Murphy Brown 1988 2018 Murphy Brown Candice Bergen is a very selfish, stubborn, extremely hot tempered, but also talented, resourceful, clever, and caring middle aged reporter who works for FYI News Network and at the same time tries to raise her child as an unmarried, working woman Her friends and co workers, Corky Sherwood Faith Ford, Frank Fontana Joe Regalbuto, Jim Dial Charles Kimbrough, and Miles Silverberg Grant Shaud, try to balance between her outbursts of anger and her family, personality, or even financial crises Its a difficult life for Murphy, but she has the guts to live it