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Murphy Brown Season 1 |
| Episode 1 - [Respect] |
| Details : Murphy returns to FYI after drying out at the Betty Ford clinic. The show has undergone some changes while she was gone including the addition of a beauty queen to the anchor desk and a new young executive producer. In her first week back she isn't sure whether she still has her edge. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Tony Goldwyn | Mary Cadorette | Kathleen Freeman | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : Nov. 14, 1988 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [Devil With A Blue Dress On] |
| Details : Miles assigns Corky to work with Murphy on a big story about a corporate big shot. Corky inadvertently uncovers the fact that he is a drug smuggler this isn't immediately apparent to her. Murphy almost feels guilty about taking credit for the story but she doesn't get the chance Corky grabs the brass ring. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Dinah Lenney | John Hostetter | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : Nov. 21, 1988 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [Nowhere To Run] |
| Details : Murphy investigates a federal prosecutor who's linked to mob-run prostitution Miles fears for his life when he receives his first death threat. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Michael Gregory | Ritch Brinkley | Fran Ryan | Tom McCleister | Writer : Russ Woody | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : Nov. 28, 1988 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 4 - [Signed Sealed Delivered] |
| Details : Miles schedules Murphy to interview her radical ex-husband. Murphy And Jake's feelings for one another begin to ruin the chance of a professional interview. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : John Hostetter | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : Dec. 05, 1988 |
| Episode 5 - [Murphy's Pony] |
| Details : During the Christmas holidays a mother abandons her children to the care of Murphy Brown. Murphy goes all out to help them out. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Chelsea Hertford | Edan Gross as Joey | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : Dec. 11, 1988 |
| Episode 6 - [Baby Love] |
| Details : Murphy feels maternal pangs after visiting with a pregnant friend. She considers in vitro fertilization and talks Frank into being the donor. When that option doesn't pan out they consider a physical union. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Dan Gilvezan | Ritch Brinkley | Jenny O'Hara | Marianne Muellerleile | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : Dec. 12, 1988 |
| Episode 7 - [Set Me Free] |
| Details : Murphy's having a rotten day complicated by a gunman who interrupts the show and demands they read his statement on the air and it gets capped off by the painter she hired to do her kitchen sticking around to finish extending myself. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Robert Harper | Ritch Brinkley | John Hostetter | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : Dec. 19, 1988 |
| Episode 8 - [And So He Goes] |
| Details : Murphy's long time nemesis asks for her to deliver the eulogy at his funeral and Murphy sees it as her chance to have the last laugh or so she thinks. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Delane Matthews | Marie Denn | Writer : Sy Dukane | Writer : Denise Moss | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : Jan. 02, 1989 |
| Episode 9 - [I Would Have Danced All Night] |
| Details : Murphy is perplexed and angry when everyone on the staff is invited to the inaugural ball of President-elect Bush. Was it something she reported? Miles debates about asking a taller woman to the ball. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Annabelle Gurwitch | Suzie Plakson | Edith Fields | Director : Barnet Kellman | Writer : Steven Peterman | Writer : Gary Dontzig | |
| Air Date : Jan. 09, 1989 |
| Episode 10 - [Kyle] |
| Details : Murphy's story wins freedom for an innocent man; when the rest of the team realizes he has a problem adjusting with the outside world Miles offers him a job as Murphy's secretary. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : William Frankfather | Leslie Jordan | John Hostetter | Writer : Russ Woody | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : Jan. 16, 1989 |
| Episode 11 - [Off The Job Experience] |
| Details : Miles suspends Murphy for her handling of an interview. So she leaves the office for two weeks and becomes miserable. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : William Sadler | Alan Oppenheimer | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : Jan. 23, 1989 |
| Episode 12 - [Why Do Fools Fall In Love] |
| Details : Cupid strikes the staff when Murphy reluctantly fixes Frank up on the condition he finds someone for her. Murphy's latest secretary has a crush on Jim. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Terri Treas | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : Feb. 13, 1989 |
| Episode 13 - [Soul Man] |
| Details : Murphy tries to gain entry into Washington's last exclusive club trouble is it's for men only. Murphy tries to get Jim to sponsor her when she discovers a loophole in the by-laws. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ritch Brinkley | John Hostetter | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : Feb. 20, 1989 |
| Episode 14 - [It's How You Play The Game] |
| Details : To get the public to see Frank's piece on the homeless the FYI team competes with Jerry Gold's show on its level with surprising results. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Hilary Shepard | Ritch Brinkley | Lee Garlington | Susan Krebs | Ann Ryerson | Vivian Paxton | Julie Payne | Writer : Russ Woody | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : Feb. 27, 1989 |
| Episode 15 - [Mama Said] |
| Details : Murphy's overbearing mother comes to visit for an unspecified length of time. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Colleen Dewhurst | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : Mar. 06, 1989 |
| Episode 16 - [Moscow On The Potomac] |
| Details : Murphy prepares for a joint broadcast with the Soviet news equivalent of Murphy Brown. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Robin Strasser | John Hostetter | Ivan G'Vera | Writer : Sy Dukane | Writer : Denise Moss | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : Mar. 13, 1989 |
| Episode 17 - [My Dinner With Einstein] |
| Details : Murphy dates a physicist to prove looks aren't everything but he proves to be a party guy. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Vernee Watson-Johnson | Buck Henry | John Hostetter | Ron Orbach | Director : Barnet Kellman | Writer : Steven Peterman | Writer : Gary Dontzig | |
| Air Date : Mar. 20, 1989 |
| Episode 18 - [Funnies Girl] |
| Details : An on-camera slip of the tongue makes Murphy the butt of a cartoonist's joke in The Adventures of Mouthy Brown then the rest of the staff falls victim. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : John Hostetter | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : Apr. 10, 1989 |
| Episode 19 - [The Unshrinkable Murphy Brown] |
| Details : While Murphy is grilling him on the show a judge dies of a heart attack. This causes Murphy to lose her edge so she attends a group therapy session. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Steven Culp | John Hostetter | John Capodice | Writer : Sy Dukane | Writer : Denise Moss | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : May. 01, 1989 |
| Episode 20 - [The Summer Of '77] |
| Details : Eldin meets Corky for the first time and becomes infatuated with her. Phil reflects on the first time he met Murphy when she first came to Washington to audition against Linda Ellerbee And Frank Fontana for FYI. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Linda Ellerbee | Rick Scarry | John Hostetter | James Karen | Jason Marsden | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : May. 08, 1989 |
| Episode 21 - [The Bickners] |
| Details : A minor traffic accident with a sweet elderly couple results in a 1.5 million dollar lawsuit for Murphy. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Eric Christmas | Amzie Strickland | Mike Hagerty | Writer : Russ Woody | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : May. 15, 1989 |
| Episode 22 - [The Morning Show] |
| Details : During an off week at FYI Murphy And Corky co-anchor the network's morning show and Murphy finds it's a job she just isn't made for. Murphy's new secretary has a passing resemblance to a dead celebrity. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marge Redmond | Alan Oppenheimer | Don Lake | James Staley | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
| Air Date : May. 22, 1989 |