brown Season 3 Episode 24 - The Usual Suspects
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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.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Murphy Brown Season 3 Episode 25 - Q & A on FYI
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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.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Peter Tolan

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  12. Murphy Brown Season 3 Episode 26 - Uh-Oh (1)
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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.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Murphy Brown Season 4 Episode 1 - Uh-Oh (2)
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    #13 - Uh-Oh (2)

    S4:E1

    Murphy begins to ponder her fate, tells Frank her suspicions and tries more tests (all positive). Murphy tells Jake the news.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Murphy Brown Season 4 Episode 2 - Uh-Oh (3)
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    #14 - Uh-Oh (3)

    S4:E2

    Jake tells Murphy he has decided he isn't ready to settle down, and they both agree they can't do it together. Murphy decides to exercise her right to choose and her choice is motherhood. Even though it's Jake's baby, Jerry knows fatherhood isn't for him. While everyone else freaks out at the news, only Eldin is truly happy for Murphy. Murphy ""Do you think I'll make a good mother."" Eldin ""No, but I will.""

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Murphy Brown Season 4 Episode 3 - I'm As Much of a Man as I Ever Was
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    #15 - I'm As Much of a Man as I Ever Was

    S4:E3

    Gene Kinsella finds out about Murphy's pregnancy and considers the idea of taking her off the air. But Miles convinces him not to. Once that is solved, Murphy must get a quote from the president for her latest story. Frank says the only way to get this quote is jogging with him. Murphy thinks she's up for the job but Frank and Jim don't think so because of her pregnancy. So, Murphy accepts Frank's offer of getting the quote for her. When that doesn't work, Murphy tries to get it herself and ends up running over the president with her bike. Even though Murphy didn't get her quote she's happy, and concludes that her pregnancy will not make her life any more difficult, all she has to do is be a little more creative.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writers:Steven Peterman, Gary Dontzig

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  16. Murphy Brown Season 4 Episode 4 - Male Call
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    #16 - Male Call

    S4:E4

    Out to prove the new men's movement is a fraud, Murphy attends a men's-only workshop to get the real story on the new men's movement and Frank, Miles and Jim are participants.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  17. Murphy Brown Season 4 Episode 5 - The Square Triangle
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    #17 - The Square Triangle

    S4:E5

    Murphy gets a competent secretary in Miles' girlfriend, Audrey. The pressure of working together causes their break up and Frank becomes the tool Audrey uses to get back at Miles.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Peter Tolan

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  18. Murphy Brown Season 4 Episode 6 - Full Circle
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    #18 - Full Circle

    S4:E6

    After learning about her mother's death, Murphy doesn't seem to be that upset, which makes the FYI gang think that she's hiding her true feelings. She claims it's because of a letter her mother left to her saying that she must not cry, and if it's allowed she'll make one last visit to Murphy at the end of the night. So, Murphy and the Phil crowd decide to celebrate Avery's spirit. Murphy's father, Bill Brown shows up and suggests that they go home so they can talk about the good times the three of them had together. At Murphy's townhouse, Eldin is grieving Avery's passing and refuses to actually believe it. After he's gone, Murphy and her father decide to open the big trunk Avery left to Murphy containing a photo album, Murphy's indian blanket among other things. After arguing with her father over things from the past, Murphy finds a little box inside of the trunk, with one of Avery's hats, which Murphy tries on, also in that box there's a smaller one wrapped up as a present with a

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Murphy Brown Season 4 Episode 7 - The Smiths Go to Washington
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    #19 - The Smiths Go to Washington

    S4:E7

    It's Nightline vs. FYI when both shows court a small town family that inadvertently taped a senator's romantic rendezvous.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  20. Murphy Brown Season 4 Episode 8 - It Came From College
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    #20 - It Came From College

    S4:E8

    When Murphy looks after a friend's 18-year-old daughter she begins to learn about what being a mother is all about.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Anne Beatts

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  21. Murphy Brown Season 4 Episode 9 - The Queen of Soul
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    #21 - The Queen of Soul

    S4:E9

    Murphy's chance to interview the "Queen of Soul" is in jeopardy when her train arrives late and the limo gets detoured and the staff struggles to fill the air time.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Tom Palmer

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  22. Murphy Brown Season 4 Episode 10 - Inside Murphy Brown
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    #22 - Inside Murphy Brown

    S4:E10

    Murphy has an appointment with a gynecologist for a test she can't drive to, when no one else is available, Jim must take her. The results of the test are normal with one exception, it's a boy.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writers:Steven Peterman, Gary Dontzig

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  23. Murphy Brown Season 4 Episode 11 - Mission Control
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    #23 - Mission Control

    S4:E11

    Murphy volunteers the FYI staff to serve Thanksgiving dinner at a homeless shelter.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  24. Murphy Brown Season 4 Episode 12 - Be it Ever So Humboldt
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    #24 - Be it Ever So Humboldt

    S4:E12

    After being nominated every year, for ten years straight, Frank wins the Humboldt Award and it brings out the worst in him.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Peter Tolan

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  25. Murphy Brown Season 4 Episode 14 - Anchor Rancor
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    #25 - Anchor Rancor

    S4:E14

    When the existing Sunday news anchor dies, the competition heats up between Jim and Murphy, when the network test both of them for the job.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown

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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".