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Murphy Brown II (TV Series)

2018

Diane English (Creator), Pamela Fryman

Candice Bergen, Nik Dodani, Faith Ford, Jake McDorman ...

TV Series. Comedy TV Series (2018). 1 Season. 13 Episodes. A modern-day revival of the sitcom 'Murphy Brown' (aired 20 years ago), which chronicled the personal and professional life of a woman working as a TV journalist.

	Author	Review
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"There's a difference between good television and an attention-getting concept and title. 'Murphy Brown' certainly possesses the latter, but only sporadically qualifies as the former."	NEU
United States	Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"The revival left me with little appetite to revisit the good old days to see how good they really were, let alone stick with this tired new version (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Sonia Saraiya Vanity Fair	"[An] ultra-topical revival is a must-watch that succeeds where Roseanne Barr’s failed (...) It’s refreshing to watch a series in which the dramatic tension hinges on journalistic practice"	POS
United States	Daniel D'Addario Variety	"The show that once took specific news anchors (...) to task now defaults to a portrait of 'the Wolf network' so generic as to have no bite at all."	NEG
United States	James Poniewozik The New York Times	"The best aspect of the new version is Murphy’s relationship with Avery (...) 'Murphy Brown' has become the kind of sitcom you laugh at, not because you can’t help it, but because you feel you should."	NEU
United States	Liz Shannon Miller IndieWire	"[It is] a genuine delight to have Candice Bergen back (...) It’s all anchored by these well-defined characters played by true veterans of the genre"	POS
United States	Kristen Baldwin Entertainment Weekly	"If you suddenly feel very, very tired, you are not alone (...) The most entertaining dynamic so far involves new cast member Jake McDorman"	NEU

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