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Episodes 15-27 Season Two List View By Episode PART ONE June 11, 2018 INTERVIEW: WRITERS GINA IPPOLITO & SKANDER HALIM (11.3: #MURPHYTOO) Jesi and Lauren are elated to welcome the writing team of Gina Ippolito & Skander Halim (Story Editors) from the revival writing team to the pod! Listen Now May 25, 2018 REVIVAL TALK # 3: ”GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER!” (SEASON 11) Jesi and Lauren are here to give first thoughts and impressions of the first episode of the Murphy Brown revival aka the Season 11 opener “Fake News,” written by series creator Diane English! Listen Now May 21, 2018 2.01: The Brother's Silverberg (With Director Barnet Kellman) Jesi, Lauren, and special guest, director Barnet Kellman take a deep dive into Murphy and Miles’ relationship in this season opener (and pod favorite), written by creator Diane English. Listen Now May 21, 2018 2.02: ANCHORS AWAY The gals are back and so is the Jim love on the Dial-centric episode, “Anchor’s Away” (Season 2, Episode 2)! Listen Now June 11, 2018 INTERVIEW: DIANE ENGLISH (Writer, CREATOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR) Jesi and Lauren close out the pod’s Season 11 Interviews with a two-part interview with “Real Murphy Brown” herself, creator Diane English! Listen Now May 25, 2018 INTERVIEW: GRANT SHAUD (MILES SILVERBERG) The gals welcome the dynamic wunderkind Miles Silverberg himself, Grant Shaud! Listen Now May 25, 2018 INTERVIEW: MARY PAT GLEASON (SEASON 1 GUEST STAR) Mary Pat Gleason played Olga the Russian Secretary in Season 1, Episode 16 “Moscow On The Hudson” and you know her from so much more, like WIll & Grace (both versions), Gilmore Girls , & Friends! Listen Now June 11, 2018 2.03: THE MEMO THAT GOT AWAY The gals and the FYI gang start saying goodbye to the 1980s as the pod talks 80’s highlights. Topics include: Journalistic integrity, the history of Redbook, and the real-life stolen memo that inspired this episode’s plot! Listen Now May 21, 2018 2.04: TV OR NOT TV Learn the interesting backstory on what inspired this epic meta episode direct from the writer as well as sidebars on Emmy nominated (for this role) guest star Morgan Fairchild Listen Now May 25, 2018 2.07: WHOSE GARBAGE IS IT ANYWAY? Jesi and Lauren take on Murphy Brown ’s Season 2 environmental discussion with their most topical episode yet! So topical it took them two installments to cover it! Listen Now June 11, 2018 2.08: AND THE WHINER IS...? It’s the pod’s first Humblot episode! Yes, the first send-up of awards season in the series. In what the gals see as a continuation of Season One’s “Devil With The Blue Dress” Listen Now June 25, 2018 INTERVIEW: JOANNA GLEASON (GUEST STAR; DIANE ENGLISH PLAYER) The gals are lucky and beyond thrilled to have Tony Award winner Joanna Gleason on the pod for a discussion on art, television, musical theater, and of course Diane English player. Listen Now May 25, 2018 2.05: MILES' BIG ADVENTURE Topics include: The best way to pack for a trip, special guest star Yeardley Smith (The Simpsons ) pre-Lisa Simpson career. Listen Now June 11, 2018 2.06: BUDDIES SCHMUDDIES Jesi and Lauren go in-depth into Episode Six of Season 2, "Buddies Schmuddies", an episode that tests Murphy and Frank’s relationship when they fight for the same story. Listen Now May 21, 2018 INTERVIEW: JACQUI SHINE (MEDIA HISTORIAN; JOURNALIST) You may know Jacqui’s media writings from such publications as The New York Times, The Atlantic , Slate , and Buzzfeed . Co-host Lauren sits down with Jacqui to discuss her fascination with the classic series. Listen Now October 16, 2019 2.09: ROASTED Finally, the ladies reach this pivotal Jim-centric episode and Lauren’s first Murphy Brown. Jesi brings us the back-story Charles Kimbrough created for his character and the inside scoop on hiring Walter Cronkite! Listen Now October 28, 2018 INTERVIEW: SUZIE PLAKSON (GUEST STAR; DIANE ENGLISH PLAYER) In our continuation of ”The Ladies of Love & War, the pod welcomes Murphy Brown Season 1 guest star and Diane English series regular: Suzie Plakson! (Star Trek , Family Ties , Mad About You , How I Met Your Mother) Listen Now Dec 24 & 09, 2020 2.11-2.10 BROWN LIKE ME MEET THE PARENTS in two parts of what originally aired as a one-hour episode. Topics include: fighting as foreplay, the Great Nat King Cole, & the origins behind the song “Stardust." Listen Now January 13, 2018 2.12: THE STRIKE This episode, the gals go over Season two’s “The Strike”! Topics include: Aging as women in society, Candice Bergen’s working relationship with director Barnet Kellman. While Lauren tells the tale of legendary Smokey Robinson Listen Now January 27, 2018 Interview: RUSS WOODY #2 (Writer/Producer Seasons 1-2,6,10-11) Russ tells the gals stories from the book about his father, Ted Danson and much more, including a funny story about Candice Bergen and the book! Listen Now February 10, 2020 1.13: HERE'S TO YOU MRS. KINSELLA The gals are happy to welcome Lisa Darden as their guest this week! Lisa tells us her origin story of growing up watching Murphy Brown as an African American woman then and now Listen Now February 20, 2020 FYI EXTRA: DIVERSITY & INCLUSIVITY- with Lisa Darden Guest Lisa Darden joins the gals after the show to discuss diversity in Murphy Brown & pop culture from 1990 to today, how we can all work together, and how feminism can be an inclusive movement to all. Listen Now March 2, 2020 2.14: What ARE you doing new Years eve With Anita Floris- Frasier Podcast The gals welcome Anita Floris, the host of I’m Listening: A Fraiser Fan Podcast, with this Diane English-written classic! Listen Now Episodes 15-27 SPECIAL August 31st & September 14th, 2020 INTERVIEW: FAITH FORD (CORKY SHERWOOD) Lauren and Jesi are excited to bring you this amazing interview two-part special with Faith Ford. Listen Now Season 2 - Part One

