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Murphy Brown (1988–2018) — drama · comedy on CBS

The answer: Concluded December 20, 2018.
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Genre
Drama · Comedy
Network / streamer
CBS
Premiered
November 14, 1988
Ended
December 20, 2018
Runtime
~30 min per episode
TVMaze rating
6.3 / 10
11seasons
260episodes
6.3/ 10

About Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown ended on December 20, 2018, after its 11th season on CBS.

The show was a comedy-drama that originally premiered on November 14, 1988. It followed Murphy Brown, the star reporter on the news magazine show FYI, as she navigated her professional and personal life. The series depicted her interactions with her colleagues, including the uptight senior anchor Jim Dial, her best friend Frank, and Corky, a former Miss America turned journalist. The show was known for its sharp humor and commentary on media and politics.

The cast included Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown, Faith Ford as Corky Sherwood, Joe Regalbuto as Frank Fontana, Charles Kimbrough as Jim Dial, Grant Shaud as Miles Silverberg, Jake McDorman as Avery Brown, Nik Dodani as Pat Patel, and Tyne Daly as Phyllis. The series had a rating of 6.3 on TVMaze and each episode ran approximately 30 minutes.

Murphy Brown episode schedule

260 aired

Aired · 260

DateEp.Title
December 20, 2018 S11·E13 Happy New Year
December 13, 2018 S11·E12 AWOL
December 6, 2018 S11·E11 The Wheels on the Dog Go Round and Round
November 29, 2018 S11·E10 Beat the Press
November 22, 2018 S11·E9 Thanksgiving and Taking
November 15, 2018 S11·E8 The Coma and the Oxford Comma
November 8, 2018 S11·E7 A Lifetime of Achievement
November 1, 2018 S11·E6 Results May Vary
October 25, 2018 S11·E5 The Girl Who Cried About Wolf
October 18, 2018 S11·E4 Three Shirts to the Wind
October 11, 2018 S11·E3 #MurphyToo
October 4, 2018 S11·E2 I (Don't) Heart Huckabee
September 27, 2018 S11·E1 Fake News
May 18, 1998 S10·E21 Never Can Say Goodbye (1)
May 18, 1998 S10·E22 Never Can Say Goodbye (2)
May 4, 1998 S10·E20 Dial and Substance
April 27, 1998 S10·E19 A Man and a Woman
April 20, 1998 S10·E18 Second Time Around
April 13, 1998 S10·E17 Seems Like Gold Times
April 6, 1998 S10·E16 Opus One
January 28, 1998 S10·E15 Then and Now
January 21, 1998 S10·E14 Wee Small Hours
January 14, 1998 S10·E13 Turpis Capillus Annus (Bad Hair Day)
January 7, 1998 S10·E12 The Last Temptation of Murphy
December 17, 1997 S10·E11 From the Terrace
December 10, 1997 S10·E10 I Hear a Symphony
November 24, 1997 S10·E9 Tempus Fugit
November 19, 1997 S10·E8 From Here to Jerusalem
November 12, 1997 S10·E7 Petty Woman
November 5, 1997 S10·E6 Waiting to Inhale
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October 29, 1997 S10·E5 Florence Night-en Corky
October 22, 1997 S10·E4 Operation: Murphy Brown
October 15, 1997 S10·E3 Ectomy, Schmectomy
October 8, 1997 S10·E2 A Butcher, a Faker, a Bummed-Out Promo Maker
October 1, 1997 S10·E1 Murphy Redux
May 18, 1997 S9·E24 When One Door Closes ...
May 12, 1997 S9·E23 Mama Miller
May 5, 1997 S9·E22 Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow
April 28, 1997 S9·E21 How to Marry a Billionaire
February 25, 1997 S9·E20 And That's the Way it Was?
February 17, 1997 S9·E19 Desperate Times
February 10, 1997 S9·E18 Oh, Danny Boy
February 3, 1997 S9·E17 Blind Date
January 20, 1997 S9·E16 You Don't Know Jackal
January 13, 1997 S9·E15 Who Do You Truss?
January 6, 1997 S9·E14 The Big Thaw
December 16, 1996 S9·E13 Montezuma's Retreat
December 2, 1996 S9·E12 Seperation Anxiety
November 25, 1996 S9·E11 A One Night Stan
November 18, 1996 S9·E10 Nobody's Perfect
November 11, 1996 S9·E9 Underdogs
November 4, 1996 S9·E8 Defending Your Life
October 28, 1996 S9·E7 That's the Way the Corky Crumbles
October 21, 1996 S9·E6 Phil's Dead - Long Live Phil's
October 14, 1996 S9·E5 Office Politics
