The New and Returning Cast of Murphy Brown Is Pretty Darn Impressive
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This year is shaping up to be the year of the reboots. Not only are Roswell and Charmed set to return to your TV screens, but Murphy Brown is as well. To celebrate the award-winning show's 30th anniversary, Candice Bergen will be reprising her role as the star reporter of the fictitious FYI network.
CBS stated in a press release that the new series will be returning "to a world of cable news, social media, fake news, and a very different political and cultural climate." The show's creator, Diane English, will be returning as a writer and executive producer, along with plenty of the original cast members. Interested to see who else will be starring in the reboot? Read through to get to know the full cast before the show begins on Sept. 27!
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Candice Bergen
Twenty years after Murphy Brown originally ended, Candice Bergen is set to reprise her role as the title character. In the reboot, she continues to be a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for the fictional CBS television newsmagazine FYI.
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Joe Regalbuto
Joe Regalbuto is set to reprise his role as Murphy's fellow investigative reporter Frank Fontana.
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Tyne Daly
Unfortunately, Pat Corley, who played Phil the bartender, died of congestive heart failure in 2006. Tyne Daly has stepped in to play the character of Phyllis, the sister of the deceased bar owner.
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Jake McDorman
Jake McDorman has been tapped to play Murphy's son Avery. Like his mother, the character is also a journalist but works as a conservative anchor for a rival cable morning show that airs at the same time as his mother's show.
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Nik Dodani
Nik Dodani, who stars in the Netflix series Atypical, will be rounding out the cast as the fictional network's social media director Pat Patel.