Why JFK Jr.’s ‘Murphy Brown’ Episode Was His Only TV Acting Credit

A recurring gag of the 1990s sitcom Murphy Brown was that the namesake anchor (Candice Bergen) burned through secretaries as quickly as her newsmagazine, FYI, blazed through headlines. So it wasn’t a surprise when she found a new man seated outside her office in the Season 8 premiere, “Altered States.”

That man, however, turned out to be John F. Kennedy Jr. — a son of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy and a veritable American prince, now back in the public consciousness as the new limited series Love Story, premiering on February 12, dramatizes his relationship with wife Carolyn Bessette.