Already a very dated show....

Murphy Browm was a great show. Yes the show is "DATED" but if you watch any episode from when the show was in its prime you will still laugh. The worse episodes of MURPHY BROWN is still better them most current comedy shows.

This Show was just a metaphorical orgasm for the libs in hollywood to 'name drop' and cry about Ronald Reagan, who manged to fix all of the leaks from the Carter administration (you see?.. It CAN be done!).
If it was REALLY any good, you'd see seasons 'one through forever' for sale on DVD, but you don't... so it's not. It's never even rerun on TV except for a short spell, once in a while (until the station realizes no-one is viewing).
So, you handful of 'superior' feeling libs can whine and wax all you want... but you're still alone.

Same thing happened with the Brady Bunch as well, and Leave It To Beaver is rather universal also. I didn't grow up with the Beav, but I did the Bradys.

It was odd how they vanished and then there was this resurgence.

As for if this will happen with Murphy Brown, a show I never cared for, I couldn't say.

Murphy Brown and Designing Women just seemed to want to deal with topics-of-the-day (disease-of-the-week was how the '70s tv movies were described).

I completely agree, drei85. The same issues are still front and center in Washington; the "fluff" is the only part that has changed. The Murphy Brown humor is still classic!

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I was born in the 70s, and grew up watching All in the Family (still a favorite of mine, today), and grew up in the 80s, and watched Designing Women, Golden Girls, Cheers, Fame, and many others. I was in high Jr. High when Murphy Brown first came to the air. I watched it faithfully. Did I understand all the jokes and such? No, of course not. But it was still entertaining and funny to me. I've been watching it on Encore Classic a lot, recently, and still find it as funny and entertaining as I did when it first aired. The only difference being, I understand a few more things now, than I did when it first aired, because I'm older and I "get" some of the jokes. And in some cases, my eyes will bug out and I sit and wonder how they (the writers) got away with some of the lines they did.

And I'd still rather watch old episodes of this, than the majority of the crap spewed out on the air these days.

Oh, and to the people trying to bash the Republicans that have commented on this show? I'm a Republican, but I still find this show hilarious. And to the Republicans trying to whine about this show? Get over yourselves. It's a comedy show. If you don't like it, don't watch it. But that doesn't change the fact that this show IS funny, and it has nothing to do with it being on the Republican or Democrat side.

Diane Sawyer is still around and working so in no way can a mention of her be an example of "datedness". And Walter Cronkite is pretty much a household name, and not just in the US.
You have a point but your examples aren't really valid. One could argue it's the references to various politicians and not popular culture that make the show dated and it's kind of true. But as you said, the show was far from being just about topical humor as it had great stories and characters that can be easily enjoyed without any knowledge of American politics (with some exceptions, of course).