The first season of the CBS sitcom as Murphy Brown which originally aired from November 14, 1988 to May 22, 1989, with the consists of 22 episodes. It was release from DVD (Region 1) on February 8, 2005.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown
- Faith Ford as Corky Sherwood
- Grant Shaud as Miles Silverberg
- Joe Regalbuto as Frank Fontana
- Charles Kimbrough as Jim Dial
- Robert Pastorelli as Eldin Bernecky
- Pat Corley as Phil
Recurring[]
- John Hostetter as John
- Ritch Brinkley as Carl Wishnitski
- Janet Carroll as Doris Dial
Guest[]
- Robin Strasser as Vladia
Gallery[]
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Episodes[]
| Images | No. in season | Title | Air Date | Director | Writer |
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1 | Respect | November 14, 1988 | Barnet Kellman | Diane English |
| Murphy returns to FYI after rehab at the Betty Ford clinic, and isn't sure she still has her edge. In her first week back she deals with Miles, a new young executive producer; Corky, a new beauty-queen anchor; Eldin, a hard-to-reach housepainter; and a publicity-seeking interview subject who wants to avoid the one question on everyone's mind. | |||||
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2 | Devil with a Blue Dress On | November 21, 1988 | Barnet Kellman | Korby Siamis |
| Miles assigns Corky to help Murphy's story on a stonewalling businessman. When Corky uncovers his ability to slip through customs unchecked, and Murphy finds drug-smuggling under it, she almost feels guilty about taking credit for the story. But on air, Corky "grabs the brass ring." | |||||
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3 | Nowhere to Run | November 28, 1988 | Barnet Kellman | Russ Woody |
| Murphy investigates a federal prosecutor who's linked to mob-run prostitution. Miles fears for his life when he receives his first death threat. | |||||
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4 | Signed, Sealed, Delivered | December 5, 1988 | Barnet Kellman | Diane English |
| Murphy struggles to maintain her professionalism when her next interview is a man she was married to twenty years before. | |||||
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5 | Murphy's Pony | December 11, 1988 | Barnet Kellman | Diane English |
| Shortly before Christmas three children show up at FYI with a note from their mother. She says she cannot take care of them anymore and thinks Murphy would make a good mother. | |||||
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6 | Baby Love | December 12, 1988 | Barnet Kellman | Korby Siamis |
| A friend of Murphy's is having a baby and Murphy starts to wonder if something is missing in her life. | |||||
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7 | Set Me Free | December 19, 1988 | Barnet Kellman | Diane English |
| Murphy's having a rotten day, complicated by a gunman who interrupts the show and demands they read his statement on the air and it gets capped off by the painter she hired to do her kitchen sticking around to finish "extending myself." During this whole ordeal, she is craving cigarettes and a drink, and definitely a soft number 2 pencil. | |||||
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8 | And So He Goes | January 2, 1989 | Barnet Kellman | Denise Moss and Sy Dukane |
| The man that Murphy has been in a prank war for decades with dies suddenly, and asks that she eulogize him. | |||||
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9 | I Would Have Danced All Night | January 9, 1989 | Barnet Kellman | Steven Peterman and Gary Dontzig |
| Murphy can't understand why she isn't invited to the Inaugural Ball, and can't get anyone to take her. | |||||
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10 | Kyle | January 16, 1989 | Barnet Kellman | Russ Woody |
| Murphy's story gets an innocent inmate released. Everyone feels sorry for him, so they give him a job as Murphy's secretary. | |||||
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11 | Off the Job Experience | January 23, 1989 | Barnet Kellman | Tom Seeley and Norm Gunzenhauser |
| When Murphy humiliates on air an US army militant- Miles takes the decision to suspend her from work. | |||||
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12 | Why Do Fools Fall in Love? | February 13, 1989 | Barnet Kellman | Korby Siamis |
| Frank & Murphy fix each others blind dates, while Miles has to deal with his break up with Jackie and Jim wonders what to do with an attractive lady that wants him. We learn more than what we would have wanted to for Phil's marriage life. | |||||
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13 | Soul Man | February 20, 1989 | Barnet Kellman | Tom Seeley and Norm Gunzenhauser |
| Murphy get furious when she is denied an access into the last gentlemen's only club in Washington. That makes her relationship with Jim uptight and stirs a war between the sexes into the office. | |||||
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14 | It's How You Play the Game | February 27, 1989 | Barnet Kellman | Russ Woody |
| When the FYI show goes lower onto the ratings - the network suggests to it's journalists to make the news more pleasant and easy to the public. Though the FYI team wouldn't like to be less professional - they struggle with the reality of having to face a tough decision and compromise for the sakes of Frank's touching story for the homeless being seen by a larger sum of people. | |||||
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15 | Mama Said | March 6, 1989 | Barnet Kellman | Diane English |
| Murphy's mom whom she was never close to comes for a visit. And she spends all the time fawning after Murphy which has Murphy perplexed. | |||||
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16 | Moscow on the Potomac | March 13, 1989 | Barnet Kellman | Sy Dukane and Denise Moss |
| The FYI show accepts a guest from the USSR - the newswoman Vladia. | |||||
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17 | My Dinner with Einstein | March 20, 1989 | Barnet Kellman | Gary Dontzig and Steven Peterman |
| Murphy is excited to meet "the nowadays's Einstein" Victor Rudman. She tries to challenge herself on a date with him, since "You can't judge a book by it's cover", but discovers that geniuses can also be unpleasant people. | |||||
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18 | Funnies Girl | April 10, 1989 | Barnet Kellman | Tom Seeley and Norm Gunzenhauser |
| Murphy tries to deliver a joke, but her insulting comment is aired on TV. She is faced with the consequences the next day as a cartoonist, named Pat O'Shea started a column in the newspaper, named "The adventures of Mouthy Brown". | |||||
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19 | The Unshrinkable Murphy Brown | May 1, 1989 | Barnet Kellman | Denise Moss and Sy Dukane |
| Murphy is not her usual driven self after a guilty judge drop dead during a live broadcast. | |||||
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20 | The Summer of '77 | May 8, 1989 | Barnet Kellman | Diane English |
| Miles needs a story for FYI and Corky suggests covering Phil's 70th anniversary. The celebration causes flashbacks to 1977 when Frank and Murphy auditioned for the show with Murphy's primary competition being Linda Ellerbee. | |||||
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21 | The Bickners | May 15, 1989 | Barnet Kellman | Russ Woody |
| Murphy is involved in a fender bender with a seemingly sweet old couple who bring her home made cookies. She changes her opinion when they sue her for $1.5 million dollars. Frank's fear of the dentist causes him to accidentally break Jim's coffee cup which turns out to be a big deal. | |||||
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22 | The Morning Show | May 22, 1989 | Barnet Kellman | Kathryn Baker |
| Murphy and Corky are asked to fill in on a morning show. They quickly discover that Corky is perfect for the time and format, while Murphy berates a children's author and turns a cooking segment into a disaster. | |||||
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