Described as Mike Wallace in a dress Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a no-nonsense television journalist, who spent over 20 years on the newsmagazine show, FYI. Beautiful, intelligent, tough and vulnerable, Murphy has been praised by her colleagues and peers, while feared by her enemies -- the most famous being former Vice President, Dan Quayle, who cited Murphy as a bad role model for choosing to be a single mother. During the final season of the show, Murphy faced another challenge, battling breast cancer. Murphy Brown was voted one of the 100 most memorable television characters by Entertainment Weekly.