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.
The More Things Change (Folge 1)
Autor: Steven Peterman
Sendedatum: 1993-09-20
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: An arrogant new colleague threatens everyone on the staff, especially Murphy who's just reduced her role on FYI resulting from the pressures of motherhood. Their relationship hits it off real well just as the show is ready to air.
Angst For the Memories (Folge 2)
Autor: Rob Bragin
Sendedatum: 1993-09-27
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Murphy gets an interview with a reclusive '60s literary idol, but times and people have changed.
Black and White and Read All Over (Folge 3)
Sendedatum: 1993-10-04
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: After going to a function with Mitchell, Murphy begins to date him. Is there anything there, or do they just like it when heads turn?
Political Correctness (Folge 4)
Autor: Steven Peterman
Sendedatum: 1993-10-11
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: A series of on-air comments made by Peter and Murphy gets the staff forced to attend a seminar on political correctness.
The Young & the Rest of Us (Folge 5)
Autor: Adam Belanoff
Sendedatum: 1993-10-18
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: The staff gets nervous when Peter whisks away a depressed Corky on her 30th birthday.
Ticket to Writhe (Folge 6)
Sendedatum: 1993-10-25
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Peter and Murphy compete for the Middle East peace story. Miles obtains sideline passes to a Washington football game where he plans to propose to Audrey via the scoreboard, but finds he is so wrapped up with work he didn't even notice that she has left him. Corky thinks the passes are cursed when more bad things occur to anyone in possession of them.
I Don't Know You From Madam (Folge 7)
Autor: Adam Belanoff
Sendedatum: 1993-11-01
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Murphy works reluctantly on a story the network brass wants on ""The Beltway Madam,"" a high priced call girl who's just been exposed and is the hottest story in town.
All the Life That's Fit to Print (Folge 8)
Sendedatum: 1993-11-08
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Murphy has nightmares about what her colleagues will say about her when they are interviewed for a biography that she has authorized to be written.
Bah Humboldt (Folge 9)
Sendedatum: 1993-11-15
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Peter, Frank & Murphy are all nominated for the Humboldt Award. While at the ceremony, Murphy can't understand how disinterested Peter is in the award and Frank hears a rumor about a network having to make cutbacks.
Reaper Madness (Folge 10)
Autor: Rob Bragin
Sendedatum: 1993-11-22
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Murphy is obsessed with the need to try to explain death to Avery and bothers everyone for their perspective.
It's Not Easy Being Brown (Folge 11)
Sendedatum: 1993-11-29
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: To improve upon her image, Murphy gets a publicist and makes an appearance on a children's puppet show.
To Have and Have Not (Folge 12)
Sendedatum: 1993-12-06
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Miles comes under public scrutiny when he is misquoted in a magazine article that makes him out to be the biggest male chauvinist in Washington, DC.
Socks and the Single Woman (Folge 13)
Sendedatum: 1993-12-13
Übersicht: Murphy gets invited to the White House by the Clintons. Once she gets back to the office, she finds out she has a furry stowaway.
A Piece of the Auction (Folge 14)
Autor: Rob Bragin
Sendedatum: 1994-01-03
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Murphy gets rude remarks by radio personality, Marty Crane. She gets mad but the gang actually thin the things Marty says about Murphy are funny. They're all now at a charity event at Phill's, while every one of the gang donated something to be auctioned, Murphy decided to donate herself, that means the winner will spend a whole day with her in the office and then go to dinner.
Marty Crane is there, and buys Murphy for 10 thousand dollars. Murphy doesn't accept it at first but then agrees, after all I can't be that bad.
But it is, Marty shows up at the bullpen with cameras and girls with costumes. At her office, they start talking and Marty says that by the end of the day, she'll start seing him differently. Murphy doens't think so.
At the restaurant Murphy doens't seem to want people to see her with Marty, which he notices. They have a honest talk, and Murphy starts to understand his point of view and they make plans to get together again.
The next morning while driving to work,
The Thrill of the Hunt (Folge 15)
Autor: Adam Belanoff
Sendedatum: 1994-01-10
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: An injured Peter returns from Bosnia and eventually they admit missing each other and decide to have a relationship they know will go down in flames.
The Deal of the Art (Folge 16)
Autor: Lisa Albert
Sendedatum: 1994-01-17
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Murphy's report and comments about modern art lead to her appearance on a PBS talk show, defending her views against art critics. Later she takes one of Avery's paintings and puts it on display to show them what they really know about art.
The Anchorman (Folge 17)
Sendedatum: 1994-01-24
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Jim decides to open an English pub called ""The Anchorman"" and it turns out to be a big success as a gay bar.
Fjord Eyes Only (Folge 18)
Sendedatum: 1994-01-31
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: The team travels to Lillehammer, and Murphy, who's more interested in getting free stuff, has a ""fluff piece"" interview with a skater, which results in a disaster for Norway.
Crime Story (Folge 19)
Autor: Rob Bragin
Sendedatum: 1994-02-28
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: After her car is stolen out of her driveway, Murphy joins the neighborhood watch, but discovers that her neighbors are borderline vigilantes.
The Fifth Anchor (Folge 20)
Sendedatum: 1994-03-07
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: FYI's 17th anniversary show is more than complete when an annoying former anchor returns. They plot to get rid of him again until Murphy finds out what he once did for her before the 1st show.
Anything But Cured (Folge 21)
Autor: Russ Woody
Sendedatum: 1994-03-14
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Frank's psychologist tells him after 18 years of therapy that he's cured and needs to move on and he leans on Murphy for support.
The Tip of the Silverburg (Folge 22)
Autor: Rob Bragin
Sendedatum: 1994-03-28
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: When Murphy take Miles shopping for a new suit, he becomes humiliated when she ""sees it"" and then everyone else finds out. Later, everyone else lets out their most embarrassing moment.
It's Just Like Riding a Bike (Folge 23)
Sendedatum: 1994-05-02
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Peter returns to town and he and Murphy pick up right where they left off. Back at her place, Murphy delays the inevitable.
My Movie With Louis (Folge 24)
Sendedatum: 1994-05-09
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Despite the network's policy against it, Murphy decides to play a ""small, but pivotal role"" in director Louis Malle's new film. After getting the script, Murphy goes to the set to get changes made that will protect her ""journalistic integrity.""
The More Things Stay the Same (Folge 25)
Autor: Steven Peterman
Sendedatum: 1994-05-16
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Frank, Jim and Murphy are all up for contract renewals as FYI celebrates the airing of its 500th broadcast and their egos go unchecked.
