37. Murphy Brown – Murphy Brown
Candice Bergen played the role of Murphy Brown, a hard-talking but soft-hearted TV news journalist. She then became pregnant and decided to raise the baby, Avery, as a single mom.
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The show’s plot was actually a subject of political controversy during the 1992 American presidential campaign. Vice President Dan Quayle publicly criticizing Murphy’s character for “ignoring the importance of fathers by birthing a child alone.”
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