Murphy Brown is the star reporter on a news magazine show called FYI. She lives in a townhouse that she is having repainted; Eldin the painter may never finish the job. Jim Dial is the uptight senior anchor, a seasoned veteran. Frank is a single guy and constantly looking for a girlfriend, he is also Murphy's best friend. Corky is a former Miss America turned newsperson, she covers all the "hard" news.
Rating: 6.90/10 (avg out of 10343 votes)
Murphy Brown Airs: Thursday
Murphy Brown Status: Ended
MURPHY BROWN - General Information
Series Premiere: November 14, 1988 Classification: Scripted Genre: Action | Comedy Network: CBS Airs: Thursday at 09:30 pm Runtime: 30 Minutes
MURPHY BROWN - Season 1 -- 22 Episodes
1x1 -- Nov 14, 1988 -- Respect 1x2 -- Nov 21, 1988 -- Devil With a Blue Dress On 1x3 -- Nov 28, 1988 -- Nowhere to Run 1x4 -- Dec 05, 1988 -- Signed, Sealed, Delivered 1x5 -- Dec 11, 1988 -- Murphy's Pony 1x6 -- Dec 12, 1988 -- Baby Love 1x7 -- Dec 19, 1988 -- Set Me Free 1x8 -- Jan 02, 1989 -- And So He Goes 1x9 -- Jan 09, 1989 -- I Would Have Danced All Night 1x10 -- Jan 16, 1989 -- Kyle 1x11 -- Jan 23, 1989 -- Off the Job Experience 1x12 -- Feb 13, 1989 -- Why Do Fools Fall in Love? 1x13 -- Feb 20, 1989 -- Soul Man 1x14 -- Feb 27, 1989 -- It's How You Play the Game 1x15 -- Mar 06, 1989 -- Mama Said 1x16 -- Mar 13, 1989 -- Moscow on the Potomac 1x17 -- Mar 20, 1989 -- My Dinner with Einstein 1x18 -- Apr 10, 1989 -- Funnies Girl 1x19 -- May 01, 1989 -- The Unshrinkable Murphy Brown 1x20 -- May 08, 1989 -- The Summer of '77 1x21 -- May 15, 1989 -- The Bickners 1x22 -- May 22, 1989 -- The Morning Show
MURPHY BROWN - Season 2 -- 27 Episodes
2x1 -- Sep 18, 1989 -- The Brothers Silverberg 2x2 -- Sep 25, 1989 -- Anchors Away 2x3 -- Oct 02, 1989 -- The Memo that Got Away 2x4 -- Oct 16, 1989 -- TV or Not TV 2x5 -- Oct 23, 1989 -- Miles' Big Adventure 2x6 -- Oct 30, 1989 -- Buddies Schmuddies 2x7 -- Nov 06, 1989 -- Whose Garbage is it Anyway? 2x8 -- Nov 13, 1989 -- And the Whiner Is... 2x9 -- Nov 20, 1989 -- Roasted 2x10 -- Nov 27, 1989 -- Brown Like Me (1) 2x11 -- Nov 27, 1989 -- Brown Like Me (2) 2x12 -- Dec 11, 1989 -- The Strike 2x13 -- Dec 18, 1989 -- Here's to You Mrs. Kinsella 2x14 -- Jan 01, 1990 -- What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? 2x15 -- Jan 08, 1990 -- Subpoena Envy 2x16 -- Jan 29, 1990 -- I Want My FYI 2x17 -- Feb 05, 1990 -- Frankly Speaking 2x18 -- Feb 12, 1990 -- The Murphy Brown School of Broadcasting 2x19 -- Feb 19, 1990 -- Bad Girls 2x20 -- Feb 26, 1990 -- Heart of Gold 2x21 -- Mar 05, 1990 -- On the Road Again 2x22 -- Mar 19, 1990 -- But First a Word from Our Sponsor 2x23 -- Apr 09, 1990 -- Frank's Appendectomy 2x24 -- Apr 30, 1990 -- Fax or Fiction 2x25 -- May 07, 1990 -- The Bitch's Back 2x26 -- May 14, 1990 -- Going to the Chapel (1) 2x27 -- May 21, 1990 -- Going to the Chapel (2)
