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TV series · 1988

Murphy Brown

“Comedy's Back In The News.”

First aired 14 November 1988 Comedy TMDB ↗

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 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.

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Ellen Albertini Dow
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74
Walter Cronkite
as Walter Cronkite
72
Marie Denn
as Mrs. Cowan
67
Darren McGavin
as Bill Brown
66
Jean Stapleton
65
Colleen Dewhurst
as Avery Brown Sr.
64
James Karen
as Arvin
64
Marge Redmond
as Ida Mae
63
Adam West
60
Marian Seldes
as Murphy's Aunt Brooke
60
Dena Dietrich
as Phyllis
59
Bob Newhart
as Dr. Bob Hartley
59
Anne Meara
59
Pat Crawford Brown
as Mrs. O'Brien
59
Pat Crawford Brown
as Sister Mary Margaret O'Brien
59
Alan Oppenheimer
as Eugene Kinsella
58
Graham Jarvis
as Newton Green
58
Pat Corley
58
Pat Corley
as Phil
58
Dick Clark
58
Clive Revill
as Hendricks
58
Lynn Hamilton
as Woman #1
58
Fred Willard
55
Janet MacLachlan
as Dr. Paula Hayes
55
Tony Jay
as Dr. Wade Benoit
55
Ian Abercrombie
54
Paul Carr
54
Larry King
as Larry King
54
Charles Kimbrough
as Jim Dial
52
Dion Anderson
as Fred Fredrickson
50
Barry Dennen
as Waiter
50
Lily Tomlin
as Kay Carter-Shepley
49
Janet Carroll
as Doris Dial
47
John Capodice
as Judge Ferris
46
Rick Scarry
as Man in Bar
46
Robert Costanzo
46
Larry Block
as Al Anderson
46
Marcia Wallace
as Carol - Secretary #66
46
Marcia Wallace
as Molly
46
Raye Birk
as Barney
45
Ritch Brinkley
as Carl Wishnitski
44
Kate McGregor-Stewart
as Secretary #32
44
William Frankfather
as Man in Bar
44
Caroline McWilliams
43
John Hostetter
as John
42
Concetta Tomei
as Doris Dial
42
Julie Payne
as Phyllis
42
Candice Bergen
as Murphy Brown
42
John Getz
42
James Staley
as Glenn Goodman
40
Gregory Itzin
as Gil Porter
40
Loretta Devine
as Nurse Hawking
39
Robin Thomas
as Jake Lowenstein
39
Ernie Sabella
as Julian
39
Richard Masur
as Ben
39
Morgan Fairchild
as Julia St. Martin
38
Dan Gilvezan
as Man
38
Mary Pat Gleason
as Olga Rostapopovich
38
Robert Harper
as Henry Tucker
37
Gary Grossman
as Ron
37
Paul Reubens
as Andrew J. Lansing III
36
Stephen Root
36
Bill Farmer
36
Lee Garlington
as Shawnee
35
Mike Hagerty
as Howard Sutthoff
34
David Paymer
as Dr. Bishop
34
Leslie Jordan
as Kyle
33
Richard Schiff
as Mel Woodworthy
33
Kate Mulgrew
33
Gedde Watanabe
as Guru Prem
33
Roger Guenveur Smith
33
Ethan Phillips
33
Steven Culp
as Brad Stockton
32
Kevin Conroy
32
Paul Eiding
31
Don Lake
as Stage Manager
31
Jonathan Prince
as John J. Edwards
30
Tom Virtue
30
Louis Mustillo
as Wally
30
Nick Bakay
29
Beth Broderick
as Rita
29
Eve Gordon
as Alexandra Payton
28
Brad Garrett
as SWAT Team Captain
28
David Knell
as Pizza Kid
27
Grant Shaud
as Miles Silverberg
27
Wally Wingert
27
Annabelle Gurwitch
as Secretary #10
27
Scott Lawrence
as Office Worker Scott
25
Faith Ford
as Corky Sherwood
24
Barbara Tyson
as Secretary #22
24
Teri Hatcher
as Madeline Stillwell
23
Wallace Langham
as Michael
23
Greg Grunberg
22
Chris Parnell
21
Phil LaMarr
as Ben Lawson
21
Jack Plotnick
20
China Kantner
17
Jason Marsden
as Young Miles Silverberg
13
Laura Mooney
as Tracey
12
Vivian Paxton
as Tanya
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Penny Balfour
as Alexis Dewar
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Shuko Akune
as Ivy
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Ann Walker
as Woman in Hospital
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Steve Rankin
as Ed
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Charlie Phillips
as Attendant
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