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November 19 & 29, 2019 INTERVIEW: GRANT SHAUD (MILES SILVERBERG) The gals welcome the dynamic wunderkind Miles Silverberg himself, Grant Shaud! ​ PART 1: Topics include: His origin story and early theatre life, auditioning Now vs the Late ‘80s, his Murphy Brown audition story, and the greatness of Diane English. Also, the trio does a little impromptu version of “Retcon Theatre” with Miles & Corky’s relationship. ​ PART 2: Topics include: An actor’s process, comedy influences, Jay Thomas, Murder, She Wrote, and Jesi & Lauren teach Grant what “canon” means. ​ Also, we have Grant take the www.cbs.com “Which Murphy Brown Character Are You?” quiz. Who will he get?! To Take the Quiz Yourself ​

October 18, 2020 Interview: Suzie Plakson (Guest Star; Diane English Player) In our continuation of ”The Ladies of ‘Love & War’,” the pod welcomes Murphy Brown Season 1 guest star ("I Would Have Danced All Night") and Diane English series (Love and War - streaming currently) regular: Suzie Plakson! We chat with Suzie about highlights from her sitcom career (Family Ties (also with Jay Thomas, clip here ), Mad About You , How I Met Your Mother ), her origins, and being directed by fellow actors. Plus: inspirations in the creative progress and the art of waiting. Check out: ”The Return of King Lillian” ​ We recommend you listen to our interview with Joanna Gleason! THE MANY FACES OF SUZIE To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key.

May 1, 2023 2.27: Going To The Chapel (part 2) The gals chat about the final episode of season 2, which includes a wedding, couples, and flipped gender norms for the time! A short breakdown of the life of Janet Carroll (aka Doris Dial) and other sitcom legends who guest starred, as well as the debate on the explanations of gender in terms of dating and so-called “expectations” and “fluidity” in terms of dreams as you age. Oh, and The Temptations show up, and did we mention Corky (Faith Ford) gets married!

