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Murphy Brown Season 6 |
| Episode 1 - [The More Things Change] |
| Details : An arrogant new colleague threatens everyone on the staff especially Murphy who's just reduced her role on FYI resulting from the pressures of motherhood. Their relationship hits it off real well just as the show is ready to air. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Steven Peterman | Writer : Gary Dontzig | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
| Air Date : Sep. 20, 1993 |
| Episode 2 - [Angst For The Memories] |
| Details : Murphy gets an interview with a reclusive '60s literary idol but times and people have changed. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Peter Bonerz | Writer : Rob Bragin | |
| Air Date : Sep. 27, 1993 |
| Episode 3 - [Black And White And Read All Over] |
| Details : After going to a function with Mitchell Murphy begins to date him. Is there anything there or do they just like it when heads turn? |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Peter Bonerz | |
| Air Date : Oct. 04, 1993 |
| Episode 4 - [Political Correctness] |
| Details : A series of on-air comments made by Peter and Murphy gets the staff forced to attend a seminar on political correctness. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Fred Applegate | Writer : Steven Peterman | Writer : Gary Dontzig | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
| Air Date : Oct. 11, 1993 |
| Episode 5 - [The Young And The Rest Of US] |
| Details : The staff gets nervous when Peter whisks away a depressed Corky on her 30th birthday. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Adam Belanoff | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
| Air Date : Oct. 18, 1993 |
| Episode 6 - [Ticket To Writhe] |
| Details : Peter and Murphy compete for the Middle East peace story. Miles obtains sideline passes to a Redskins' game where he plans to propose to Audrey via the scoreboard but finds he is so wrapped up with work he didn't even notice that she has left him. Corky thinks the passes are cursed when more bad things occur to anyone in possession of them. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Peter Bonerz | |
| Air Date : Oct. 25, 1993 |
| Episode 7 - [I Don't Know You From Madam] |
| Details : Murphy works reluctantly on a story the network brass wants on The Beltway Madam a high priced call girl who's just been exposed and is the hottest story in town. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jan Cobler as Reporter #3 | Writer : Adam Belanoff | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
| Air Date : Nov. 01, 1993 |
| Episode 8 - [All The Life That's Fit To Print] |
| Details : Murphy has nightmares about what her colleagues will say about her when they are interviewed for a biography that she has authorized to be written. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ed Bradley | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
| Air Date : Nov. 08, 1993 |
| Episode 9 - [Bah Humboldt] |
| Details : Peter Frank And Murphy are all nominated for the Humboldt Award. While at the ceremony Murphy can't understand how disinterested Peter is in the award and Frank hears a rumor about a network having to make cutbacks. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Peter Bonerz | |
| Air Date : Nov. 15, 1993 |
| Episode 10 - [Reaper Madness] |
| Details : Murphy is obsessed with the need to try to explain death to Avery and bothers everyone for their perspective. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Peter Bonerz | Writer : Rob Bragin | |
| Air Date : Nov. 22, 1993 |
| Episode 11 - [It's Not Easy Being Brown] |
| Details : To improve upon her image Murphy gets a publicist and makes an appearance on a children's puppet show. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Wally Wingert | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
| Air Date : Nov. 29, 1993 |
| Episode 12 - [To Have And Have Not] |
| Details : Miles comes under public scrutiny when he is misquoted in a magazine article that makes him out to be the biggest male chauvinist in Washington DC. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Peter Bonerz | |
| Air Date : Dec. 06, 1993 |
| Episode 13 - [Sox And The Single Girl] |
| Details : Miles manages to get an invitation to the White House for Murphy but when she's driving back she has another passenger in the car Socks the president's cat. Without knowing it yet Murphy is braging at the bullpen on how great she behaved and how she monopolized Hillary. Frank shows up and tells them that the president's cat is missing everybody thinks Murphy has something to do with it. Murphy is offended by their comments she denies it and leave. Moments later she's back with something wrapped up in her coat. She tells Frank to her office and shows him Socks soon after that the whole gang see it and even though Murphy claims she's inocent no one believe her. Miles says she must take the cat back. Murphy is afraid to do so she things if they see her with the cat she'll be banned again from the White House. The next day Murphy meets Miles at Phil's she tells him she still has the cat she's worried because the cat won't eat anything and if there's anything worse than |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Peter Bonerz | |
