Network: CBS.
Episodes: 260 (half-hour).
Seasons: 11.
TV show dates:
November 14, 1988 -- May 18, 1998;
September 27. 2018 -- December 20, 2018.
Series status: Cancelled; Revived; Cancelled.
Performers include: Candice Bergen, Grant Shaud, Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto, Charles Kimbrough, Robert Pastorelli, Pat Corley, Ritch Brinkley, Lily Tomlin, John Hostetter, Garry Marshall, Nik Dodani, Jake McDorman, Adan Rocha. and Tyne Daly.
TV show description:
In the original series, recovering alcoholic Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a tough investigative reporter and news anchor for a national TV newsmagazine named Fyi.
She works alongside stuffy and old-style newsman Jim Dial (Charles Kimbrough), and her best friend, insecure undercover reporter Frank Fontana (Joe Regalbuto). Young and neurotic Miles Silverberg (Grant Shaud) becomes the show's producer...
Episodes: 260 (half-hour).
Seasons: 11.
TV show dates:
November 14, 1988 -- May 18, 1998;
September 27. 2018 -- December 20, 2018.
Series status: Cancelled; Revived; Cancelled.
Performers include: Candice Bergen, Grant Shaud, Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto, Charles Kimbrough, Robert Pastorelli, Pat Corley, Ritch Brinkley, Lily Tomlin, John Hostetter, Garry Marshall, Nik Dodani, Jake McDorman, Adan Rocha. and Tyne Daly.
TV show description:
In the original series, recovering alcoholic Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a tough investigative reporter and news anchor for a national TV newsmagazine named Fyi.
She works alongside stuffy and old-style newsman Jim Dial (Charles Kimbrough), and her best friend, insecure undercover reporter Frank Fontana (Joe Regalbuto). Young and neurotic Miles Silverberg (Grant Shaud) becomes the show's producer...
- 5/11/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
As reported by Deadline, character actor John Hostetter—who had a recurring role on Murphy Brown and did voiceover work for a handful of anime films—died last week from “cancer complications.” He was 69.
Born in Brooklyn but raised in Maryland, Hostetter was a stage actor before making the transition to film and TV. His first movie role came in the 1979 Arthur Hiller comedy The In-Laws, and from there he moved onto a whole bunch of minor roles in big shows like CHiPs, T.J. Hooker, Knight Rider, Remington Steele, Family Ties, and Moonlighting, as well as the occasional movie role in stuff like Into The Night, Heartbreak Ridge, and the Bill Cosby vehicle Leonard Part 6. However, his most recognizable role came in 1988 when he joined the cast of CBS’s Murphy Brown. The show went on to become a big hit for the network, and ...
Born in Brooklyn but raised in Maryland, Hostetter was a stage actor before making the transition to film and TV. His first movie role came in the 1979 Arthur Hiller comedy The In-Laws, and from there he moved onto a whole bunch of minor roles in big shows like CHiPs, T.J. Hooker, Knight Rider, Remington Steele, Family Ties, and Moonlighting, as well as the occasional movie role in stuff like Into The Night, Heartbreak Ridge, and the Bill Cosby vehicle Leonard Part 6. However, his most recognizable role came in 1988 when he joined the cast of CBS’s Murphy Brown. The show went on to become a big hit for the network, and ...
- 9/8/2016
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
John Hostetter, who recurred in dozens of Murphy Brown episodes starting in Year 1 and appeared in about 100 films and TV shows, has died. He was 69. His family said he died Friday of cancer complications in New Smyrna Beach, Fl. Hostetter was best known for playing John, the imperturbable stage manager of Fyi, the newsmag-within-a-show featured in Murphy Brown. Starring Candice Bergen as the titular investigative reporter and anchor, the CBS sitcom ran for 10 seasons…...
- 9/8/2016
- Deadline TV
John Hostetter, who recurred in dozens of Murphy Brown episodes starting in Year 1 and appeared in about 100 films and TV shows, has died. He was 69. His family said he died Friday of cancer complications in New Smyrna Beach, Fl. Hostetter was best known for playing John, the imperturbable stage manager of Fyi, the newsmag-within-a-show featured in Murphy Brown. Starring Candice Bergen as the titular investigative reporter and anchor, the CBS sitcom ran for 10 seasons…...
- 9/8/2016
- Deadline
John Hostetter, who played the calm and collected stage manager on the Murphy Brown fictional newsmagazine show Fyi, has died. He was 69.
Hostetter died Saturday in Port Orange, Fla., after a long battle with cancer, his family announced.
Hostetter portrayed John the stage manager in 62 of the 247 episodes of the beloved 1988-98 CBS sitcom Murphy Brown, which starred Candice Bergen as a high-strung TV journalist.
When things went awry — and that was often — on the set of Fyi, a primetime network program that was broadcast live, it was up to Hostetter's character to keep things on track....
Hostetter died Saturday in Port Orange, Fla., after a long battle with cancer, his family announced.
Hostetter portrayed John the stage manager in 62 of the 247 episodes of the beloved 1988-98 CBS sitcom Murphy Brown, which starred Candice Bergen as a high-strung TV journalist.
When things went awry — and that was often — on the set of Fyi, a primetime network program that was broadcast live, it was up to Hostetter's character to keep things on track....
John Hostetter, who played the calm and collected stage manager on the Murphy Brown fictional newsmagazine show Fyi, has died. He was 69.
Hostetter died Saturday in Port Orange, Fla., after a long battle with cancer, his family announced.
Hostetter portrayed John the stage manager in 62 of the 247 episodes of the beloved 1988-98 CBS sitcom Murphy Brown, which starred Candice Bergen as a high-strung TV journalist.
When things went awry — and that was often — on the set of Fyi, a primetime network program that was broadcast live, it was up to Hostetter's character to keep things on track....
Hostetter died Saturday in Port Orange, Fla., after a long battle with cancer, his family announced.
Hostetter portrayed John the stage manager in 62 of the 247 episodes of the beloved 1988-98 CBS sitcom Murphy Brown, which starred Candice Bergen as a high-strung TV journalist.
When things went awry — and that was often — on the set of Fyi, a primetime network program that was broadcast live, it was up to Hostetter's character to keep things on track....
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