In Murphys first tweet she mentions she went on a date with Donald Trump. In reality Candice Bergen did go on a date with Donald Trump when they were both at the University of Pennsylvania. He picked her up in a burgundy limo wearing a burgundy suit.
The network that Avery is courted to in the season 11 premiere is called the Wolf Network, a play on the Fox News Channel. In the episode "Contradictions" (Season 3, Episode 14), Murphy is courted by a new upstart network, called the Wolf Network, predating the actual Fox News Channel by almost 5 years.
When Murphy (Candice Bergen) first comes into her new newsroom, she asks, referring to the decor, "Where is Captain Kirk?" From 2005 to 2008, Bergen starred on Boston Legal with William Shatner, who also played Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek.
A small, framed photo of Murphy Brown's mother, Avery, as played by [Colleen Dewhurst], sits atop a table behind Murphy's couch. Dewhurst played Avery Brown Sr. four times, prior to her death on August 22, 1991.
Murphy and her son, Avery, mention how much they miss Eldin, who' had painted the ceiling many years before. In fact, actor [Robert Pastorelli] passed away in 2004, about seven years after the show initially ended.