| Air Date : Dec. 13, 1993 |
| Episode 14 - [A Piece Of The Auction] |
| Details : Murphy gets rude remarks by radio personality Marty Crane. She gets mad but the gang actually thin the things Marty says about Murphy are funny. They're all now at a charity event at Phill's while every one of the gang donated something to be auctioned Murphy decided to donate herself that means the winner will spend a whole day with her in the office and then go to dinner. Marty Crane is there and buys Murphy for 10 thousand dollars. Murphy doesn't accept it at first but then agrees after all I can't be that bad. But it is Marty shows up at the bullpen with cameras and girls with costumes. At her office they start talking and Marty says that by the end of the day she'll start seing him differently. Murphy doens't think so. At the restaurant Murphy doens't seem to want people to see her with Marty which he notices. They have a honest talk and Murphy starts to understand his point of view and they make plans to get together again. The next morning while driving to work |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Rob Bragin | Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
| Air Date : Jan. 03, 1994 |
| Episode 15 - [The Thrill Of The Hunt] |
| Details : An injured Peter returns from Bosnia and eventually they admit missing each other and decide to have a relationship they know will go down in flames. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Barnet Kellman | Writer : Adam Belanoff | |
| Air Date : Jan. 10, 1994 |
| Episode 16 - [The Deal Of The Art] |
| Details : Murphy's report and comments about modern art lead to her appearance on a PBS talk show defending her views against art critics. Later she takes one of Avery's paintings and puts it on display to show them what they really know about art. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Harriet Sansom Harris | Ian Abercrombie | Writer : Lisa Albert | Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
| Air Date : Jan. 17, 1994 |
| Episode 17 - [The Anchorman] |
| Details : Jim decides to open an English pub called The Anchorman and it turns out to be a big success as a gay bar. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Alan Rafkin | |
| Air Date : Jan. 24, 1994 |
| Episode 18 - [Fjord Eyes Only] |
| Details : The team travels to Lillehammer and Murphy who's more interested in getting free stuff has a fluff piece interview with a skater which results in a disaster for Norway. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Kathleen McClellan as Inge Sorenson | Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
| Air Date : Jan. 31, 1994 |
| Episode 19 - [Crime Story] |
| Details : After her car is stolen out of her driveway Murphy joins the neighborhood watch but discovers that her neighbors are borderline vigilantes. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Barbara Billingsley as Mrs. Stritch | Paunita Nichols as Mrs. Ballard | Writer : Rob Bragin | Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
| Air Date : Feb. 28, 1994 |
| Episode 20 - [The Fifth Anchor] |
| Details : FYI's 17th anniversary show is more than complete when an annoying former anchor returns. They plot to get rid of him again until Murphy finds out what he once did for her before the 1st show. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
| Air Date : Mar. 07, 1994 |
| Episode 21 - [Anything But Cured] |
| Details : Frank's psychologist tells him after 18 years of therapy that he's cured and needs to move on and he leans on Murphy for support. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marcia Wallace | Writer : Russ Woody | Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
| Air Date : Mar. 14, 1994 |
| Episode 22 - [The Tip Of The Silverburg] |
| Details : When Murphy take Miles shopping for a new suit he becomes humiliated when she sees it and then everyone else finds out. Later everyone else lets out their most embarrassing moment. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Rob Bragin | Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
| Air Date : Mar. 28, 1994 |
| Episode 23 - [It's Just Like Riding A Bike] |
| Details : Peter returns to town and he and Murphy pick up right where they left off. Back at her place Murphy delays the inevitable. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
| Air Date : May. 02, 1994 |
| Episode 24 - [My Movie With Louis] |
| Details : Despite the network's policy against it Murphy decides to play a small but pivotal role in director Louis Malle's new film. After getting the script Murphy goes to the set to get changes made that will protect her journalistic integrity. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : John Rich | |
| Air Date : May. 09, 1994 |
| Episode 25 - [The More Things Stay The Same] |
| Details : Frank Jim and Murphy are all up for contract renewals as FYI celebrates the airing of its 500th broadcast and their egos go unchecked. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Steven Peterman | Writer : Gary Dontzig | Director : Alan Rafkin | |
| Air Date : May. 16, 1994 |