It captures current times. Her twitter dialog with Trump is funny. I think it's too early to review for lasting power. I'll watch again, it's light and easy to watch for a change of pace from other serious apocalyptic stuff.
24 Reviews
Not Bad
mattyrogers-180235 October 2018
I didn't watch Murphy Brown when it originally aired but I did watch it in syndication though. So my favorite comments in the reviews are the "it's too political" lol I guess they've never seen the original. Although even if I hadn't seen the original Murphy Brown the fact that it's a show about a group of retired/unemployed reporters return to report the news in the current political climate, I'm pretty sure I'd expect the show to be fairly political. Oh well everyone's entitled to their opinion.
What I like was feeling that the returning actors characters lived the last however many years in a way that felt like a natural profession for each. I don't know why but I was most concerned for Faith Ford's Corkie but there was no need she was just as if expect her to be. Having Candice Bergin back on tv every week will be awesome. I've always adored her. Fingers crossed she makes a cameo on Will & Grace so Karen Walker can have a scene or 2 with her nemesis Candi Bergin.
What I didn't like: I didn't like that they're only representing the liberal perspective & no one there even attempted to share any opposing view except to show how dumb they are. Don't get me wrong people who don't believe in global warming despite the evidence to the contrary are indeed special. However it's less cruel if there are characters who can depict the target as something other than touched in the head. I appreciate shows that while clearly taking a side they do it in a way that doesn't alienate the view. Perhaps they in tend too & I do hope so. I was really hoping Avery was gonna be gay especially since he's now the host of his own show on the Wolfe network. That's one I don't see them changing since and child of Murphy Brown would never be ashamed to be himself.
So there's room for improvement but I'm gonna stick around and see where it goes.
What I like was feeling that the returning actors characters lived the last however many years in a way that felt like a natural profession for each. I don't know why but I was most concerned for Faith Ford's Corkie but there was no need she was just as if expect her to be. Having Candice Bergin back on tv every week will be awesome. I've always adored her. Fingers crossed she makes a cameo on Will & Grace so Karen Walker can have a scene or 2 with her nemesis Candi Bergin.
What I didn't like: I didn't like that they're only representing the liberal perspective & no one there even attempted to share any opposing view except to show how dumb they are. Don't get me wrong people who don't believe in global warming despite the evidence to the contrary are indeed special. However it's less cruel if there are characters who can depict the target as something other than touched in the head. I appreciate shows that while clearly taking a side they do it in a way that doesn't alienate the view. Perhaps they in tend too & I do hope so. I was really hoping Avery was gonna be gay especially since he's now the host of his own show on the Wolfe network. That's one I don't see them changing since and child of Murphy Brown would never be ashamed to be himself.
So there's room for improvement but I'm gonna stick around and see where it goes.
Hot damn. Murph is back.
MEMangan28 September 2018
I didn't realize until this new first episode how influential Murphy Brown was in my life. The straight-shooting verbal evisceration of stupid ideas that I watched back in the day became a way of life for me. The flawed-but-impactful Murphy of my youth is now poised to be as in-your-face as we needed the first time around, and we need even more today.
The fast-paced verbal jousting is just what I needed right now. I'm here for you, Murph. You go, old girl.
Much affection--another old girl.
The fast-paced verbal jousting is just what I needed right now. I'm here for you, Murph. You go, old girl.
Much affection--another old girl.
Funny, timely, informative
chicagoliz29 September 2018
Great first show! Kudos to the writers (thanks Diane English) and to the cast for a job well done. Just what I hoped for this show. Funny, timely and (amazingly) informative. A show not afraid to delve into politics and other issues of import right now. Hope at some point the show will be able to address the issues happening this week in the Senate regarding the Supreme Court.....
Disappointing sophomoric nonsense
foghorn_clj26 November 2018
Warning: Spoilers
I'm sadly too young to remember the first Murphy Brown series so I was hoping that this would be my generations introduction to the wise-cracking, hard nosed female journalist.
Sadly after watching the first 2 episodes I can see that it is not. Sure there were a few times that I laughed (bless Tyne Daly) but other than that this reboot is just another mind numbing, juvenile, vapid, superficial show created to appeal to a broad audience.
The main problem with this reboot is that it centres entirely around Murphy and co. commenting on modern politics and Trump. We already get this type of commentary every single f-n day in newspapers and online and most of us are tired of it. There's nothing new here and I personally am tired of giving my time and energy to thinking about that blowhard.
Sadly after watching the first 2 episodes I can see that it is not. Sure there were a few times that I laughed (bless Tyne Daly) but other than that this reboot is just another mind numbing, juvenile, vapid, superficial show created to appeal to a broad audience.
