Gone to seed.
Posted on 05/18/2018 1:52:42 PM PDT by ethom
I don’t know whether the Murphy Brown reboot planned for fall will be funny, but I do know it’s going to be political. At Tuesday’s CBS “upfront” — the annual unveiling of new fall shows for the networks to sell to advertisers — Candice Bergen was on hand to introduce a peek at the first new season of Murphy Brown since the show went off the air in 1998 after 10 seasons. Bergen, looking impish and energetic at age 72, said that “we wanted to stay really topical, so we didn’t shoot a pilot because if we did we’d already be several news cycles and Stormys out of date.”
I wonder if Bergen and the network really comprehend the potential resistance they’re going to face with this new Murphy Brown. The network they’re satirizing — Fox News — is going to be out there full-force, stirring up animosity among their viewers for this liberal sitcom. This will be especially true if the network and its audience believe that Roseanne has been muzzled for its conservative views.
It’s not as though Murphy Brown has never been political before this, of course. That son she’ll soon be competing against is the same born-out-of-wedlock child that inspired real-life criticism from Vice President Dan Quayle back in 1992. Bergen — whose movie career is still active with the comedy Book Club opening this weekend — isn’t shying away from the Fox News comparisons: “Cable news is populated with all kinds, like the Hannitys of the world and actual journalists too,” she said. The new Murphy Brown will have a combination of old and new cast members, including Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto, and Grant Shaud from the original cast. CBS has ordered 13 episodes for a fall premiere.
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I don’t believe I’ve ever seen an episode of the original, so there’s no good reason for me to watch the reboot.
Actually, Magnum PI is being rebooted this fall as well.
http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/cbs-fall-trailers-magnum-pi-murphy-brown-2018-2019-1202812667/
I thought I'd read that it was renewed for TWO more seasons shortly after the first episode was aired. Compared to "Last Man Standing", which ABC axed after it was in the top 3 or 4 rated shows in the 2016-17 season. (Thank goodness for Fox!)
Shows you what the Leftists in Holly-weird think of ratings. To he!! with ratings, it's all about the "message".
More relevant than ever, now that we have another right-wing VP from Indiana. Oh the jokes just write themselves /s
They're really getting desperate to drag the likes of these two out again. They won't last
It will be interesting to compare ratings, as a measure of which world-view resonates with the public more.
history repeating itself over and over
MAybe they can have Dan Rather and Brian Williams on to talk about fake news, or anyone from NPR to discuss the #metoo movement... some hard hitting stuff this time around I’m sure... or will it just be one improbable setup after another while Murphey dribbles one after the other down the first base line....lol
The only place liberals are “winning” today is in the entertainment industry. Like the new lesbian president on Netflix, and the old West Wing, the new Murphy Brown show will celebrate liberal social views and slander any conservative point of view.
Good luck with that. The times, they are a changing.
It will be interesting to compare the ratings ...
Gone to seed.
Yeah, we need another far left program./sarc
We don’t watch any of that junk; problem is, since all forms of media are flooded with it, it impacts the perhaps 1/3 of the country who does watch it, and helps to shape their views. The producers, etc., responsible for this, and other trashy crap, will have a lot to answer for, on judgment day, for corrupting the hearts and minds of the young, as will parents who allow their kids to watch it. Thank God for the ability to repent and receive forgiveness, while we live, because we are so imperfect, and there is so much for which we need forgiveness.
But don't bet on there being any laughs.
They may be better off putting someone younger in that lead role of Murphy Brown, but then comes the ‘outrage’ about ageism and the patriarchy.
A walk down memory lane:
Liberal laughs ? How original. Like the 99.999999% of the other unfunny leftist propaganda and hate that infests the airwaves like a malignant cancer.
I’m so glad I don’t have a boob-toob any longer...
I’ll bet that whole set reeks of Ben-Gay and old stool.
Thanks for the link.
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