October 7, 1996 S9·E4 Son of Dottie
September 30, 1996 S9·E3 A Comedy of Eros
September 23, 1996 S9·E2 Power Play
September 16, 1996 S9·E1 Executive Decision
May 20, 1996 S8·E24 Miles Away (2)
May 13, 1996 S8·E23 Stepping Out (1)
May 6, 1996 S8·E22 Casa Nova
April 29, 1996 S8·E21 When A. Lansing Loves a Woman
March 11, 1996 S8·E20 The Bus Stops Here
March 4, 1996 S8·E19 All Singing! All Dancing! All Miserable!
February 26, 1996 S8·E18 Trick or Retreat
February 19, 1996 S8·E17 Aftermath
February 12, 1996 S8·E16 Up in Smoke
February 5, 1996 S8·E15 Old Flames
January 22, 1996 S8·E14 My Fair Miller
January 15, 1996 S8·E13 If You're Going to Talk the Talk
January 8, 1996 S8·E12 All in the Family
November 27, 1995 S8·E11 Dick and Dottie
November 20, 1995 S8·E10 The Humboldt Doldt
November 13, 1995 S8·E9 The Ten Percent Solution
November 6, 1995 S8·E8 Bad Company
October 30, 1995 S8·E7 The Feminine Critique
October 23, 1995 S8·E6 Miller's Crossing
October 16, 1995 S8·E5 Sex or Death
October 9, 1995 S8·E4 Murphy's Law
October 2, 1995 S8·E3 Fearless Frank
September 25, 1995 S8·E2 The Awful Truth
September 18, 1995 S8·E1 Altered States
May 22, 1995 S7·E25 Retrospective (1)
May 22, 1995 S7·E26 Retrospective (2)
May 15, 1995 S7·E24 Make Room for Daddy
May 8, 1995 S7·E23 Model Relationships
March 20, 1995 S7·E22 FYI of the Hurricane
March 13, 1995 S7·E21 The Good Nephew
February 27, 1995 S7·E20 McGovern: Unclothed
February 20, 1995 S7·E19 It's Miller Time
February 13, 1995 S7·E18 A Rat's Tale
February 6, 1995 S7·E17 Specific Overtures
January 23, 1995 S7·E16 I Want My MTV-Jay
January 16, 1995 S7·E15 Requiem for a Crew Guy
January 9, 1995 S7·E14 Rumble in the Alley
January 2, 1995 S7·E13 The Best and Not-So-Brightest
December 12, 1994 S7·E12 Brown in Toyland
November 28, 1994 S7·E11 The Secret Life of Jim Dial
November 21, 1994 S7·E10 Bye Bye Bernecky
November 14, 1994 S7·E9 Prelude to a Kiss
November 7, 1994 S7·E8 Reporters Make Strange Bedfellows
October 31, 1994 S7·E7 Frank Cuts Loose
October 24, 1994 S7·E6 Humboldt IV: Judgment Day
October 17, 1994 S7·E5 Burger, She Wrote
October 10, 1994 S7·E4 Be Careful What You Wish For
October 3, 1994 S7·E3 Loose Affiliations
September 26, 1994 S7·E2 Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?
September 19, 1994 S7·E1 Brown vs. The Board of Education
May 16, 1994 S6·E25 The More Things Stay the Same
May 9, 1994 S6·E24 My Movie with Louis
May 2, 1994 S6·E23 It's Just Like Riding a Bike
March 28, 1994 S6·E22 The Tip of the Silverburg
March 14, 1994 S6·E21 Anything But Cured
March 7, 1994 S6·E20 The Fifth Anchor
February 28, 1994 S6·E19 Crime Story
January 31, 1994 S6·E18 Fjord Eyes Only
January 24, 1994 S6·E17 The Anchorman
January 17, 1994 S6·E16 The Deal of the Art
January 10, 1994 S6·E15 The Thrill of the Hunt
January 3, 1994 S6·E14 A Piece of the Auction
December 13, 1993 S6·E13 Sox and the Single Woman
December 6, 1993 S6·E12 To Have and Have Not
November 29, 1993 S6·E11 It's Not Easy Being Brown
November 22, 1993 S6·E10 Reaper Madness
November 15, 1993 S6·E9 Bah Humboldt
November 8, 1993 S6·E8 All the Life That's Fit to Print
November 1, 1993 S6·E7 I Don't Know You from Madam
October 25, 1993 S6·E6 Ticket to Writhe
October 18, 1993 S6·E5 The Young & the Rest of Us
October 11, 1993 S6·E4 Political Correctness
October 4, 1993 S6·E3 Black and White and Read All Over
September 27, 1993 S6·E2 Angst for the Memories
September 20, 1993 S6·E1 The More Things Change
May 17, 1993 S5·E25 One
May 10, 1993 S5·E24 Ship of Phil's
May 3, 1993 S5·E23 The Egg & I
March 22, 1993 S5·E22 Murphy and the Amazing Leaping Man
March 15, 1993 S5·E21 Two for the Road
March 1, 1993 S5·E20 To Market, to Market
February 21, 1993 S5·E19 Bump in the Night
February 15, 1993 S5·E18 The World According to Avery
February 8, 1993 S5·E17 Trickster, We Hardly Knew Ye
February 1, 1993 S5·E16 The Intern