The main problem with this reboot is that it centres entirely around Murphy and co. commenting on modern politics and Trump. We already get this type of commentary every single f-n day in newspapers and online and most of us are tired of it. There's nothing new here and I personally am tired of giving my time and energy to thinking about that blowhard.
Who knew Hillary could act?!
writermaia5 October 2018
... and she has a great sense of humor! She apparently needed it to go on set as yet another candidate seeking the hard-to-fill role of secretary to Murphy Brown. Overall, this episode was a lot of fun, a great blend of modern-day political pokes led by a stellar cast, including make returning actors plus the short guest spot from the former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
20 Years Later: All The Gen Xers Were Killed Offscreen?
dckgrysn66628 March 2019
As a Gen Xer, I'm used to being underrepresented in all ways and in all areas of life etc., but the erasure of the entirety of Gen X in this reboot season (compared to Roseanne/The Conners, because how can you not compare?) is so insane it not only soured me on these new episodes but sullied my formerly fond memories of the original series. So much of these eps' attempts at non-political humor (I'm reviewing the whole season) hinge on hamfisted scenarios wherein Boomers don't understand Twitter and Millennials have never seen a cellular flip phone, etc. The new characters (Murphy's son Avery all grown up, Pat Patel the 25-year-old gay Indian dude from Ohio who is of course running FYI 2.0's social media, and Miguel the undocumented DACA college student) are all Millennials; except for Tyne Daly, of course, who is both yet another Boomer and-for better or worse-not written as anything more than a female fill-in for the OG Phil character. You don't populate a 13-episode fictional contemporary America with ZERO Gen X characters by accident. Miles, the only OG Murphy Brown character who's close enough to the Gen X bracket that he's more Gen X than not (certainly not a Boomer or a Millennial), is the only OG character who hasn't mellowed with age. He has no partner, no kids, and he's somehow almost as highstrung today as he was when starting his career in television 30 years ago. The fact that Miles has continued his career as a TV producer from when we last saw him is all we know really about his life. So why hasn't he mellowed with age, just like Murphy and Frank who were also different flavors of neurotic when we last saw them in the 90s? I'm guessing Miles 2.0 is written as this shockingly improbable 30-year-veteran TV producer who is both perpetually successful and insecure at work because-whether it was a conscious choice or just a consequence of lazy storytelling-this show only 'works' if it denies the existence not only of factual Gen X Americans but also any Gen X perspective or sensibility. If there was a central character onscreen whose lived experience made it impossible for them to be straightforwardly amused by self-obsessed Millennials confounding self-obsessed Boomers and vice versa, what would the writers have them do? Groan periodically? Better to just not write them at all, apparently. The only thing that might have offset the offness of this sustained erasure of all things not Boomer-v-Millennial would have been some of the great apolitical weirdness that made the original series fun. It wasn't all social commentary, remember? This reboot made me sad. It's hard not to look back now on all of Murphy Brown and think, hey, was it always just about giving bourgeois Mother Jones-reading white Boomers a pass on whatever they decided activism was that week? (I'm thinking yes.)
Welcome home my friend!
crtournay28 September 2018
snore...
d-millhoff28 September 2018
I always liked the snappy, manic quick-fire hysteria of the original show, and this premiere of the reboot is pretty flat. The script isn't particularly funny and certainly not edgy, there's a bland going-through-the-motions quality, forced laughter and all.
It did pick up a little steam about 20-odd minutes into the episode with the Twitter gags, but no telling how many viewers they lost by then.
If this show doesn't find its legs soon, I doubt it will make it through the season. With Trump's three-ring circus and an obsequious, dysfunctional Congress, they have a target-rich environment.
It did pick up a little steam about 20-odd minutes into the episode with the Twitter gags, but no telling how many viewers they lost by then.
If this show doesn't find its legs soon, I doubt it will make it through the season. With Trump's three-ring circus and an obsequious, dysfunctional Congress, they have a target-rich environment.
Great Cameo
starsurfer8327 July 2019
Here's hoping that the rest of the series will be as biting and relevant as the first incarnation of the show was. In going back and viewing the original series run, it is wild how many things have repeated in the political scene. This show, if done right, should be able to tie in the pendulum swings of politics that plague our country.
Fake News
bobcobb30129 September 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Some reboots know how to adjust to the times and update their style a bit like Twin Peaks did. Some work just by being more of the same like Roseanne.
Murphy Brown was more of the same, but it didn't work. They came off like luddites trying to adjust to modern politics and tech. Some of that was by design for laughs, but the show just felt too dated.
I won't be sticking around with this one and that is disappointing as I was excited by it.
Murphy Brown was more of the same, but it didn't work. They came off like luddites trying to adjust to modern politics and tech. Some of that was by design for laughs, but the show just felt too dated.
