{"id":4340,"date":"2018-10-20T13:48:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T18:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=4340"},"modified":"2018-10-20T13:48:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T18:48:33","slug":"bette-midler-brooke-shields-john-larroquette-katie-couric-and-peter-gallagher-to-guest-star-on-murphy-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/20\/bette-midler-brooke-shields-john-larroquette-katie-couric-and-peter-gallagher-to-guest-star-on-murphy-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Bette Midler, Brooke Shields, John Larroquette, Katie Couric and Peter Gallagher to Guest Star on &#8220;Murphy Brown&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4343\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4343 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/murphy-brown-guest-stars.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/murphy-brown-guest-stars.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/murphy-brown-guest-stars-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/murphy-brown-guest-stars-560x384.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/murphy-brown-guest-stars-260x178.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/murphy-brown-guest-stars-160x110.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brooke Shields, Bette Midler, John Larroquette (second row) Katie Couric and Peter Gallagher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bette Midler reprises her role 20 years later as Caprice Morton, previously known as Caprice Feldman, Murphy&#8217;s former secretary. Though now Caprice has a surprising new connection to Murphy, making her, if possible, even more, entitled and unbearable. Midler will appear in the Thursday, November 8, episode.<\/p>\n<p>Brooke Shields will play the role of Holly Mackin Lynne, a woman who has been in a coma for years and finally wakes up. One of Corky&#8217;s (Faith Ford) good friends from her beauty pageant days, Holly&#8217;s ordeal was dubbed The Sleeping Beauty Case 10 years ago, but was never resolved. Shields will appear in the Thursday, November 15, episode.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2982239208\" 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>John Larroquette plays Judge Nate Campbell, a kindred spirit to Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen). Larroquette will appear in the Thursday, November 8, episode.<\/p>\n<p>Katie Couric will re-appear on <em>Murphy Brown<\/em> as herself. Last viewers saw her in 1992, she was attending Murphy&#8217;s baby shower. In the Thursday, November 8, episode, Couric will be seen hosting a Lifetime Achievement event and running into her old friends, Murphy (Bergen) and Corky (Ford).<\/p>\n<p>Peter Gallagher will play the role of a conservative right-wing news anchor John Haggerty for the WOLF Network, covering an election with Avery Brown (Jake McDorman). He is also a notorious manspreader. He will appear in the Thursday, November 1, episode.<\/p>\n<p>Midler&#8217;s legendary award-winning career as an entertainer began in 1965 in New York and has encompassed the areas of stage, television, music, and film. She was most recently seen on Broadway in Hello, Dolly!, and her iconic 1972 debut album, The Divine Miss M: Deluxe Edition, was re-issued in 2016. Midler is the founder of the New York Restoration Project, a non-profit organization devoted to bringing abandoned and neglected parks, gardens and opens spaces back to life. She currently resides in New York City.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3356627684\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><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>Shields is not only an award-winning actor but is a model, best-selling author, women&#8217;s advocate and now a SIRIUSXM radio host. She began her career as a young model whose face graced national magazines and more. 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