Huckabee"), one of Murphy's secretaries, who arrives to work hung over. Harris Yulin as Professor Talbot ("#MurphyToo"), a collegiate journalism professor of Murphy's who sexually harassed her while she was his student. Joey Slotnick as Brandon Jensen ("#MurphyToo"), the leader of a sexual harassment seminar for the employees of Murphy in the Morning. David Costabile as Ed Shannon ("Three Shirts to the Wind"), a former White House advisor whom Diana wants to have appear on Murphy in the Morning. Murphy is unsure as to whether she should give him a platform or not with Corky and Frank against the idea and Miles tentatively in favor of it. Katie Finneran as Christy Shepherd ("The Girl Who Cried About Wolf"), a news anchor at the Wolf Network whom Frank begins dating. Peter Gallagher as John Haggerty ("Results May Vary"), a conservative right-wing news anchor at the Wolf Network who hosts The Wolf Pack news show and covers the 2018 midterm elections with Avery. Kara Lindsay as Callie Clark ("Results May Vary"), a co-host of the Wolf Network show The Wolf Pack alongside John Haggerty. Bette Midler as Caprice Feldman-Morton ("A Lifetime of Achievement"), a former secretary of Murphy's who recently became the largest shareholder of CNC following the death of her husband, Carl Morton. John Larroquette as Nate Campbell ("A Lifetime of Achievement"), a federal judge for the D.C. Circuit court who Murphy meets at the Lionel P. Humboldt Lifetime Achievement Award dinner and whom she later has a one-night stand with. Katie Couric as herself ("A Lifetime of Achievement"), a journalist and longtime friend of Murphy and Corky. She runs into them while hosting the Lionel P. Humboldt Lifetime Achievement Award dinner. Analeigh Tipton as Lauren McCoy ("A Lifetime of Achievement"), an archivist at the Smithsonian and Avery's date to the Lionel P. Humboldt Lifetime Achievement Award dinner. Brooke Shields as Holly Mackin Lynne ("The Coma and the Oxford Comma"), a friend of Corky's from her beauty pageant days who awakens from a coma after ten years. Stephen Plunkett as Charles Lynne ("The Coma and the Oxford Comma"), Holly's husband who was acquitted of attempted murder while she was in her coma. Joanna P. Adler as Mary Kate #97 ("The Coma and the Oxford Comma"), one of Murphy's secretaries who takes grammar very seriously. Harrison Chad as Connor ("The Coma and the Oxford Comma"), a friend of Avery's whom he has