<P> Before the premiere of the season, it was reported that the first episode would feature a guest appearance from a prominent individual . The identity of the guest was being kept secret until the episode aired with the network going so far as to not include the scene in which they appeared in screeners for the press . Upon the episode's release, it was revealed that the guest star was in fact former secretary of state and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton . </P> <P> The season has been met with a mixed to negative response from critics upon its premiere . On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the season holds an approval rating of 40% with an average rating of 5.9 out of 10, based on 35 reviews . The website's critical consensus reads, "This just in: while the nostalgia and wit are welcome, Murphy Brown's dated messaging tactics feel heavy - handed and smug, leaving this formerly formidably timely series feeling like a reboot reaching for the headlines ." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the season a score of 53 out of 100 based on 27 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews ." </P> <P> In the show's 1991--92 season, Murphy became pregnant . When her baby's father (ex-husband and current underground radical Jake Lowenstein) expressed his unwillingness to give up his own lifestyle to be a parent, Murphy chose to have the child and raise it alone . Another major fiction - reality blending came at Murphy's baby shower: the invited guests were journalists Katie Couric, Joan Lunden, Paula Zahn, Mary Alice Williams and Faith Daniels, who treated the fictional Murphy and Corky as friends and peers . </P> <P> At the point where she was about to give birth, she had stated that "several people do not want me to have the baby . Pat Robertson; Phyllis Schlafly; half of Utah!" Right after giving birth to her son Avery, Murphy sang the song "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman". This storyline made the show a subject of political controversy during the 1992 American presidential campaign . On May 19, 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle spoke at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco . During his speech, he criticized the Murphy Brown character for "mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone". </P>

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