This show is the creation of Diane English & it shows. Every script reflects her values, her morals, & this has been the major work in her life. She will never equal it again.The reason the show worked was the talent of the cast ensemble. Everyone knew Candace Bergen has talent. The surprise is how many folks this show discovered. Grant Shaud for one has never equaled his performance in this in any other show. Faith Ford was another great discovery.The show is set in a television newsroom. A lot of the network news insiders considered it a favorite show of theirs during it's run. It definitely influenced the media generation which it was meant to serve.That is why you rarely see it re-run on TV now. The political satire that was it's forte is now as ancient to this generation as an expired piece of meat. It is no longer funny & teenagers now would not relate to it. This generation is being driven away from being self-righteous snobs which are what most of the characters on Murphy Brown were. That is because Diane English very often put her own reflection in the mirror into the characters she drew for this show. While it was effective then, that effect is no longer in vogue.On Johnny Carson's last show, his monologue made a statement about being a surrogate father for Murphy's just born child. Considering we are pretty much on the verge of having a group of grownups who have never heard of Johnny, nothing better illustrates why the shelf life of this show has expired.It was topical & funny then, & good to look back on for the folks who remember Murphy.

Murphy Brown is one of my all time favorite situation comedies. Candice Bergen is a comedic genius, and I wish I could see more of her. The rest of the cast did a great job, too.The series tackled real problems with insight and humor such as an unmarried mature woman becoming pregnant, alcoholism, and cancer, to name a few.The summer of 2000, I was battling breast cancer, chemo, nausea, and hair loss when reruns of Murphy's breast cancer experience were shown. It was so true to life but yet so funny. It helped me tremendously! Laughter is indeed the best medicine. These episodes should be shown during chemo treatments.I implore whoever is in charge of such things to please market DVDs of the entire Murphy Brown series. It should not be allowed to slide into oblivion.

Murphy Brown is the best sitcom ever! It's very smart, funny, and Candice, what can I say, she was so brilliant and deserved all the Emmys she won and even more, I'm her biggest fan. But let's not forget the rest of the cast, they did a great job too. Too bad the series ended. I miss you guys!

In my opinion the best sitcom ever! Candice Bergen, surrounded by a brilliant cast, shows wit and intelligence - and not to mention she is (still in my opinion) probably the world´s most beautiful woman.As, alas, it is dubbed in German in Germany I would give a lot to be able to watch it in original language.