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| Murphy Brown - The Complete First Season | 
 enlarge | Directors: Joe Regalbuto, Peter Baldwin, Peter Bonerz, Barnet Kellman, Garry Marshall
Actors: Candice Bergen, Pat Corley, Faith Ford, Charles Kimbrough, Robert Pastorelli
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $27.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (70 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4317
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 535 minutes
Number Of Items: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.8
MPN: WARD59645D
ISBN: 1419803417
UPC: 012569596450
EAN: 9781419803413
ASIN: B0006N2EZA
Release Date: February 8, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: November 14, 1988
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
Candice Bergen stars as Murphy Brown, an outspoken TV journalist, who along with her hilariously quirky cohorts of the top-rated newsmagazine show, FYI, struggles to handle personal and professional problems with humor and insight.DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Documentary
Amazon.com
The DVD release of Murphy Brown is particularly newsworthy. There had never been anyone on primetime quite like Murphy, the star investigative reporter for the Washington, D.C.-based television news magazine F.Y.I. As created by Diane English and embodied by Candice Bergen, Murphy was, in English's words, "Mike Wallace in a dress." On camera, she was tough, smart, and relentless. Off camera she was intriguingly flawed. In the pilot episode, her character returns to work following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic. Over the course of the season, her sobriety is supremely tested by the chaotic goings-on inside the funniest newsroom since WJM on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Murphy must contend with an unending parade of ill-suited, stressed-out secretaries (a running joke throughout the series' 10 years), new 25-year-old producer Miles Silverberg (Grant Shaud) whom she rudely dismisses ("While I was being maced at the Democratic Convention in '68, you were wondering if you'd ever meet Adam West"), and new co-anchor Corky Sherwood (Faith Ford), a former Miss America ("by default") with no journalistic background. Murphy is over 40 and prickly, with a penchant for vindictive practical jokes against her colleagues. In short, in the words of a lampooning cartoonist in the episode "Funnies Girl," dynamic, "pain-in-the-butt," Motown-loving Murphy is "a veritable fountain of material." With its smart and sophisticated writing and seamless ensemble, Murphy Brown instantly established itself as one of television's gold standard series, earning four Emmy Awards for this inaugural season, including Outstanding Lead Actress for Bergen and Outstanding Writing for English. Colleen Dewhurst was also honored for her guest appearance as Murphy's equally intimidating mother in the episode, "Mama Said." A cast and crew retrospective and commentaries by Bergen and English for, respectively, the pilot and classic flashback episode "The Summer of '77" earn this set R*E*S*P*E*C*T. --Donald Liebenson
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 Oldie but goodie January 6, 2009
I bought this DVD for my mom as a gift. This is one of her favorite shows. Even though it began in the 80's and ended more than 10 years ago, the content is still relevant. The mainstream media is still coming up with ridiculous ways to increase ratings/profits, still hiring unqualified beauty queens as news anchors, etc. The only difference is that real journalists like Murphy are a dying breed. I wish there were more quality shows like this one on TV now. If you want to watch a comedy that doesn't insult your intelligence with slap-stick humor, give this one a try.
And we want Season 2 released! Thanks.
Brings back memories December 12, 2008
I remember "Murphy Brown" as one of the funniest sitcoms of the past few decades, and seeing the first season again confirms that memory. Candice Bergen is great in the role of Murphy, a feisty, unabashedly liberal, feminist TV journalist. She plays the character as smart, funny, and incredibly convinced of her own infallibility. The remainder of the cast is excellent in their semi-slapstick roles. Whether you agree with the obvious political positions espoused (and I often don't), objectively, you have to admire the writing and presentation of those positions.
Where are the other seasons? July 30, 2008
With the amount of harsh feelings toward the current administration, I am BEWILDERED as to why other seasons of this show are not available! I was in a video store the other day and saw DVD of TV shows I've never heard of available on disc, yet this multiple Emmy winning series isn't. I even saw a collection of "Jake and the Fatman." WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? Please Warner Brothers, release more MURPHY BROWN (watching BOSTON LEGAL is a fair substitute but only when Shirley Schimdt - Bergen - gets to go to court)!
murphy brown season 1 on dvd May 5, 2008
excellent condition brouth back a lot of memerores from the 80s arrived earlier then the orginally date thanks denise
Other seasons! March 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
To the studio: Gentlemen, we consumed all our patience, so please be quick to release other seasons!
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