Battle Against the Morning Shows

Wake Up, America
== Synopsis ==
The series features Michael Taylor and Janine Ross, news anchors for Wake Up, America, a fictional CBS television newsmagazine, and later for Murphy in the Morning, a cable morning news show.
== Characters ==
** Michael Taylor - Co-host of Wake Up, America
** Janine Ross - Co-host of Wake Up, America. She is a fresh-faced news journalist from Washington.
** Charles Kimbrough as Jim Dial (seasons 1–10; recurring season 11), the trustworthy veteran news anchor for FYI.
** Robert Pastorelli as Eldin Bernecky (seasons 1–7; guest season 10), an eccentric house painter that Murphy hires to renovate her house (and later employs as a live-in nanny).
** Joe Regalbuto as Frank Fontana, an investigative reporter on FYI and later Murphy in the Morning, and Murphy's best friend.
** Grant Shaud as Miles Silverberg (seasons 1–8, 11), the very young and nervous, but also bright and competent, executive producer at FYI and later Murphy in the Morning.
** Lily Tomlin as Kay Carter-Shepley (seasons 9–10), a crafty veteran television producer who has absolutely no news experience, and who replaces Miles at FYI.
** Dyllan Christopher (recurring seasons 7–8), Jackson Buckley (guest season 9), Haley Joel Osment (recurring season 10), and Jake McDorman (season 11) as Avery Brown, Murphy's son and a journalist and a liberal commentator on the conservative-leaning Wolf Network. In the original run of the series, he appears as a young child while in the revival he is some twenty years older.
** Nik Dodani as Pat Patel (season 11), the director of social media for Murphy in the Morning.
** Adan Rocha as Miguel Gonzales (season 11), a college student working at Phil's Bar in order to make extra money for his tuition.
** Tyne Daly as Phyllis (Season 11), the sister of Phil and the current owner of Phil's Bar.