January 18, 1993 S5·E15 Back to the Ball
January 11, 1993 S5·E14 The British Invasion
January 4, 1993 S5·E13 Games Mother Play
December 14, 1992 S5·E12 I'm Dreaming of a Brown Christmas
December 7, 1992 S5·E11 Till Death or Next Thursday Do We Part
November 23, 1992 S5·E10 Winners Take All
November 16, 1992 S5·E9 Me Thinks My Parents Doth Protest Too Much
November 9, 1992 S5·E8 Midnight Plane to Paris
November 2, 1992 S5·E7 A Year to Remember
October 26, 1992 S5·E6 Night of Living News
October 12, 1992 S5·E5 I Never Sang for My Husband
October 5, 1992 S5·E4 Black, White & Brown
September 28, 1992 S5·E3 Life After Birth
September 21, 1992 S5·E2 You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato (2)
September 21, 1992 S5·E1 You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato (1)
May 18, 1992 S4·E26 Birth 101
May 11, 1992 S4·E25 A Chance of Showers
May 4, 1992 S4·E24 On the Rocks
April 27, 1992 S4·E23 He-Ho, He-Ho, It's Off to Lamaze We Go
March 23, 1992 S4·E22 Phil's Not So Silent Partner
March 16, 1992 S4·E21 Rage Before Beauty
March 4, 1992 S4·E20 Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
March 2, 1992 S4·E19 Murphy Buys the Farm
February 24, 1992 S4·E18 Send in the Clowns
February 3, 1992 S4·E17 Heartfelt
January 20, 1992 S4·E16 Lovesick
January 13, 1992 S4·E15 Guess Who's Coming to Luncheon
January 6, 1992 S4·E14 Anchor Rancor
December 16, 1991 S4·E13 Love is Blonde
December 9, 1991 S4·E12 Be it Ever So Humboldt
November 25, 1991 S4·E11 Mission Control
November 18, 1991 S4·E10 Inside Murphy Brown
November 11, 1991 S4·E9 The Queen of Soul
November 4, 1991 S4·E8 It Came from College
October 28, 1991 S4·E7 The Smiths Go to Washington
October 14, 1991 S4·E6 Full Circle
October 7, 1991 S4·E5 The Square Triangle
September 30, 1991 S4·E4 Male Call
September 23, 1991 S4·E3 I'm as Much of a Man as I Ever Was
September 16, 1991 S4·E1 Uh-Oh (2)
September 16, 1991 S4·E2 Uh-Oh (3)
May 20, 1991 S3·E26 Uh-Oh (1)
May 13, 1991 S3·E25 Q & A on FYI
May 6, 1991 S3·E24 The Usual Suspects
April 29, 1991 S3·E23 Small
April 8, 1991 S3·E22 Corky's Place
March 18, 1991 S3·E21 Everytime it Rains... You Get Wet
March 4, 1991 S3·E20 Driving Miss Crazy
February 25, 1991 S3·E19 On Another Plane (2)
February 25, 1991 S3·E18 On Another Plane (1)
February 18, 1991 S3·E17 Terror on the 17th Floor
February 11, 1991 S3·E16 The Novel
February 4, 1991 S3·E15 Hoarse Play
January 21, 1991 S3·E14 Contractions
January 14, 1991 S3·E13 Eldin Imitates Life
January 7, 1991 S3·E12 Retreat
December 17, 1990 S3·E11 Jingle Hell, Jingle Hell, Jingle All the Way
December 10, 1990 S3·E10 Trouble in Sherwood-Forrest
November 26, 1990 S3·E9 The Bummer of 42
November 19, 1990 S3·E8 Rootless People
November 12, 1990 S3·E7 The Last Laugh
November 5, 1990 S3·E6 Bob & Murphy & Ted & Avery
October 22, 1990 S3·E5 The Gold Rush
October 15, 1990 S3·E4 Strike Two
October 1, 1990 S3·E3 Loco Hero
September 24, 1990 S3·E2 Brown and Blue
September 17, 1990 S3·E1 The 390th Broadcast
May 21, 1990 S2·E27 Going to the Chapel (2)
May 14, 1990 S2·E26 Going to the Chapel (1)
May 7, 1990 S2·E25 The Bitch's Back
April 30, 1990 S2·E24 Fax or Fiction
April 9, 1990 S2·E23 Frank's Appendectomy
March 19, 1990 S2·E22 But First a Word from Our Sponsor
March 5, 1990 S2·E21 On the Road Again
February 26, 1990 S2·E20 Heart of Gold
February 19, 1990 S2·E19 Bad Girls
February 12, 1990 S2·E18 The Murphy Brown School of Broadcasting
February 5, 1990 S2·E17 Frankly Speaking
January 29, 1990 S2·E16 I Want My FYI
January 8, 1990 S2·E15 Subpoena Envy
January 1, 1990 S2·E14 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
December 18, 1989 S2·E13 Here's to You Mrs. Kinsella
December 11, 1989 S2·E12 The Strike
November 27, 1989 S2·E10 Brown Like Me (1)
November 27, 1989 S2·E11 Brown Like Me (2)
November 20, 1989 S2·E9 Roasted

…and 30 earlier episodes not shown. Long-running show.

Murphy Brown cast