As of July 2026, Murphy Brown Season 8 aired in 1995 with 24 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Murphy Brown Season 8

1995 24 Episodes Comedy ⭐ 6/10

Murphy Brown Season 8 is currently streaming on major platforms, and it delivers exactly the kind of comedy that earns a loyal following. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. A 6/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Candice Bergen leads a cast with real comic timing. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Murphy Brown Season 8 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. The jokes in Murphy Brown Season 8 land because the characters underneath them are worth caring about. Season 8 of Murphy Brown includes 24 episodes. It aired from September 1995 to May 1996. This season stars Candice Bergen, Faith Ford and Joe Regalbuto. Candice Bergen and Faith Ford lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1995. Murphy Brown Season 8 earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

If you need a comedy that actually makes you laugh, Murphy Brown Season 8 is a strong candidate. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Candice Bergen's comic timing carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.

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🎬 Murphy Brown Season 8 — Episode Guide

E1
Altered States
1995-09-18
With her marriage to Peter canceled, Murphy is skeptical at the sudden marriage of Miles and Corky.
E2
The Awful Truth
1995-09-25
Lansing's nephew becomes Vice President of Current Affairs and he lures Murphy into a new hard news show he's created featuring Walter Cronkite; however, soon Cronkite becomes Redfield and the hard news becomes infotainment.
E3
Fearless Frank
1995-10-02
Frank escapes death while interviewing a mass murderer. Frank would like to cover less action stories; however, Lansing, hoping for a ratings boost, wants Frank to cover even riskier stories. Frank starts doing the stunts and then Lansing wants him to jump off the building, live.
E4
Murphy's Law
1995-10-09
Murphy's appearance in traffic court and her need to not get special treatment, because of her celebrity status, gets her a fine and 40 hours of community service. The judge demands that she reappear in court when it is reported that didn't serve her time by getting special treatment, the network hi...
E5
Sex or Death
1995-10-16
Sex (consummation of his marriage to Corky) or death (from Murphy) is on the line for Miles when he gives a pivotal political story to each of them, then must take it back. He waffles and assigns the story to both of them.
E6
Miller's Crossing
1995-10-23
Murphy fears that she is losing her touch when she loses an important interview to Miller Redfield; however, his touch is a little different.
E7
The Feminine Critique
1995-10-30
A truck crashes through the studio window, so the team accompanies Murphy back to her alma mater where she is receiving an honorary doctorate. However, the students in the women's studies program she helped establish think she is out of touch with women in the '90s.
E8
Bad Company
1995-11-06
Andrew comes down to Murphy with a story idea, for a profile of a business mogul. She rejects the idea. Frank takes the idea but doesn't do anything with it. Andrew provides the dirt & Murphy and Frank do a big expose at the same time that this mogul buys the network.
E9
The Ten Percent Solution
1995-11-13
Murphy fires her agent and then the rivalry begins when she signs with Jim's agent and gets everything she wants. Jim's jealously builds and is revealed during an airing of the McLaughlin Group.
E10
The Humboldt Doldt
1995-11-20
An ungrateful Miller wins the Humboldt Award for a story that the entire FYI staff works on in a pinch for him on Front and Center. The staff waits anxiously for Murphy's retaliation.
E11
Dick and Dottie
1995-11-27
Lansing wants Murphy to apologize publicly about a comment she made about a popular talk-show host. She tries, but things only get worse.
E12
All in the Family
1996-01-08
Corky and Miles decide to make their marriage official by having a real ceremony. The trouble begins when Nana Silverberg meets the Sherwood's and their differences of opinion are expressed after Corky finally tells her family about the fact they are already married.
E13
If You're Going to Talk the Talk
1996-01-15
Murphy is the reluctant winner of an interview with a celebrity who's never given one. Just as she gets into doing the whole ""fluff"" piece, a real news story breaks out. The network decides they want to continue with the ""fluff"" but will Murphy sacrifice her journalistic integrity?
E14
My Fair Miller
1996-01-22
Lansing asks Jim to turn Miller into a real newsman. The rest of FYI is shocked to find out that Jim is responsible for the change in Miller. Jim is shocked to find out that a similar thing was done for him many years ago.
E15
Old Flames
1996-02-05
Murphy misses a social event and tries to pull an all-nighter to work on her latest story. Peter drops by unexpectedly (he's only in town for 24 hours). Murphy wants to keep working on her story; instead she falls asleep. She begins dreaming that she's on trial for all her relationship sins, and beg...
E16
Up in Smoke
1996-02-12
Stuart Best is now a tobacco lobbyist but he has a change of heart when he decides that smoking really stinks. He gives FYI the memos and etc. that will expose the tobacco industry. He becomes a little nervous and meets with the network lawyers where a little detail reveals they could all be sued. M...
E17
Aftermath
1996-02-19
Jim's surprise resignation last week, impacts the future of FYI. The FYI staff convince Lansing to get him back, but that doesn't work out the way they'd hoped. Lansing makes Miller their new anchor and Jim tells everyone that he is going to head the news division for the new ICN Network. Later, Mur...
E18
Trick or Retreat
1996-02-26
Elizabeth Taylor cancels her interview with Murphy, because the police have a lead on her stolen pearls. Jim stops by for a chance to meet Miss Taylor. Meanwhile, Miles wants the team to stop torturing Miller. Miles asks Jim for a bit of advice and he suggests a retreat. So Miles takes the team nort...
E19
All Singing! All Dancing! All Miserable!
1996-03-04
Murphy is coordinator of the Press-capades and is set on playing the role of Hillary Clinton in a sketch she's written. The rest of the cast wants her out and she concedes; however, Katie Couric has an accident before the show, so guess who gets the role.
E20
The Bus Stops Here
1996-03-11
Miles gets to use the new T-2000 bus to cover a primary campaign stop in Madison. The bus breaks down before they get there, so they decide to do their coverage from a local diner. GOP aides and other networks discover the broadcast and descend on the diner, turning it into just another campaign sto...

🎭 Cast of Murphy Brown Season 8

Candice Bergen
Candice Bergen
Murphy Brown
Faith Ford
Faith Ford
Corky Sherwood
Joe Regalbuto
Joe Regalbuto
Frank Fontana
Charles Kimbrough
Charles Kimbrough
Jim Dial
Grant Shaud
Grant Shaud
Miles Silverberg
Pat Corley
Pat Corley
Phil

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