December 24 & 10, 2019 2.10 & 2.11: Brown Like Me SHOW NOTES Click the picture to play a scene from the episode ! Jesi and Lauren's Parents! ​ VIDEO: Avery vs Bill ​ VIDEO: Murphy Sings to Her Baby Brother!) Written by: Diane English Directed by: Barnet Kellman ​ The gals are excited to bring part one and two of what originally aired as a one-hour episode of Murphy Brown: ”Brown Like Me” - written by series creator Diane English. Topics include: Murphy’s adult relationship with her parents, (Emmy winners Colleen Dewhurst & Darren McGavin) when and how one can look good in hats, late-in-life babies, and more! Join us for Part Two to discuss fighting as foreplay, the Great Nat King Cole, the origins behind the song “Stardust,” and more! ​ Other Avery Brown Sr Episodes 1.15: Mama Said 3.06: Bob & Murphy & Ted & Avery

March 5 & 12, 2018 INTERVIEW: STEVEN PETERMAN - MURPHY BROWN WRITER/ EXEC PRODUCER (SEASONS 1-6) The gals are thrilled to welcome one of the original Murphy Brown writers (Seasons 1-6) and later Executive Producer (Seasons 5-6): Steven Peterman! Jesi and Lauren think you will enjoy the interview and the great stories Steven has to share. In fact, they got such great stories out of Steven that this is a two-part episode! ​ PART 1: Topics include: Meeting his writing partner Gary Dontzig, Murphy’s impact on people of all ages and background, how it was to write a gay storyline for a network show back in the 1990s and … unfortunately, Dan Quayle. Also, Lauren has a surprise for Steven from 1993. ​ PART 2: Topics include: The lasting impact of Murphy Brown , Steve’s transition from actor to writer, awards, and memories of Jay Thomas as Jerry Gold.

July 16, 2018 INTERVIEW: RICHARD SCHIFF (SEASON 6 GUEST STAR) The gals are happy to welcome to the show Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Schiff! (“The West Wing,” ABC’s “The Good Doctor”) It is only fitting considering how often Jesi and Lauren reference Toby Ziegler and “The West Wing” on the pod! Richard appeared in Season 6, Episode 21, “Anything by Cured” written by friend of the pod Russ Woody (as well as appeared on another Diane English show “Love & War”). Topics include: Richard’s origin story, acting as a process, platonic friendships on TV ( i.e. CJ/Toby), and working with Allison Janney, Plus, our hosts ask Richard a “West Wing” question they’ve been waiting years to ask, will he answer it? ​ WEST WING FINAL SEASON SPOILER WARNING at 1:04.57 ​ Watch Richard on "Love and War", Season 3, Episode 10 "The Bum" on Amazon THE MANY FACES OF RICHARD To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key.

