CBS gives “Murphy Brown” revival a 13-episode order; Candice Bergen, creator Diane English to return

So are you against this out of principle or because it's not any good...I can't tell.

 

The show has gotten better as the season progressed. I agree with the politics, but the first five or so episodes were terrible and made me want to drop it entirely. The first episode I enjoyed was the awards one.

 

Probably both........

 

I've enjoyed seeing these characters again although they seem to have muzzled Murphy Brown a bit this time around. One season is the right thing to do because the writing hasn't been that great.
To me this season was like a Rolling Stones concert in recent years. Nothing ground shaking but it's nice to see them again and nice to know they can still do it even if it's less intense of an experience these days.

 

Certainly the former. The dismissive and unsolicited argumentative tone gives him away.

 

It's got a .9 rating and several above-the-line people who are making more than $250,000 a week. I bet it's at least $3 million an episode. You don't pay that kind of money for .9 ratings.

We watched the first three episodes, said "eh" and killed the season pass. Not worth my time.

 

It was brought back for a reason. It succeeded and failed in the same stroke. There’s no point to this crap. Later.

 

The show wasn't crap. I believe the reason was to send a political message, but the reason it didn't work, the reason enough people just didn't watch the show, is because the audience that would agree with the messages just don't watch prime-time TV anymore.

 

I'm glad I tuned into this thread. I learned that TV reboots are not creatively lazy. I also learned that "broadcast networks are producing more original programming than ever before." So, as you flip through your TV channels in the coming years and see nothing but retreads, remember you are incorrect to perceive this as an ignoble trend. Instead, these reboots are simply evidence that there's more new programs than ever!

(And if anyone really believes these things, I have a brand new script about a poor family living on a mountain in Depression-era Virginia to sell you...)

 

Last night's episode was absolutely brilliant.

 

Those were by far the worst. Later ones have ranged from mediocre to amusing. Current events were much more entertaining during the initial run of the show.

 

Does he barely keep his family fed...? Does he shoot at some crude one day? Because I'm sure that would test pretty well with a focus group.

 

He was referring to The Waltons...

 

The first episode I actually enjoyed was the Thanksgiving episode last week, and last night's episode was pretty good, too.

 

And the difference matters becauuusssse...?
Iit's the same relevant point, different examples.
(Unless, of course somebody in a roundtable meeting pitches it as, "It's like The Waltons meets This Is Us..." )
(And the intern in the corner says, "Oh, so we're off retreads again, now we're back to mashups?"; then the guy in the suit says, "SSHHH! You're not supposed to TALK ABOUT IT-!")

 

'Murphy Brown' Revival, 3 More Comedies Canceled at CBS

This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. Out with a whimper.

 

Not a surprise. I think it said what it had to say, it’s just too bad they wasted so much of the early part of the season saying it poorly.

 

Yeah, most of it was really bad — and I’m someone who shares the show’s politics. I can only think of one episode of the revival I thought was good.

 

I thought it was half as good as the original but still better that almost any comedy on the air now. Perhaps it failed because it didn't have the two requisite types of relationships every modern show is required to have.