The New and Returning Cast of Murphy Brown Is Pretty Darn Impressive

Twenty years after Murphy Brown originally ended, Candice Bergen is set to reprise her role as the title character. In the reboot, she continues to be a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for the fictional CBS television newsmagazine FYI.

Joe Regalbuto is set to reprise his role as Murphy's fellow investigative reporter Frank Fontana.

Faith Ford is back in the role of perky lifestyle reporter Corky Sherwood.

Grant Shaud is back in his original role of executive producer Miles Silverberg.

Unfortunately, Pat Corley, who played Phil the bartender, died of congestive heart failure in 2006. Tyne Daly has stepped in to play the character of Phyllis, the sister of the deceased bar owner.

Jake McDorman has been tapped to play Murphy's son Avery. Like his mother, the character is also a journalist but works as a conservative anchor for a rival cable morning show that airs at the same time as his mother's show.

Nik Dodani, who stars in the Netflix series Atypical, will be rounding out the cast as the fictional network's social media director Pat Patel.