{"id":4093,"date":"2018-09-20T16:16:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T21:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=4093"},"modified":"2018-09-20T16:16:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T21:16:51","slug":"cbs-murphy-brown-to-debut-with-a-special-extended-episode-thursday-september-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/20\/cbs-murphy-brown-to-debut-with-a-special-extended-episode-thursday-september-27\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS&#8217; &#8220;Murphy Brown&#8221; to Debut with a Special Extended Episode, Thursday, September 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4094\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4094\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4094\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/murphy-9-20-2018-05015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/murphy-9-20-2018-05015.jpg 550w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/murphy-9-20-2018-05015-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/murphy-9-20-2018-05015-260x149.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/murphy-9-20-2018-05015-160x92.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MURPHY BROWN returns Thursday, Sept.ember 27 (9:30-10:05 PM, ET\/PT) followed, the second season premiere of S.W.A.T. will air 10:05-11:05 PM, ET\/PT. 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Back in the game after a brief retirement, and faced with a world of 24-hour cable, social media, &#8220;fake news&#8221; and a vastly different political climate, Murphy is determined to draw the line between good television and honest reporting, proving that the world needs Murphy Brown now more than ever.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1494964777\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Amid a divided nation, chaotic national discourse and rampant attacks on the press, Murphy decides to return to the airwaves with her biting take on current events on the CNC cable network&#8217;s morning news program, &#8220;Murphy in the Morning,&#8221; for which she recruits her &#8220;FYI&#8221; team: lifestyle reporter Corky Sherwood, investigative journalist Frank Fontana and her former wunderkind news producer Miles Silverberg. Joining them is social media director Pat Patel, who is tasked with bringing Murphy and the team into the 21st century. Murphy&#8217;s millennial son, Avery, shares his mother&#8217;s competitive spirit and quick wit and is following in her journalistic footsteps with his own new show, as the liberal voice on the competing, conservative-leaning Wolf Network. The team still lets off steam at Phil&#8217;s Bar, now run by his sister, Phyllis.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LH_EiPC9FAM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thirty years since the critically acclaimed, multiple award-winning show premiered, and 20 years since it concluded, this revival premiere reunites Bergen, also an executive producer, with multiple Emmy Award-winning series creator\/executive producer Diane English and original series co-stars Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto and Grant Shaud. 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