MURPHY BROWN - Season 3 -- 26 Episodes
3x1 -- Sep 17, 1990 -- The 390th Broadcast 3x2 -- Sep 24, 1990 -- Brown and Blue 3x3 -- Oct 01, 1990 -- Loco Hero 3x4 -- Oct 15, 1990 -- Strike Two 3x5 -- Oct 22, 1990 -- The Gold Rush 3x6 -- Nov 05, 1990 -- Bob & Murphy & Ted & Avery 3x7 -- Nov 12, 1990 -- The Last Laugh 3x8 -- Nov 19, 1990 -- Rootless People 3x9 -- Nov 26, 1990 -- The Bummer of 42 3x10 -- Dec 10, 1990 -- Trouble in Sherwood-Forrest 3x11 -- Dec 17, 1990 -- Jingle Hell, Jingle Hell, Jingle All the Way 3x12 -- Jan 07, 1991 -- Retreat 3x13 -- Jan 14, 1991 -- Eldin Imitates Life 3x14 -- Jan 21, 1991 -- Contractions 3x15 -- Feb 04, 1991 -- Hoarse Play 3x16 -- Feb 11, 1991 -- The Novel 3x17 -- Feb 18, 1991 -- Terror on the 17th Floor 3x18 -- Feb 25, 1991 -- On Another Plane (1) 3x19 -- Feb 25, 1991 -- On Another Plane (2) 3x20 -- Mar 04, 1991 -- Driving Miss Crazy 3x21 -- Mar 18, 1991 -- Everytime it Rains... You Get Wet 3x22 -- Apr 08, 1991 -- Corky's Place 3x23 -- Apr 29, 1991 -- Small 3x24 -- May 06, 1991 -- The Usual Suspects 3x25 -- May 13, 1991 -- Q & A on FYI 3x26 -- May 20, 1991 -- Uh-Oh (1)
MURPHY BROWN - Season 4 -- 26 Episodes
4x1 -- Sep 16, 1991 -- Uh-Oh (2) 4x2 -- Sep 16, 1991 -- Uh-Oh (3) 4x3 -- Sep 23, 1991 -- I'm as Much of a Man as I Ever Was 4x4 -- Sep 30, 1991 -- Male Call 4x5 -- Oct 07, 1991 -- The Square Triangle 4x6 -- Oct 14, 1991 -- Full Circle 4x7 -- Oct 28, 1991 -- The Smiths Go to Washington 4x8 -- Nov 04, 1991 -- It Came from College 4x9 -- Nov 11, 1991 -- The Queen of Soul 4x10 -- Nov 18, 1991 -- Inside Murphy Brown 4x11 -- Nov 25, 1991 -- Mission Control 4x12 -- Dec 09, 1991 -- Be it Ever So Humboldt 4x13 -- Dec 16, 1991 -- Love is Blonde 4x14 -- Jan 06, 1992 -- Anchor Rancor 4x15 -- Jan 13, 1992 -- Guess Who's Coming to Luncheon 4x16 -- Jan 20, 1992 -- Lovesick 4x17 -- Feb 03, 1992 -- Heartfelt 4x18 -- Feb 24, 1992 -- Send in the Clowns 4x19 -- Mar 02, 1992 -- Murphy Buys the Farm 4x20 -- Mar 04, 1992 -- Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are 4x21 -- Mar 16, 1992 -- Rage Before Beauty 4x22 -- Mar 23, 1992 -- Phil's Not So Silent Partner 4x23 -- Apr 27, 1992 -- He-Ho, He-Ho, It's Off to Lamaze We Go 4x24 -- May 04, 1992 -- On the Rocks 4x25 -- May 11, 1992 -- A Chance of Showers 4x26 -- May 18, 1992 -- Birth 101
