The classic CBS series “Murphy Brown” made the front page of the New York Times in 1992 when it found itself the target of an elected official. And you’d better believe that creator Diane English is betting on the same thing happening again, when the Candice Bergen-starring sitcom returns to CBS this fall.
“We’re hoping,” she told reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour about the possibility of Donald Trump responding to the workplace comedy. “Murphy Brown” revisits the sharp-edged television journalist who, in 2018, is now involved with the current climate surrounding the world of cable news. “It’s a great tool for us — we are definitely hoping that he will engage with us,” she said.
In fact, English admitted that the first episode of the revival, which Bergen described as “so ambitious and so fearless,” deliberately attempts to draw Trump’s attention. While English didn’t...
“We’re hoping,” she told reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour about the possibility of Donald Trump responding to the workplace comedy. “Murphy Brown” revisits the sharp-edged television journalist who, in 2018, is now involved with the current climate surrounding the world of cable news. “It’s a great tool for us — we are definitely hoping that he will engage with us,” she said.
In fact, English admitted that the first episode of the revival, which Bergen described as “so ambitious and so fearless,” deliberately attempts to draw Trump’s attention. While English didn’t...
- 8/5/2018
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
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