MURPHY AND THE TEAM WEIGH THE PROS AND CONS OF DOING THE FIRST INTERVIEW WITH A HEADLINE-GRABBING FORMER WHITE HOUSE SENIOR ADVISOR ABOUT HIS DIVISIVE NEW BOOK, ON "MURPHY BROWN," THURSDAY, OCT. 11

Original "Murphy Brown" Cast Member Charles Kimbrough Returns as Jim Dial in His First of Three Episodes

Guest Stars Include David Costabile as the Former White House Senior Advisor and Merle Dandridge as the Team's Arrogant Network Boss

"Three Shirts to the Wind" - Murphy and the team weigh the pros and cons of accepting the offer to have the first interview with a headline-grabbing former White House senior advisor (David Costabile)
who wants to promote his divisive book and agenda on "Murphy in the Morning." Also, Avery moderates a lively political discussion on his show with locals in Buffalo, N.Y., on MURPHY BROWN, Thursday, Oct. 11 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Original series cast member Charles Kimbrough returns as Jim Dial in his first of three episodes, and Merle Dandridge guest stars as the team's arrogant network boss, Diana Macomber.

REGULAR CAST:

Candice Bergen (Murphy Brown)
Faith Ford (Corky Sherwood)
Joe Regalbuto (Frank Fontana)
Grant Shaud (Miles Silverberg)
Jake McDorman (Avery Brown)
Nik Dodani (Pat Patel)
AND: Tyne Daly (Phyllis)

SPECIAL GUEST STAR:

Charles Kimbrough (Jim Dial)

RECURRING:

Andre Ward (Stage Manager - Julius)

GUEST CAST:

David Costabile (Ed Shannon)
Merle Dandridge (Diane Macomber)
Kevin Sebastian (Geoffrey)
Timothy John Smith (John)
Twinkle Burke (Dorothy)
Liz McCartney (Joanee)
Chris Lamberth (Steve)
Brian Keane (Gary)
Jabari Gray (Customer)

WRITTEN BY: Laura Krafft

DIRECTED BY: Don Scardino