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• In the final episode of season four, Murphy Brown gave birth to her child, Avery. Around that time Vice President Dan Quayle, during a televised debate, criticized the show for introducing the theme of an unmarried woman having a child and thereby promoting the idea of single motherhood and the decay of family values, a hot issue during that year's election campaigning. The producers and writers retaliated in the 60-minute season premiere which aired 21 September 1992. The clip from the debate was featured prominently in the episode (entitled "You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato") and the majority of the writing made fun of VP Quayle's remarks (To his credit, Vice President Quayle later sent the fictional baby Avery a very real plush toy elephant.)
  
  
• The character Jim Dial was reportedly modeled after TV news reporter Jim Jensen of New York City's WCBS-TV.
  
  
• Cameo: [Diane English] the series creator appeared on the last episode as a doctor.
  
  

• After receiving her 5th Emmy Award for the role of "Murphy Brown," Candice Bergen declined all future nominations for that role.
  
  
• The outside building shown as Murphy Brown's home is the same building used to show as the home of Diana Prince in "Wonder Woman" (1976).
  
  
• The recurring character of Stuart Best (played by Wallace Shawn) is a reference to former Beatles members Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best.
  
  
• According to an article which ran in Ladies Home Journal in March 2000, CBS initially wanted Heather Locklear to play the title role.
  
  

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