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04-25-2026, 12:20 AM
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Murphy Brown, the '90s newsroom comedy starring Candice Bergen, was a smash hit ranked in the top 5 in America for several years and won 18 Emmys. It created a political firestorm that captured the nation’s attention, drawing in 70 million viewers JUST TO SEE how Murphy would respond. So how does a show THAT BIG just disappear? Well, it’s complicated — and I cover it all in my latest retro TV deep dive about Murphy Brown.
In this video, I dig into the wild origin story that SAVED the show from being something COMPLETELY different, the real-world Dan Quayle controversy that dominated the 1992 presidential election, the groundbreaking single-mother storyline, the powerful breast cancer arc that actually increased mammogram rates, and exactly why you still can’t find the show anywhere today. Enjoy!!
Murphy Brown, the '90s newsroom comedy starring Candice Bergen, was a smash hit ranked in the top 5 in America for several years and won 18 Emmys. It created a political firestorm that captured the nation’s attention, drawing in 70 million viewers JUST TO SEE how Murphy would respond. So how does a show THAT BIG just disappear? Well, it’s complicated — and I cover it all in my latest retro TV deep dive about Murphy Brown.
In this video, I dig into the wild origin story that SAVED the show from being something COMPLETELY different, the real-world Dan Quayle controversy that dominated the 1992 presidential election, the groundbreaking single-mother storyline, the powerful breast cancer arc that actually increased mammogram rates, and exactly why you still can’t find the show anywhere today. Enjoy!!