MURPHY BROWN - Season 5 -- 25 Episodes
5x1 -- Sep 21, 1992 -- You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato (1) 5x2 -- Sep 21, 1992 -- You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato (2) 5x3 -- Sep 28, 1992 -- Life After Birth 5x4 -- Oct 05, 1992 -- Black, White & Brown 5x5 -- Oct 12, 1992 -- I Never Sang for My Husband 5x6 -- Oct 26, 1992 -- Night of Living News 5x7 -- Nov 02, 1992 -- A Year to Remember 5x8 -- Nov 09, 1992 -- Midnight Plane to Paris 5x9 -- Nov 16, 1992 -- Me Thinks My Parents Doth Protest Too Much 5x10 -- Nov 23, 1992 -- Winners Take All 5x11 -- Dec 07, 1992 -- Till Death or Next Thursday Do We Part 5x12 -- Dec 14, 1992 -- I'm Dreaming of a Brown Christmas 5x13 -- Jan 04, 1993 -- Games Mother Play 5x14 -- Jan 11, 1993 -- The British Invasion 5x15 -- Jan 18, 1993 -- Back to the Ball 5x16 -- Feb 01, 1993 -- The Intern 5x17 -- Feb 08, 1993 -- Trickster, We Hardly Knew Ye 5x18 -- Feb 15, 1993 -- The World According to Avery 5x19 -- Feb 21, 1993 -- Bump in the Night 5x20 -- Mar 01, 1993 -- To Market, to Market 5x21 -- Mar 15, 1993 -- Two for the Road 5x22 -- Mar 22, 1993 -- Murphy and the Amazing Leaping Man 5x23 -- May 03, 1993 -- The Egg & I 5x24 -- May 10, 1993 -- Ship of Phil's 5x25 -- May 17, 1993 -- One
MURPHY BROWN - Season 6 -- 25 Episodes
6x1 -- Sep 20, 1993 -- The More Things Change 6x2 -- Sep 27, 1993 -- Angst for the Memories 6x3 -- Oct 04, 1993 -- Black and White and Read All Over 6x4 -- Oct 11, 1993 -- Political Correctness 6x5 -- Oct 18, 1993 -- The Young & the Rest of Us 6x6 -- Oct 25, 1993 -- Ticket to Writhe 6x7 -- Nov 01, 1993 -- I Don't Know You from Madam 6x8 -- Nov 08, 1993 -- All the Life That's Fit to Print 6x9 -- Nov 15, 1993 -- Bah Humboldt 6x10 -- Nov 22, 1993 -- Reaper Madness 6x11 -- Nov 29, 1993 -- It's Not Easy Being Brown 6x12 -- Dec 06, 1993 -- To Have and Have Not 6x13 -- Dec 13, 1993 -- Sox and the Single Woman 6x14 -- Jan 03, 1994 -- A Piece of the Auction 6x15 -- Jan 10, 1994 -- The Thrill of the Hunt 6x16 -- Jan 17, 1994 -- The Deal of the Art 6x17 -- Jan 24, 1994 -- The Anchorman 6x18 -- Jan 31, 1994 -- Fjord Eyes Only 6x19 -- Feb 28, 1994 -- Crime Story 6x20 -- Mar 07, 1994 -- The Fifth Anchor 6x21 -- Mar 14, 1994 -- Anything But Cured 6x22 -- Mar 28, 1994 -- The Tip of the Silverburg 6x23 -- May 02, 1994 -- It's Just Like Riding a Bike 6x24 -- May 09, 1994 -- My Movie with Louis 6x25 -- May 16, 1994 -- The More Things Stay the Same
