Premiere To Be 5 Minutes Longer
CBS’ “MURPHY BROWN” TO DEBUT WITH A SPECIAL EXTENDED EPISODE, THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 9:30-10:05 PM
The premiere of the highly anticipated MURPHY BROWN revival will feature an extended episode, written by series creator/executive producer Diane English, Thursday, Sept. 27 (9:30-10:05 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Following MURPHY BROWN, the second season premiere of S.W.A.T. will air 10:05-11:05 PM, ET/PT. THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT will begin at its regularly scheduled time, 11:35 PM, ET/PT.
In the premiere episode, multiple Emmy Award winner Candice Bergen returns as the eponymous broadcast news legend. Back in the game after a brief retirement, and faced with a world of 24-hour cable, social media, “fake news” and a vastly different political climate, Murphy is determined to draw the line between good television and honest reporting, proving that the world needs Murphy Brown now more than ever.
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MULTIPLE EMMY AWARD WINNER CANDICE BERGEN IS BACK AS THE EPONYMOUS BROADCAST NEWS LEGEND IN THE REVIVAL OF THE GROUNDBREAKING COMEDY SERIES “MURPHY BROWN,” PREMIERING THURSDAY, SEPT. 27
Thirty years since the critically acclaimed, multiple award-winning show premiered, and 20 years since it concluded, this revival reunites Bergen, also an executive producer, with multiple Emmy Award-winning series creator/executive producer Diane English and original series co-stars Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto and Grant Shaud. Jake McDorman, Nik Dodani and multiple Emmy Award winner Tyne Daly also star.
“Fake News” – Multiple Emmy Award winner Candice Bergen returns as the eponymous broadcast news legend in the revival of the groundbreaking comedy series MURPHY BROWN, which premieres Thursday, Sept. 27 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Back in the game after a brief retirement, and faced with a world of 24-hour cable, social media, “fake news” and a vastly different political climate, Murphy is determined to draw the line between good television and honest reporting, proving that the world needs Murphy Brown now more than ever.
Amid a divided nation, chaotic national discourse and rampant attacks on the press, Murphy decides to return to the airwaves with her biting take on current events on the CNC cable network’s morning news program, “Murphy in the Morning,” for which she recruits her “FYI” team: lifestyle reporter Corky Sherwood, investigative journalist Frank Fontana, and her former wunderkind news producer Miles Silverberg. Joining them is social media director Pat Patel, who is tasked with bringing Murphy and the team into the 21st century. Murphy’s millennial son, Avery, shares his mother’s competitive spirit and quick wit and is following in her journalistic footsteps with his own new show as the liberal voice on the competing, conservative-leaning Wolf Network. The team still lets off steam at Phil’s Bar, now run by his sister, Phyllis.
During the show’s original 10-year run on CBS, MURPHY BROWN received 62 Emmy nominations (with 18 wins), 15 Golden Globe nominations (with three wins), three Screen Actors Guild awards, five Directors Guild nominations (with two wins) and four Writers Guild nominations (with two wins). Bergen won five Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, and English won three Emmy Awards and two WGA Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series.
CHEAT TWEET: #CandiceBergen returns to @MurphyBrownCBS 9/27 9:30PM/8:30c with original cast @Faith_Ford #JoeRegalbuto & #GrantShaud – & fab new additions @tynedalyonline @JakeMcDorman & #NikDodani! RT if you think the world needs Murphy Brown now more than ever! http://bit.ly/2w7pN01
REGULAR CAST:
Candice Bergen (Murphy Brown)
Faith Ford (Corky Sherwood)
Joe Regalbuto (Frank Fontana)
Grant Shaud (Miles Silverberg)
Jake Mcdormand (Avery Brown)
Nik Dodani (Pat Patel)
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Tyne Daly (Phyllis)
GUEST CAST:
Faith Sandberg (Mary Vernon)
Marja Harmon (Woman at Table)
Lynne Wintersteller (Mother)
Grace Narducci (Daughter)
WRITTEN BY: Diane English
DIRECTED BY: Pamela Fryman
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