Larroquette was also one of Bergen's co-stars on "Boston Legal" - their characters married in the series finale.
On Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 10:44:43 PM UTC-4, Steve Timko wrote: > > Bette Midler, Brooke Shields among 'Murphy Brown' guests > LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bette Midler and Brooke Shields are among the guest > stars dropping in on CBS' "Murphy Brown" revival. > Midler was on the original sitcom as Caprice, one of many difficult, > short-tenured secretaries to Candice Bergen's Murphy. > CBS said Thursday the singer-actress is back as Caprice on the Nov. 8 > episode, this time with a connection to Murphy that makes her even more > unbearable. > Shields is on the Nov. 15 episode as a former beauty-pageant pal of series > star Faith Ford's Corky who emerges from a long coma. > The episode with Midler also features Katie Couric playing herself and > former "Night Court" star John Larroquette as a judge. > Peter Gallagher appears as a conservative news anchor covering elections > with Murphy's son, played by Jake McDorman, on the Nov. 1 "Murphy Brown" > episode > > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 9:01 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 11:29 PM Kevin M. <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> A long time ago, I learned that TV producers rarely (if ever) had me in >>> mind when making new shows. Much as in a singles bar, I just am not in >>> anybody's target demographic. The original Murphy Brown was hit or miss for >>> me; I wasn't very political at the time, so most of the topical jokes fell >>> flat. But when the show was good, it was great. The Harry "I'm the change >>> guy" Shearer episode still makes me laugh out loud. >>> >>> The premiere of the new series wasn't very funny... but it was very >>> comfortable. That said, I don't know who the producers have in mind with >>> this series. As I recall, Murphy Brown was extremely popular with liberal >>> women... so is The View... so why dump on it? >>> >>> I was reminded of the Lou Grant series, which was a dramatic series >>> based on a sitcom character. I think the new Murphy Brown would be better >>> as a one hour drama (or dramedy... if you must), still able to include >>> humor, but allowing for more mature or sophisticated subject matter. But >>> had they done that, it would have been targeted towards me... and that just >>> won't happen. >>> >> >> Lou Grant wasn't a spinoff of the Mary Tyler Moore Show, it was an hour >> drama with the title character and actor taken from MTM. Just like L&O:SVU >> wasn't a spinoff from Homicide, just Richard Belzer's Detective Munch came >> over. >> >> Brian Teta was a producer on Dave's Late Show and became an executive >> producer on The View when Dave went off the air. He has posted comments in >> the alt.fan.letterman forum since the show went off the air and I think he >> is happy to still be working on TV rather than worn to a frazzle like Miles >> was supposed to be. >> >> Pilot shows have to do double duty, explaining who the characters are and >> how they relate to each other (and in this case what happened to them in >> the intervening years) as well as set the comedic tone and give viewers an >> idea of how fun it will be to hang out with these people for a half hour >> every week. It's going to take an episode or two to see if they will be >> bringing something new or just basking in nostalgia. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