MURPHY BROWN - Season 7 -- 26 Episodes
7x1 -- Sep 19, 1994 -- Brown vs. The Board of Education 7x2 -- Sep 26, 1994 -- Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? 7x3 -- Oct 03, 1994 -- Loose Affiliations 7x4 -- Oct 10, 1994 -- Be Careful What You Wish For 7x5 -- Oct 17, 1994 -- Burger, She Wrote 7x6 -- Oct 24, 1994 -- Humboldt IV: Judgment Day 7x7 -- Oct 31, 1994 -- Frank Cuts Loose 7x8 -- Nov 07, 1994 -- Reporters Make Strange Bedfellows 7x9 -- Nov 14, 1994 -- Prelude to a Kiss 7x10 -- Nov 21, 1994 -- Bye Bye Bernecky 7x11 -- Nov 28, 1994 -- The Secret Life of Jim Dial 7x12 -- Dec 12, 1994 -- Brown in Toyland 7x13 -- Jan 02, 1995 -- The Best and Not-So-Brightest 7x14 -- Jan 09, 1995 -- Rumble in the Alley 7x15 -- Jan 16, 1995 -- Requiem for a Crew Guy 7x16 -- Jan 23, 1995 -- I Want My MTV-Jay 7x17 -- Feb 06, 1995 -- Specific Overtures 7x18 -- Feb 13, 1995 -- A Rat's Tale 7x19 -- Feb 20, 1995 -- It's Miller Time 7x20 -- Feb 27, 1995 -- McGovern: Unclothed 7x21 -- Mar 13, 1995 -- The Good Nephew 7x22 -- Mar 20, 1995 -- FYI of the Hurricane 7x23 -- May 08, 1995 -- Model Relationships 7x24 -- May 15, 1995 -- Make Room for Daddy 7x25 -- May 22, 1995 -- Retrospective (1) 7x26 -- May 22, 1995 -- Retrospective (2)
MURPHY BROWN - Season 8 -- 24 Episodes
8x1 -- Sep 18, 1995 -- Altered States 8x2 -- Sep 25, 1995 -- The Awful Truth 8x3 -- Oct 02, 1995 -- Fearless Frank 8x4 -- Oct 09, 1995 -- Murphy's Law 8x5 -- Oct 16, 1995 -- Sex or Death 8x6 -- Oct 23, 1995 -- Miller's Crossing 8x7 -- Oct 30, 1995 -- The Feminine Critique 8x8 -- Nov 06, 1995 -- Bad Company 8x9 -- Nov 13, 1995 -- The Ten Percent Solution 8x10 -- Nov 20, 1995 -- The Humboldt Doldt 8x11 -- Nov 27, 1995 -- Dick and Dottie 8x12 -- Jan 08, 1996 -- All in the Family 8x13 -- Jan 15, 1996 -- If You're Going to Talk the Talk 8x14 -- Jan 22, 1996 -- My Fair Miller 8x15 -- Feb 05, 1996 -- Old Flames 8x16 -- Feb 12, 1996 -- Up in Smoke 8x17 -- Feb 19, 1996 -- Aftermath 8x18 -- Feb 26, 1996 -- Trick or Retreat 8x19 -- Mar 04, 1996 -- All Singing! All Dancing! All Miserable! 8x20 -- Mar 11, 1996 -- The Bus Stops Here 8x21 -- Apr 29, 1996 -- When A. Lansing Loves a Woman 8x22 -- May 06, 1996 -- Casa Nova 8x23 -- May 13, 1996 -- Stepping Out (1) 8x24 -- May 20, 1996 -- Miles Away (2)
MURPHY BROWN - Season 9 -- 24 Episodes
