The multi award-winning hit comedy series Murphy Brown, starring five-time Emmy Award-winner Candice Bergen, takes a humorous look at contemporary life as faced by top investigative reporter Murphy Brown and her newsroom colleagues. The team, which produces the national newsmagazine program F.Y.I.

Bergen, in the title role, portrays the popular and outspoken co-anchor of the top-rated F.Y.I. - a veritable lightning rod for controversy. Murphy has earned a reputation as a tough, go-for-the-jugular investigative reporter ready to tackle anyone, from the head of an oil conglomerate to the President of the United States.

Yet for all her over-the-top bravado, Murphy is a real person trying to make sense out of everyday life. The unapologetic single mother of a precocious three-year-old boy, Murphy fights to maintain a tenuous balance between her roles as a high-profile career woman and a loving mother.

With its smart and sophisticated writing and seamless ensemble, Murphy Brown instantly established itself as one of television's gold standard series, earning four Emmy Awards in its inaugural season, including Outstanding Lead Actress for Bergen and Outstanding Writing for Diane English.