Murphy Brown (2018)

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

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  1. 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 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 angeringI 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… Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#60 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018

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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
  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    Oct 9, 2018
    40
    The characters gripe about aging and its indignities, with Corky Sherwood, the Miss America alumna (played by Faith Ford), unsettled by menopause, for instance. Her jokes about hot flashes are so dated that they seem plucked from the original show’s discarded drafts.
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  2. Sioux City Journal
    Reviewed by: Bruce Miller
    Sep 28, 2018
    70
    Ford and Regalbuto aren’t given enough new things to do and Charles Kimbrough (who played Jim Dial) checks in long enough to let you know he’s still around. The mother/son angle is the show’s best. ... But it’s English’s smart writing that will keep them [viewers] around.
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  3. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Sep 27, 2018
    50
    The humor is safe, edgeless, and aimed at the soft middle of America, with the exception of the political jokes, which are very obvious--and/or intended to provide Ms. Bergen with a platform for progressive diatribes, which themselves feel more than a bit forced.
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