I won't be sticking around with this one and that is disappointing as I was excited by it.
Old Murphy should have gone to the nursing home...
cscott233128 September 2018
Terrible, just not funny at all, and managed to ruin all past seasons in a mere 30 minutes.
Hopefully It's cancelled soon, would be a shame for anyone to get paid for stale jokes, lame attempts at humor, continuous jabs at The President and a laugh track! Not sure this show is salvageable, unless they CHANGE EVERYTHING about it!!!!!
horrible premier, to political, not the Murphy Brown i remember
girlyboy-9215728 September 2018
I like the show back in the day but this new air episode was just a political push for actors to feel they are above everyone. no offense if Rosanne can be cancelled about her comment to the obama administration that this show should be cancelled for its latent disregard to the our current president. this episode was just propaganda and proves that the democrats to this day or just babys and sore losers. The fact that hillary made an appearance on this show and still cried that you coulda had me (personally she felt she was entitled) but the whole episode was just in poor taste and completely disrespectful. on another note it wasnt even funny.
Even the son I could not tell if it was joke that he is interviewing the little people or not, oh tomorrow I am at a pancake house. No offense but us little people are the ones that run this country not all of us are 1%.
Just like Roasanne was cancelled this show should be cancelled. Such views should not be in TV, I had high hopes for the return of this show sadly you lost me and even my family as future viewers. remove the political bull crap. and stop knocking the president and thinking hillary would of been the better choice. It is really sad what this country has come to and now we have to see it in out daily programming, no wonder other countries just laugh at us.
Should have stayed dead
anymouse228 September 2018
Tired Predictable Trump Hating Commentary We've Heard a Hundred Times Before
WYAdams5 October 2018
I didn't like the original Murphy Brown and I find this redux even worse.
1) The acting is pathetic, with Candace Bergen sounding like a nursing home reject. She was never a very good actress, and now in her old age, she sounds like she is about to fall over dead at any second. Her delivery is monotone and monotonous.
2) Predictable Trump hating commentary, that isn't even original. Was anyone surprised at the tone of the virulent Trump hating dialogue? We've heard it all hundreds of times before as it is spewed from every actor, actress, comedian, late night talk show host, and main stream media news outlet. This show has nothing new or creative to add.
3) A cast of has-beens, and never-weres who couldn't get work anywhere else except for this show.
The only people who will enjoy this show are the radical left wing Trump haters who cheer at any inane (that's inane not insane, look it up and be educated) anti-Trump insult spewed by a celebrity.
This show deserves to be cancelled after the mid-season ratings sweep.
1) The acting is pathetic, with Candace Bergen sounding like a nursing home reject. She was never a very good actress, and now in her old age, she sounds like she is about to fall over dead at any second. Her delivery is monotone and monotonous.
2) Predictable Trump hating commentary, that isn't even original. Was anyone surprised at the tone of the virulent Trump hating dialogue? We've heard it all hundreds of times before as it is spewed from every actor, actress, comedian, late night talk show host, and main stream media news outlet. This show has nothing new or creative to add.
3) A cast of has-beens, and never-weres who couldn't get work anywhere else except for this show.
The only people who will enjoy this show are the radical left wing Trump haters who cheer at any inane (that's inane not insane, look it up and be educated) anti-Trump insult spewed by a celebrity.
This show deserves to be cancelled after the mid-season ratings sweep.
Kind of ragged
bettyanne-114-1748730 September 2018
It's great that this show is back, but I'm waiting for it to find its legs. Most of the humor was pretty forced (it reminded me how much I HATE laugh tracks), although I enjoyed the Hillary sequence. We'll see if it gathers steam as it gets going. I'm hoping they are filming pretty close to the show time so that they can keep up with events.
So, to sum up. First episode disappointing, but high hopes.
So, to sum up. First episode disappointing, but high hopes.
Can anybody hum the "Funeral March?"
Ed-Shullivan28 September 2018
Funny Ha Ha? Nooooooo......more like Funny Nah Nah
For 18 months leading up to the last U.S. election when most of the major U.S. news stations were using Donald Trump as a punching bag, there was total devastation in the Democratic party when he was officially announced as the next President of the USA. Now 30 years after Murphy Brown first went on the air and then left some 20 years ago it's back in an attempt to make fun of today's political divide. Some may say the timing could not be more deserving, a trustworthy spokeswoman in Murphy Brown. But I say just add this vain attempt at swaying the heart of Americans as another big failure.
Ahhh, the left wing liberals are going to just love this reboot of the original 1988 Murphy Brown. It's real original "fake news" back in the prime time morning slot of 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Murphy will be competing in her time slot against her own son's "the other" network.
