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  • Watch ‘Murphy Brown’ Revival Take on Donald Trump and Fake News

    Mike Pence had better prepare himself, because “Murphy Brown” is ready to offend the sensibilities of yet another sitting vice president.

    CBS is bringing back the multi-Emmy-winning sitcom, and the network has unveiled a first look at the revival. The video shows what the “FYI” gang has been up to since we last saw them in the late ’90s, including Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen), Corky Sherwood (Faith Ford), Miles Silverberg (Grant Shaud), and Frank Fontana (Joe Regalbuto). They discuss the state of journalism and the world today, making it clear they have issues with both, especially after the most recent election.

    A lot has changed since the show’s run from 1988 to 1998, but so much hasn’t. As Murphy says in a clip from an old episode, “If you are any of the following — a smoker, a manic depressive, a fan of Donald Trump, or a collector of Nazi memorabilia — this isn’t going to work.” That pretty much sums up who will and won’t like the revival.

    Watch the first look video below.

    “Murphy Brown” returns to CBS this fall.

  • First Look at ‘Murphy Brown’ Cast Reuniting to Film Revival

    FYI, the “Murphy Brown” crew’s all back together again.

    The ’90s-era CBS comedy is getting a revival because everything is getting revived these days (and even more shows will come back from the dead thanks to the runaway success of “Roseanne”).

    The 13-episode revival “Murphy Brown” is currently in production with much of the original cast, including Candice Bergen as the titular news anchor, Faith Ford (Corky Sherwood), Joe Regalbuto (Frank Fontana), and Grant Shaud (Miles Silverberg).

    Bergen shared the first photo of the reunited cast and crew including Ford, Regalbuto, Shaud, returning writer and executive producer Diane English, and newcomer Nik Dodani (who plays the FYI team’s social media wizard).

    “MURPHY BROWN…together again. Coming to your neighborhood TV in the fall. Just in time…” Bergen wrote in her Instagram post.

    Not pictured is Jake McDorman, who plays an adult version of Murphy’s son, Avery. Like mother, like son: Avery has grown up to be a journalist himself.

    The “Murphy Brown” revival is expected to air this fall.

  • ‘Murphy Brown’ Revival Casts Jake McDorman as Her Millennial Son

    Entertainment Weekly Hosts Celebration Honoring Nominees For The Screen Actors Guild Awards - ArrivalsLike mother, like son.

    The “Murphy Brown” revival on CBS is bringing back Candice Bergen as the hard-charging, accomplished journalist. Now, the show has cast former “Limitless” star Jake McDorman as her now-millennial age son “who is following in his mother’s footsteps, perhaps too closely, and has his mother’s competitive spirit and quick wit.”

    Last time we saw Avery on the show, which concluded in 1998, he was played by then 9-year-old Haley Joel Osment.

    Avery won’t be the only millennial hanging around. Also joining the cast is Nik Dodani (“Atypical”) as Pat, a social media wizard who is “tasked with bringing Murphy and the gang into the 21st century.”

    That gang includes Faith Ford as perky lifestyle reporter Corky, Joe Regalbuto as investigative journalist Frank Fontana, and Grant Shaud as producer Miles Silverberg.

    CBS ordered 13 episodes of this “Murphy Brown” revival and they will air sometime in the 2018-2019 television season.

  • CBS Reviving ‘Murphy Brown’ With Star Candice Bergen

    Everything old is new again. “Murphy Brown” is the latest classic sitcom to get a revival.

    CBS is bringing back the acclaimed comedy, which ran from 1988 for a decade, for 13 episodes. Series creator Diane English is returning, as will star Candice Bergen in her Emmy-winning role as the titular TV anchor.

    The revival arrives on the 30th anniversary of the show’s premiere. “Murphy Brown” mined comedy from political satire and storylines based on real headlines. Then-Vice President Dan Quayle famously made a reference to the show in a 1992 campaign appearance.

    Murphy was a hard-charging, sharp-tongued journalist who should right into the current media landscape. As CBS describes, the show “returns to a world of cable news, social media, fake news and a very different political and cultural climate.”

    “Murphy Brown” follows in the footsteps of “Will & Grace,” recently revived on NBC, and “Roseanne,” returning to ABC in March.

  • Jay Thomas, ‘Cheers’ and ‘Murphy Brown’ Actor, Dies at 69

    The Cinema Society & Montblanc Host A Screening Of IFC Films' 'Hateship Loveship' - ArrivalsCheers” and “Murphy Brown,” has died. He was 69.

    Thomas passed away after a battle with cancer, according to his agent and longtime friend, Don Buchwald, who confirmed the actor’s death to the New York Daily News. In a statement to the Daily News, Buchwald said, “Jay was one of a kind, never at a loss for words and filled with so much fun and wonderfully whacky [sic] thoughts and behavior.”

    Thomas made his sitcom debut on “Mork & Mindy” in 1979, recurring on numerous episodes throughout the show’s run. He later appeared on “Cheers” as Eddie LeBec, the hockey player husband of Carla (Rhea Perlman), who was infamously run over and killed by a Zamboni.

    The actor went on to star on “Murphy Brown,” playing Jerry Gold, the on-again, off-again boyfriend of Candice Bergen’s titular character, with whom she has a baby. Thomas won two Guest Actor in a Comedy Emmys for the role. He later headlined the sitcom “Love & War,” which ran from 1992 to 1995; his most recent television appearance was on “Ray Donovan.” His film credits included “Mr. Holland’s Opus,” “The Santa Clause 2,” and “The Santa Clause 3.”

    The actor also made annual holiday season appearances on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” where he told a tale about a bizarre meeting with “Lone Ranger” star Clayton Moore, and then took turns with Letterman trying to knock a meatball off the top of a Christmas tree with a football.

    Thomas is survived by his wife, Sally, and sons Sam, Jake, and J.T.

    [via: New York Daily News, The Hollywood Reporter]