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[01/24/18 - 01:35 PM]
"Murphy Brown" Returns to CBS - Candice Bergen Reprises Starring Role
As its 30th anniversary approaches, "Murphy Brown" returns to a world of cable news, social media, fake news and a very different political and cultural climate. |
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"MURPHY BROWN" RETURNS TO CBS
CANDICE BERGEN REPRISES STARRING ROLE
NETWORK GIVES WARNER BROS. TELEVISION-PRODUCED COMEDY
13-EPISODE SERIES PRODUCTION COMMITMENT
FOR 2018-2019 BROADCAST SEASON
CBS has given a 13-episode, series production commitment to a current day revival of the Network's classic comedy MURPHY BROWN from Warner Bros. Television for the 2018-2019 broadcast season, it was announced today by Kelly Kahl, President, CBS Entertainment, and Thom Sherman, Senior Executive Vice President, Programming, CBS Entertainment.
Candice Bergen, who starred in the title role from 1988-1998, will reprise her role. As its 30th anniversary approaches, MURPHY BROWN returns to a world of cable news, social media, fake news and a very different political and cultural climate.
Warner Bros. Television, producers of the original series, will produce the new multi-camera comedy with original creator Diane English serving as writer/executive producer through her Bend in the Road Productions banner. Bergen will also be an executive producer.
During the show's original 10-year run on CBS, MURPHY BROWN received 62 Emmy nominations (with 18 wins), 15 Golden Globe nominations (with three wins), three Screen Actors Guild awards, five Directors Guild nominations (with two wins) and four Writers Guild nominations (with two wins). Bergen won five Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
In 2010 TV Guide named Murphy Brown one of the "25 Greatest TV Characters of All Time."
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[05/11/26 - 04:58 PM]
Prime Video Orders "Fourth Wing" to Series
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[05/11/26 - 04:38 PM]
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[05/11/26 - 04:14 PM]
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[05/11/26 - 03:15 PM]
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[05/11/26 - 03:01 PM]
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[05/11/26 - 02:46 PM]
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[05/11/26 - 02:31 PM]
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[05/11/26 - 02:15 PM]
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[05/11/26 - 12:12 PM]
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New company is on the way.
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[05/11/26 - 11:42 AM]
ESPN Presents "Last Train to North America," A New Documentary Series Following North America's Road to the 2026 World Cup
Hosted by ESPN's renowned journalist, Martin Ainstein, the nine-episode series follows a unique rail journey across the United States, Mexico and Canada as the three nations prepare to jointly host the biggest sporting event of the summer.
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[05/11/26 - 11:37 AM]
Great American Media Renews Beloved Original Series "When Hope Calls: Brookfield" for Season Four
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[05/11/26 - 11:01 AM]
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[05/11/26 - 11:00 AM]
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[05/11/26 - 10:53 AM]
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[05/11/26 - 10:31 AM]
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