"Murphy Brown" Is Back to Defend the Press

When Murphy Brown signed off for one the last time in 1998 the farewell was bittersweet. The beloved show had become such a staple over its 10-year run that many were left asking, “Who is going to provide the clever political commentary?” Many a show picked up where Murphyleft off (thank you, David E. Kelley), but as the old adage goes, you can’t keep a good reporter down. And so, in this hyper-political time, like a superhero re-donning a cape, Murphy Brown is back on CBS with all-new episodes. “I did miss her as she's a great character to play,” Candice Bergen revealed during a recent interview with MediaVillage. “It's been endlessly moving, being back at this again. I can’t explain it or understand it myself. We’re only doing 13 episodes, which is far different to doing 22 or 25, so with 13 you always have the end of the tunnel in view. A whole season breaks men,” she added with a laugh.

As MediaVillage previously reported, getting the Murphy gang together again is a project that has been in the works for some time. And now Bergen is once again hard at work on the series that earned her five Emmy awards she’s feeling right at home – again. “It’s been so weird to have the show impeccably re-created on a [New York] sound stage 3000 miles away from where we originally shot it,” she said. “It's been hard to absorb that, but when I'm working with all of the original cast -- Grant (Shaud), Faith (Ford) and Joe (Regalbuto) -- it's always very moving. I love working with them and they're all even better now as actors than they were then so that's also great.”

Murphy just “came back” to her, Bergen noted. “When I get on the soundstage I'm so focused -- and my focus isn't [always] the steadiest,” she continued. “But I'm so mindful of things like learning my lines. It's a great engagement and you want to do it justice is really what I'm trying to say.”

"Murphy Brown" Is Back to Defend the Press

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