Each time I looked at the original cast from the 1988 season 1 in this 30 year post reboot attempt I was reminded of what happened when fashion designer Donatella Versace first decided to go under the knife. Candice Bergen and her news crew of fake CNC news obviously have not watched themselves on season 11, episode 1. About 10 minutes into the show Miles Silverberg (Grant Shaud) is approached by Murphy and her band to come back and produce her show. Miles is seen wailing by his front door crying "It's bad out there. It's so bad" referring to the state of the country.
But wait....ten more minutes into the show none other than their heroine Hilary Roderick Clinton appears looking for work as a "secretary"
At this point you can choose to laugh or cry. It really doesn't matter as this reboot comedy won't be around very long even if it's only goal is to compete against the future arrival of "The Conners" on that other station FOX.
I give it a 4 out of 10 rating. Can anybody hum the "Funeral March?"
For 18 months leading up to the last U.S. election when most of the major U.S. news stations were using Donald Trump as a punching bag, there was total devastation in the Democratic party when he was officially announced as the next President of the USA. Now 30 years after Murphy Brown first went on the air and then left some 20 years ago it's back in an attempt to make fun of today's political divide. Some may say the timing could not be more deserving, a trustworthy spokeswoman in Murphy Brown. But I say just add this vain attempt at swaying the heart of Americans as another big failure.
Ahhh, the left wing liberals are going to just love this reboot of the original 1988 Murphy Brown. It's real original "fake news" back in the prime time morning slot of 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Murphy will be competing in her time slot against her own son's "the other" network.
Each time I looked at the original cast from the 1988 season 1 in this 30 year post reboot attempt I was reminded of what happened when fashion designer Donatella Versace first decided to go under the knife. Candice Bergen and her news crew of fake CNC news obviously have not watched themselves on season 11, episode 1. About 10 minutes into the show Miles Silverberg (Grant Shaud) is approached by Murphy and her band to come back and produce her show. Miles is seen wailing by his front door crying "It's bad out there. It's so bad" referring to the state of the country.
But wait....ten more minutes into the show none other than their heroine Hilary Roderick Clinton appears looking for work as a "secretary"
At this point you can choose to laugh or cry. It really doesn't matter as this reboot comedy won't be around very long even if it's only goal is to compete against the future arrival of "The Conners" on that other station FOX.
I give it a 4 out of 10 rating. Can anybody hum the "Funeral March?"
Give Me a Break....
dlmvegas2 October 2018
Another mindless reboot from the brainless people in hollywood. Painfully watched the entire show. Never laughed once and the show is very politically biased. I would look for this to be cancelled very quickly. Only people I can see watching this show and finding any value in it would be the millenials still living in their parents basement.
Loved Original
shekinahcare14 October 2018
I loved the original even though it was clearly a liberal view. But this has gone so far "to the left" that it insults anyone who was on the fence. So with that said Murphy has lost 1/2 of the viewing public and the rest are bored with the exception of 5% that are hard core Murphy Brown lovers.
It's slow moving lacking the fast pace laughs that I used to love and sometimes awkward. I'm sad that this reboot didn't work out for me.
It's slow moving lacking the fast pace laughs that I used to love and sometimes awkward. I'm sad that this reboot didn't work out for me.
Dissapointing
zubir195630 September 2018
Another old-school reboot, like Roseanne, that sputters and dies
cherold9 November 2018
I used to watch Murphy Brown, but I don't recall *loving* it, so my response to a reboot was less, "how exciting" and more "really?" Still, I did like it, so I took a look.
My reaction is pretty similar to my reaction to the Roseanne reboot and the Conners re-reboot; you can't resuscitate a corpse. Whatever magic these show had is gone, and what is left is people flailing away at stock jokes and old-style patter that feels like it's from a thousand years ago.
It's not that old-school sitcoms are inherently terrible. I like Big Bang Theory, which is just as formulaic (but much funnier) and I think the One Day at a Time remake is quite good, although that one updated the cast and managed to seem current.
I hoped to like this show, because I enjoy anything that mocks the Cheeto in Chief, but you'll find much wittier knocks on Mini-Hands on Twitter than you will on Murphy Brown.
My reaction is pretty similar to my reaction to the Roseanne reboot and the Conners re-reboot; you can't resuscitate a corpse. Whatever magic these show had is gone, and what is left is people flailing away at stock jokes and old-style patter that feels like it's from a thousand years ago.
It's not that old-school sitcoms are inherently terrible. I like Big Bang Theory, which is just as formulaic (but much funnier) and I think the One Day at a Time remake is quite good, although that one updated the cast and managed to seem current.
I hoped to like this show, because I enjoy anything that mocks the Cheeto in Chief, but you'll find much wittier knocks on Mini-Hands on Twitter than you will on Murphy Brown.
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