Murphy Brown: Season 08 (1995)

As Murphy Brown begins its eighth season, the titular heroine (played by Candice Bergen) has decided not to marry her current amour (and journalistic rival), Peter Hunt (Scott Bakula). Even so, wedding bells do ring at the outset for season eight -- but they're ringing for Murphy's fellow TV reporter Corky Sherwood (Faith Ford), who in a surprise move has wed Murph's producer, Miles Silverberg (Grant Shaud), in an episode featuring John F. Kennedy Jr. as "himself." Meanwhile, Andrew Lansing (Paul Reubens), Murphy's obnoxious secretary and the nephew of network head Stan Lansing (Gary Marshall), wreaks havoc when he is promoted to an executive post -- and even more so when he decides that he's in love with Murphy. Elsewhere, anchorman Jim Dial (Charles Kimbrough) magnanimously grooms the vacuous Miller Redfield (Christopher Rich) as his potential replacement, then catches everyone unawares by accepting another job with rival network ICN. Also, former Cheers regular Shelley Long makes her first series appearance as Dottie Wilcox, a syrupy morning-TV host clearly patterned after Kathie Lee Gifford. Other guest stars this season include Dom DeLuise, Katie Couric, and Elizabeth Taylor. As in previous years, season eight of Murphy Brown ends on a cliffhanger, with the entire staff of Murphy's TV newsmagazine "FYI" facing unemployment -- and Miles Silverberg preparing to take a job in New York, forcing him to leave wife Corky behind. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi