TV on the Edge: Moments That Shaped Our Culture Dan Quayle vs. Murphy Brown (Season 1, Episode 1)
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TV on the Edge: Moments That Shaped Our Culture

Dan Quayle vs. Murphy Brown (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary

In the midst of the heated 1992 presidential campaign, Vice President Dan Quayle attacks the television show Murphy Brown for its portrayal of single motherhood. Instantly the Bush campaign is catapulted into a national conversation around...See moreIn the midst of the heated 1992 presidential campaign, Vice President Dan Quayle attacks the television show Murphy Brown for its portrayal of single motherhood. Instantly the Bush campaign is catapulted into a national conversation around family values, while the "culture war" playbook is officially born. See less

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45 cast members

Name	Known for
Candice Bergen Self Self See fewer	Miss Congeniality (2000)
Dan Quayle Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Major Dad (1989)
Lloyd Bentsen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The American President (2000)
Edgar Bergen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
Brenda Blackmon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	UPN 9 News at 10 (1995)
Todd Boyd Self (as Dr. Todd Boyd) Self (as Dr. Todd Boyd) See fewer	The Wood (1999)
Bay Buchanan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Joe Show (I) (2014)
Pat Buchanan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Crossfire (1982)
George Bush Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	41 (II) (2012)
Johnny Carson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Dana Carvey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Wayne's World (1992)
David Chalian Self Self See fewer	ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (1953)
Bill Clinton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Irish Potato Famine
Chelsea Clinton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Derry Girls (2018)
Hillary Clinton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	State of Terror (I)
Katie Couric Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Zoolander 2 (2016)
Robert Dominguez Self Self See fewer	TV on the Edge: Moments That Shaped Our Culture (2024)
Diane English Self Self See fewer	Murphy Brown (1988)
Negin Farsad Self Self See fewer	3rd Street Blackout (2015)
Daniel Fienberg Self Self See fewer	History of the Sitcom (2021)
Aretha Franklin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Christina Gonzalez Self Self See fewer	TV on the Edge: Moments That Shaped Our Culture (2024)
Al Gore Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Henry Hyde Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Long Island Project (2006)
Barnet Kellman Self Self See fewer	Murphy Brown (1988)
John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Profiles in Courage (1964)
Larry King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Ghostbusters (1984)
Rodney King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Riots, Remembrance and Rodney King
David Letterman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
Heather Locklear Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Melrose Place (1992)
Mark McKinnon Self Self See fewer	The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth (2016)
Lauren Milberger Self Self See fewer	The Following (2013)
Dennis Miller Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Net (I) (1995)
Mary Tyler Moore Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Ordinary People (1980)
Jesi Mullins Self Self See fewer	Return to Start (2012)
Sarah Palin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Undefeated (2011)
Dan Rather Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	CBS Evening News (1963)
Diane Sawyer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (1953)
Lisa Schiffren Self Self See fewer	TV on the Edge: Moments That Shaped Our Culture (2024)
Korby Siamis Self Self See fewer	Murphy Brown (1988)
Harry Smith Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Human Tragedy: The Faces of Kosovo (1999)
Donald Trump Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Apprentice (2004)
Barbara Walters Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Barbara Walters Summer Special (1976)
JoBeth Williams Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Poltergeist (1982)
Oprah Winfrey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986)