Season Two Season ONe List View By Episode October 11, 2017 THE 90S ARE BACK!(Trailer) Co-Hosts Lauren Milberger & Jesi Mullins give you a 5 min promo for "FYI: The Murphy Brown Podcast". Listen Now Season 1 (1988-1989) September 10, 2018 SEASON ONE (1988-1989) WRAP-UP Welcome to what the gals hope to be a regular feature on the podcast: A season-ending retrospective! Listen Now August 20, 2018 INTERVIEW: BARNET KELLMAN (SERIES DIRECTOR: SEASONS 1-4, 10) Welcome to our Season One wrap-up with series director and architect of Murphy Brown, Barnet Kellman! Listen Now August 13, 2018 1.22: THE MORNING SHOW And so Jesi and Lauren end Season One with a bit of a future redux as they reach Episode 22, "The Morning Show Listen Now August 6, 2018 1.21: The Bickners Lauren and Jesi dive deep into the penultimate episode of Season 1, “The Bickners” written by friend of the pod Russ Woody. Listen Now July 30, 2018 1.20: Summer of 77 Put on your disco shoes and book those Hustle lessons (or not)! The pod enters 1977 and one of the few Murphy Brown flashbacks episodes with this Diane English-written pod favorite: "Summer of ‘77". Listen Now July 23, 2018 1.19: THE UNSHRINKABLE MURPHY BROWN As they near the end of Season One, the gals are finally at another Moss/Dukane episode, which means they get to share some great behind the scene tidbits from Denise Moss (Fraiser & Roseanne )! Listen Now July 16, 2018 Interview: Richard Schiff (Season 6 Guest Star ) The gals are happy to welcome to the show Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Schiff! (The West Wing, ABC’s The Good Doctor ) Listen Now July 9, 2018 1.18: Funnies Girl It’s the 18th episode of Season 1! Jesi and Lauren talk their take on “Funnies Girl” - written by Tom Seeley & friend of the pod Norm Gunzenhauser. Listen Now July 2, 2018 1.17: My Dinner With Einstein Jesi and Lauren are talking Murphy Brown and nerds this week with Season 1, Episode 17 "My Dinner with Einstein." Listen Now June 25, 2018 1.16: Moscow On The Hudson It’s 2018 and the Gals are talking US/Russian relations...only way back in 1989! Listen Now June 11, 2018 Interview: Joe Regalbuto (Frank Fontana) Jesi and Lauren are thrilled to bring you a Two-Part Interview with Joe Regalbuto a.k.a Frank Fontana! Listen Now May 24, 2018 Revival Talk #2 (Upfronts 2018) Jesi and Lauren briefly chat about the new Murphy Brown announcements via last week’s CBS Upfront presentation, which included a revival trailer, air dates, and Lauren shares a news story about AOL emails in the 21st century. Join us! Listen Now May 21, 2018 1.15: Mama Said The gals are excited to celebrate a belated Mother’s Day with Colleen Dewhurst’s first episode of Murphy Brown (her Emmy Winning role as Murphy’s mother: Avery Brown, Sr.) Listen Now May 7, 2018 INTERVIEW: RUSS WOODY - MURPHY BROWN WRITER (SEASONS 1-2,6,10) The gals are thrilled to welcome one of the original Murphy Brown writers to the show: Russ Woody (Cybill , Becker , The Middle ) for a two-part interview! Listen Now April 23, 2018 1.14: It's How You Play The Game Jesi and Lauren dive head first into the beginnings of “Trash TV” as they cover Season One, Episode 14: “It’s How You Play The Game” written by Russ Woody (Season One’s “Nowhere To Run” & “Kyle”)! Listen Now April 17, 2018 1.13: Soul Man Jesi talks Charles Kimbrough’s origins story and connection to Stephen Sondheim, while Lauren goes into the history of Men’s Clubs vs Women from the late 1980s to today! Listen Now April 9, 2018 1.12: WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE? Jesi and Lauren are back to chat Season One, Episode 12: “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?” written by friend of the pod, Korby Siamis. Listen Now April 2, 2018 INTERVIEW: MARIANNE MUELLERLEILE (SECRETARY #8) The gals sit down to talk with Marianne about her time on Murphy Brown Secretary #8 (Season 1, Episode 6 “Baby Love”) as well her impressive TV career on such shows as Will & Grace , Magnum P.I . & Third Rock From The Sun. Listen Now March 19, 2018 1.11: OFF THE JOB EXPERIENCE Jesi and Lauren are back to chat Season One, Episode 11: “Off The Job Experience” written by Tom Seeley and previous guest Norm Gunzenhauser! Listen Now March 5, 2018 INTERVIEW: STEVEN PETERMAN - WRITER/ EXEC PROD (SEASONS 1-6) The gals are thrilled to welcome one of the original Murphy Brown writers (Seasons 1-6) and later Executive Producer (Seasons 5-6): Steven Peterman! Listen Now February 28, 2018 1.10: KYLE The time has arrived for the gals to chat about Leslie Jordan’s (Will & Grace , Boston Legal .) episode of Murphy Brown! Listen Now February 19, 2018 1.09: I WOULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT Jesi and Lauren dive head first into the beginnings of “Trash TV” as they cover Season One, Episode 14: “It’s How You Play The Game” written by Russ Woody (Season One’s “Nowhere To Run” & “Kyle”)! Listen Now February 12, 2018 1.08: And So he Goes It’s the first Murphy Brown episode of 1989 and the first penned by writing partners Denise Moss & Sy Dukane (Frasier, Roseanne )! Listen Now February 5, 2018 1.07: SET ME FREE Jesi and Lauren launch head first into the seventh episode of Season One and how the episode’s original filming changes their entire perspective on re-watch. Listen Now January 29 , 2018 MURPHY'S BACK (REVIVAL TALK #1) Exciting news to report in the land of Murphy Brown! Lauren & Jesi chat about the new Murphy Brown revival news at CBS!!! Listen Now January 22 , 2018 1.06: BABY LOVE Jesi & Lauren chat about Season 1, Episode 6 “Baby Love” by friend of the podcast Korby Siamis (“The Middle”; “My Sister Sam”) as Frank and Murphy decide to try and have a kid together. Listen Now January 15, 2018 INTERVIEW: NORM GUNZENHAUSER - WRITER The gals are thrilled to welcome one of the original Murphy Brown writers to the show: Russ Woody (“Cybill,” “Becker,” “The Middle”) for a two-part interview! Listen Now December 25, 2017 1.05: MURPHY'S PONY It’s that time of year! A TV tradition since the dawn of the 'tube: the Christmas Episode! Jesi and Lauren go deep into Murphy Brown’s first Christmas (and Hanukkah) episode, “Murphy’s Pony,” written by series creator, Diane English. Listen Now December 11, 2017 1.04: SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED This week, Lauren and Jesi chat about a pod favorite, Season 1, Episode 4 - “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” - written by series creator, Diane English and introducing the character of Jake Lowenstein. Listen Now November 27, 2017 1.03: NOWHERE TO RUN This week, Jesi and Lauren “embed” themselves into Season 1, Episode 3: Nowhere To Run written by Russ Woody. (“Cybill”, “Mad About You”, “The Middle”) ​ But first they share some exciting tidbits about last week’s episode straight from the episode’s writer herself! Listen Now November 13, 2017 1.02: DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS ON This week Lauren & Jesi tackle the sophomore episode of season one: “Devil With a Blue Dress On” by Korby Siamis. Listen Now October 30, 2017 1.01: RESPECT Welcome to the start of Season One! Lauren and Jesi go through the pilot episode of Murphy Brown, “Respect”, written by series creator Diane English. Listen Now October 16, 2017 WELCOME TO FYI: AN ORIGIN STORY LIVE from AntennaTV in NYC, it's FYI: The Murphy Brown Podcast! Listen Now