9x1 -- Sep 16, 1996 -- Executive Decision 9x2 -- Sep 23, 1996 -- Power Play 9x3 -- Sep 30, 1996 -- A Comedy of Eros 9x4 -- Oct 07, 1996 -- Son of Dottie 9x5 -- Oct 14, 1996 -- Office Politics 9x6 -- Oct 21, 1996 -- Phil's Dead - Long Live Phil's 9x7 -- Oct 28, 1996 -- That's the Way the Corky Crumbles 9x8 -- Nov 04, 1996 -- Defending Your Life 9x9 -- Nov 11, 1996 -- Underdogs 9x10 -- Nov 18, 1996 -- Nobody's Perfect 9x11 -- Nov 25, 1996 -- A One Night Stan 9x12 -- Dec 02, 1996 -- Seperation Anxiety 9x13 -- Dec 16, 1996 -- Montezuma's Retreat 9x14 -- Jan 06, 1997 -- The Big Thaw 9x15 -- Jan 13, 1997 -- Who Do You Truss? 9x16 -- Jan 20, 1997 -- You Don't Know Jackal 9x17 -- Feb 03, 1997 -- Blind Date 9x18 -- Feb 10, 1997 -- Oh, Danny Boy 9x19 -- Feb 17, 1997 -- Desperate Times 9x20 -- Feb 25, 1997 -- And That's the Way it Was? 9x21 -- Apr 28, 1997 -- How to Marry a Billionaire 9x22 -- May 05, 1997 -- Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow 9x23 -- May 12, 1997 -- Mama Miller 9x24 -- May 18, 1997 -- When One Door Closes ...
MURPHY BROWN - Season 10 -- 22 Episodes
10x1 -- Oct 01, 1997 -- Murphy Redux 10x2 -- Oct 08, 1997 -- A Butcher, a Faker, a Bummed-Out Promo Maker 10x3 -- Oct 15, 1997 -- Ectomy, Schmectomy 10x4 -- Oct 22, 1997 -- Operation: Murphy Brown 10x5 -- Oct 29, 1997 -- Florence Night-en Corky 10x6 -- Nov 05, 1997 -- Waiting to Inhale 10x7 -- Nov 12, 1997 -- Petty Woman 10x8 -- Nov 19, 1997 -- From Here to Jerusalem 10x9 -- Nov 24, 1997 -- Tempus Fugit 10x10 -- Dec 10, 1997 -- I Hear a Symphony 10x11 -- Dec 17, 1997 -- From the Terrace 10x12 -- Jan 07, 1998 -- The Last Temptation of Murphy 10x13 -- Jan 14, 1998 -- Turpis Capillus Annus (Bad Hair Day) 10x14 -- Jan 21, 1998 -- Wee Small Hours 10x15 -- Jan 28, 1998 -- Then and Now 10x16 -- Apr 06, 1998 -- Opus One 10x17 -- Apr 13, 1998 -- Seems Like Gold Times 10x18 -- Apr 20, 1998 -- Second Time Around 10x19 -- Apr 27, 1998 -- A Man and a Woman 10x20 -- May 04, 1998 -- Dial and Substance 10x21 -- May 18, 1998 -- Never Can Say Goodbye (1) 10x22 -- May 18, 1998 -- Never Can Say Goodbye (2)
MURPHY BROWN - Season 11 -- 13 Episodes
11x1 -- Sep 27, 2018 -- Fake News 11x2 -- Oct 04, 2018 -- I (Don't) Heart Huckabee 11x3 -- Oct 11, 2018 -- #MurphyToo 11x4 -- Oct 18, 2018 -- Three Shirts to the Wind 11x5 -- Oct 25, 2018 -- The Girl Who Cried About Wolf 11x6 -- Nov 01, 2018 -- Results May Vary 11x7 -- Nov 08, 2018 -- A Lifetime of Achievement 11x8 -- Nov 15, 2018 -- The Coma and the Oxford Comma 11x9 -- Nov 22, 2018 -- Thanksgiving and Taking 11x10 -- Nov 29, 2018 -- Beat the Press 11x11 -- Dec 06, 2018 -- The Wheels on the Dog Go Round and Round 11x12 -- Dec 13, 2018 -- AWOL 11x13 -- Dec 20, 2018 -- Happy New Year
