| − | |Pushes far-left viewpoints with the main character Murphy Brown, who became a single mother after giving a birth to a baby out of wedlock in later seasons. Was rather infamous for a spat on family values with then-Vice President Dan Quayle in 1992 in response to the latter's denouncement of the character mocking fatherhood.<ref name="forerunner">[http://forerunner.com/forerunner/X0406_Quayles_Murphy_Brown.html Excerpts from Dan Quayle's speech], at Forerunner.com</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Murphy Brown; Get Ready, America: Murphy Responds |work= New York Times|date=September 4, 1992|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/04/us/the-1992-campaign-murphy-brown-get-ready-america-murphy-responds.html?scp=10&sq=murphy%20brown&st=cse|accessdate=August 10, 2010 | first=Andrew | last=Rosenthal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Back Talk From 'Murphy Brown' to Dan Quayle|work= New York Times|date=July 20, 1992 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/20/arts/back-talk-from-murphy-brown-to-dan-quayle.html |accessdate=August 10, 2010 | first=Bill | last=Carter}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Dan Quayle vs. Murphy Brown|work= New York Times|date=June 1, 1992|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,975627,00.html|accessdate=August 15, 2010}}</ref> | + | |Pushes far-left viewpoints with the main character Murphy Brown, who became a single mother after giving a birth to a baby out of wedlock in later seasons. Was rather infamous for a spat on family values with then-Vice President Dan Quayle in 1992 in response to the latter's denouncement of the character mocking fatherhood.<ref name="forerunner">[http://forerunner.com/forerunner/X0406_Quayles_Murphy_Brown.html Excerpts from Dan Quayle's speech], at Forerunner.com</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Murphy Brown; Get Ready, America: Murphy Responds |work= New York Times|date=September 4, 1992|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/04/us/the-1992-campaign-murphy-brown-get-ready-america-murphy-responds.html?scp=10&sq=murphy%20brown&st=cse|accessdate=August 10, 2010 | first=Andrew | last=Rosenthal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Back Talk From 'Murphy Brown' to Dan Quayle|work= New York Times|date=July 20, 1992 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/20/arts/back-talk-from-murphy-brown-to-dan-quayle.html |accessdate=August 10, 2010 | first=Bill | last=Carter}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Dan Quayle vs. Murphy Brown|work= New York Times|date=June 1, 1992|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,975627,00.html|accessdate=August 15, 2010}}</ref><ref>http://www.tv.com/e!s-101/reasons-the-90s-ruled-101---81/episode/315325/summary.html</ref> Got a revival in 2018, with the star, Candice Bergen, and the show's creator, Diane English, making clear they revived it specifically to attack Donald Trump for winning the 2016 elections.<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2018/09/26/murphy-brown-2016-if-hillary-had-won-we-would-be-dancing-streets</ref><ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/jacob-comello/2018/09/26/murphy-brown-revival-specifically-made-provoke-trump</ref> One episode of the reboot even had Hillary Clinton have a guest appearance as a prospective secretary, with the writers barely even trying to disguise her name.<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/karen-townsend/2018/09/28/original-nasty-woman-murphy-brown-reboot</ref> |
| − | <ref>http://www.tv.com/e!s-101/reasons-the-90s-ruled-101---81/episode/315325/summary.html</ref> Got a revival in 2018, with the star, Candice Bergen, and the show's creator, Diane English, making clear they revived it specifically to attack Donald Trump for winning the 2016 elections.<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2018/09/26/murphy-brown-2016-if-hillary-had-won-we-would-be-dancing-streets</ref><ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/jacob-comello/2018/09/26/murphy-brown-revival-specifically-made-provoke-trump</ref> One episode of the reboot even had Hillary Clinton have a guest appearance as a prospective secretary, with the writers barely even trying to disguise her name.<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/karen-townsend/2018/09/28/original-nasty-woman-murphy-brown-reboot</ref> | |