Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown

Jim Dial

Frank Fontana

Corky Sherwood

According to an article which ran in Ladies Home Journal in March 2000, CBS initially wanted Heather Locklear to play the title role.

In the final episode of season four, Murphy Brown gave birth to her child, Avery. Around that time Vice President Dan Quayle, during a televised debate, criticized the show for introducing the theme of an unmarried woman having a child and thereby promoting the idea of single motherhood and the decay of family values, a hot issue during that year's election campaigning. The producers and writers retaliated in the 60-minute season premiere which aired 21 September 1992. The clip from the debate was featured prominently in the episode (entitled "You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato") and the majority of the writing made fun of VP Quayle's remarks (To his credit, Vice President Quayle later sent the fictional baby Avery a very real plush toy elephant.)

Diane English:  the series creator appeared on the last episode as a doctor.

Murphy: [hears helicopters at Corky's wedding] Helicopter.

Murphy: Men are like Dove bars - one is great, two make you throw up.

Murphy: Oh yeah? Well I can't take ANYTHING you say seriously with that stupid accent. You sound like you should be "plottink beeg trabble for moose and skvirrel"!