Murphy Brown (2018)

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 27, 2018
Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 28
  3. Negative: 2 out of 28

Critic Reviews

  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Sep 26, 2018
    30
    The show that once took specific news anchors--even ones from CBS!--to task now defaults to a portrait of “the Wolf network” so generic as to have no bite at all. Murphy, meanwhile, uses her easily won platform as a morning-show anchor to deliver absolutely nothing that will surprise anyone. ... The supporting characters, once quirky and helpful pals to Murphy, now seem drained.
  2. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Sep 27, 2018
    25
    In short, Murphy Brown was a lovably fractured mess and nobody's poster child for anything. Turning her into a geriatric Rachel Maddow-style Stalinist (Bergen is 72, around the same age as her character) does lethal damage to the heart of the show.

Awards & Rankings

60
#60 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018

User Reviews

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User Score
3.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 28
  3. Negative: 17 out of 28
  1. FelicityFenwick
    Sep 27, 2018
    3
    it's too one sided and political to be interesting to a wide swath of people. It almost feels like this should have aired during the Clinton era.
  2. ggvillages
    Oct 4, 2018
    0
    This is the worse TV program that has come out in a long time.....WHY would CBS think a political program is funny? If we wanted to watchThis is the worse TV program that has come out in a long time.....WHY would CBS think a political program is funny? If we wanted to watch this kind of garbage all we really need to do is listen to talk TV all day. Sick of politics and bashing of politicians. For goodness sake. Give it a rest ! Go back to the basics and shoe entertains programs. Not trash.… Full Review »
  3. joef123
    Sep 27, 2018
    4
    I love the original Murphy Brown, with the titular character being one of my all time favorite characters, and was looking forward to itI love the original Murphy Brown, with the titular character being one of my all time favorite characters, and was looking forward to it tackling the Trump era. But what used to be smart political chatter is now a bunch of subpar/obvious Trump jokes that you have heard hundreds of times before. Found the stuff with Murphy and Avery interesting, but the show is more focused on angering Trump than it is telling a good story… Full Review »
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