Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown
GenreSitcom
Created byDiane English
Starring
  • Candice Bergen
  • Faith Ford
  • Charles Kimbrough
  • Robert Pastorelli
  • Joe Regalbuto
  • Grant Shaud
  • Pat Corley
  • Lily Tomlin
  • Jake McDorman
  • Nik Dodani
  • Adan Rocha
  • Tyne Daly
ComposerSteve Dorff
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons11
No. of episodes260 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Candice Bergen
  • Michael Saltzman
  • Rob Bragin
  • Bill Diamond
  • Marc Flanagan
  • Joel Shukovsky
  • Diane English
  • Eric Schotz
  • Korby Siamis
  • John Bowman
  • Gary Dontzig
  • Steven Peterman
Producers
  • DeAnne Heline
  • Bob Jeffords
  • Deborah Smith
  • Eileen Heisler
  • Ned E. Davis
  • Tom Seeley
  • Norm Gunzenhauser
  • Joshua Sternin
  • Jennifer Ventimilia
  • Barnet Kellman
  • Russ Woody
  • Frank Pace
Running time21–27 minutes
Production companies
  • Shukovsky-English Productions/Entertainment
  • Bend in the Road Productions
  • Warner Bros. Television
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseNovember 14, 1988 (1988-11-14) –
May 18, 1998 (1998-05-18)
ReleaseSeptember 27 (2018-09-27) –
December 20, 2018 (2018-12-20)
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Murphy Brown is an American television sitcom created by Diane English that premiered on November 14, 1988, on CBS. The series stars Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI, a fictional CBS television newsmagazine, and later for Murphy in the Morning, a cable morning news show.

The series originally ran until May 18, 1998, after airing a total of 247 episodes over ten seasons. In January 2018, it was announced that CBS ordered a 13-episode revival of Murphy Brown, which premiered on September 27, 2018. CBS canceled the revival after one season on May 10, 2019.