Feb 12, 2024 3.04: Strike Two Written by: Scott Kaufer Directed by: Barnet Kellman ​ The real-life actors/writer’s union strike may be over, but not for the FYI Gang! Jesi and Murphy update the new season and are continuing season three! Sidebars include the life of Allen Toussaint, Candice Bergen’s 90s hair, Emmy-winning Fashion, unions, and how the episode connects to the recent 2023 Sag/Aftra and WGA strikes! ​ Past Episodes referenced: 2.02: Anchors Away (Profile of actor Christopher Rich (Reba) ) 2.12: The Strike ​

September 27 & October 10, 2019 2.01: THE BROTHERS SILVERBERG With DIRECTOR BARNET KELLMAN Written by: Diane English Directed by: Barnet Kellman ​ Welcome to Season 2! ​ Jesi, Lauren, and special guest, director Barnet Kellman take a deep dive into Murphy and Miles’ relationship in this season opener (and pod favorite), written by creator Diane English. ​ PART 1: Learn behind the scenes factoids direct from the set, secrets from the script, and Jesi teaches us some behind-the-scenes history! Bonus fun: The gals reconstruct the moments usually cut from syndication! ​ PART 2: We pick up where we left off as Jesi, Lauren, and episode director Barnet Kellman continue their breakdown of the Season 2 opener. Topics include: the amazing Jane Leeves and her career, the deeper meaning of the episode, banister acting, and women over 40 on television. ​ And join our Patreon to get special sneak previews and more!

Aug 7th, 2023 3.01: Brown & Blue Directed by Barnet Kellman Written by Denise Moss & Sy Dukane The gals are over the moon to have guest actor/writer/avid “pop culture consumer” Tarik Davis “(The Amber Ruffin Show, Bway’s Freestyle Love Supreme , Boom Chicago, The Second City, “Late Night With Seth Meyers”) to chat about comedy, censorship, journalism, and how Murphy’s takedown of an An drew Dice Clay (played by Michael Chiklis) character is relevant to today, including the history of how we got here. ​ www.tarikdavis.com Twitter , Instagram & Tiktok ​ Check out our Patreon for more of Lauren and Tarik’s “New Jersey Convo” and Jesi and Tarik’s chat about the book “Burn It Down.” ​ *This was recorded before the SAG-AFTRA s trike . We have also updated this to bleep a word in George Carlin's speech that is in a slur. Check out our interview with Writer Denise Moss for background on this episode. SHOW NOTES 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Lenny Bruce: The Real vs. The Fictional by Lauren Milberger (Lauren is currently working on a more in-depth p iece on Lenny and censorship) Burn It Down Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywoo d By Maureen Ryan Nora Dunn Talks about Andrew Dice Clay: 1991 & 2015 Michael Chiklis discusses being on an episode of Murphy Brown - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG. Wired (1989) Trailer