Short Cuts: Murphy Brown Vet Passes, and More
Pat Corley, whom TV fans may best remember as Phil the bartender on
Murphy Brown, died of congestive heart failure on Sept. 11. He was 76. The actor's five-decade career also included roles in the films
Coming Home and
Against All Odds, and TV's
Hill Street Blues.... An estimated 6.9 million viewers tuned in for Meredith Vieira's
Today debut on Wednesday, maintaining the NBC morning program's lead over
Good Morning America (which had 4.4 mil).... Fox News Channel has axed its long-running
DaySide ? is
that what those studio-audience recruitment signs outside our building have been about? ? and replacing it with
The Live Desk with Martha MacCallum, starting Sept. 25.
