Murphy Brown Season 6, Episode 16: The Deal of the Art

The More Things Change

An arrogant new colleague threatens everyone on the staff, especially Murphy who's just reduced her role on FYI resulting from the pressures of motherhood. Their relationship hits it off real well just as the show is ready to air.

30 min

Angst For the Memories

Murphy gets an interview with a reclusive '60s literary idol, but times and people have changed.

30 min

Black and White and Read All Over

After going to a function with Mitchell, Murphy begins to date him. Is there anything there, or do they just like it when heads turn?

30 min

Political Correctness

A series of on-air comments made by Peter and Murphy gets the staff forced to attend a seminar on political correctness.

30 min

The Young & the Rest of Us

The staff gets nervous when Peter whisks away a depressed Corky on her 30th birthday.

30 min

Ticket to Writhe

Peter and Murphy compete for the Middle East peace story. Miles obtains sideline passes to a Washington football game where he plans to propose to Audrey via the scoreboard, but finds he is so wrapped up with work he didn't even notice that she has left him. Corky thinks the passes are cursed when more bad things occur to anyone in possession of them.

30 min

I Don't Know You From Madam

Murphy works reluctantly on a story the network brass wants on ""The Beltway Madam,"" a high priced call girl who's just been exposed and is the hottest story in town.

30 min

All the Life That's Fit to Print

Murphy has nightmares about what her colleagues will say about her when they are interviewed for a biography that she has authorized to be written.

30 min

Bah Humboldt

Peter, Frank & Murphy are all nominated for the Humboldt Award. While at the ceremony, Murphy can't understand how disinterested Peter is in the award and Frank hears a rumor about a network having to make cutbacks.

30 min

Reaper Madness

Murphy is obsessed with the need to try to explain death to Avery and bothers everyone for their perspective.

30 min

It's Not Easy Being Brown

To improve upon her image, Murphy gets a publicist and makes an appearance on a children's puppet show.

30 min

To Have and Have Not

Miles comes under public scrutiny when he is misquoted in a magazine article that makes him out to be the biggest male chauvinist in Washington, DC.

30 min

Socks and the Single Woman

Murphy gets invited to the White House by the Clintons. Once she gets back to the office, she finds out she has a furry stowaway.

A Piece of the Auction

Murphy gets rude remarks by radio personality, Marty Crane. She gets mad but the gang actually thin the things Marty says about Murphy are funny. They're all now at a charity event at Phill's, while every one of the gang donated something to be auctioned, Murphy decided to donate herself, that means the winner will spend a whole day with her in the office and then go to dinner. Marty Crane is there, and buys Murphy for 10 thousand dollars. Murphy doesn't accept it at first but then agrees, after all I can't be that bad. But it is, Marty shows up at the bullpen with cameras and girls with costumes. At her office, they start talking and Marty says that by the end of the day, she'll start seing him differently. Murphy doens't think so. At the restaurant Murphy doens't seem to want people to see her with Marty, which he notices. They have a honest talk, and Murphy starts to understand his point of view and they make plans to get together again. The next morning while driving to work,

30 min

The Thrill of the Hunt

An injured Peter returns from Bosnia and eventually they admit missing each other and decide to have a relationship they know will go down in flames.

30 min

The Anchorman

Jim decides to open an English pub called ""The Anchorman"" and it turns out to be a big success as a gay bar.

30 min

Fjord Eyes Only

The team travels to Lillehammer, and Murphy, who's more interested in getting free stuff, has a ""fluff piece"" interview with a skater, which results in a disaster for Norway.

30 min

Crime Story

After her car is stolen out of her driveway, Murphy joins the neighborhood watch, but discovers that her neighbors are borderline vigilantes.

30 min

The Fifth Anchor

FYI's 17th anniversary show is more than complete when an annoying former anchor returns. They plot to get rid of him again until Murphy finds out what he once did for her before the 1st show.

30 min

Anything But Cured

Frank's psychologist tells him after 18 years of therapy that he's cured and needs to move on and he leans on Murphy for support.

30 min

The Tip of the Silverburg

When Murphy take Miles shopping for a new suit, he becomes humiliated when she ""sees it"" and then everyone else finds out. Later, everyone else lets out their most embarrassing moment.

30 min

It's Just Like Riding a Bike

Peter returns to town and he and Murphy pick up right where they left off. Back at her place, Murphy delays the inevitable.

30 min

My Movie With Louis

Despite the network's policy against it, Murphy decides to play a ""small, but pivotal role"" in director Louis Malle's new film. After getting the script, Murphy goes to the set to get changes made that will protect her ""journalistic integrity.""

30 min

The More Things Stay the Same

Frank, Jim and Murphy are all up for contract renewals as FYI celebrates the airing of its 500th broadcast and their egos go unchecked.

30 min