Murphy Brown

The reunion didn't start out as sentimental as Candice Bergen imagined it would.

Before filming the premiere episode of the Murphy Brown revival last month at New York’s Kaufman Astoria Studios, Bergen gathered creator Diane English and her castmates in her trailer for a pre-show pep talk and selfie. But the group proceeded to make fun of Bergen’s lavish quarters instead.

“Faith came in and said, ‘This is like Vin Diesel’s trailer,’ ” recalls Bergen.

“We were all shocked at the size of it,” adds English.

“There’s a rock garden,” says Grant Shaud, who plays Miles Silverberg.

“A fireplace,” continues Faith Ford (Corky Sherwood).

“I liked sitting next to the water feature,” says Joe Regalbuto (Frank Fontana).

Then Ford started in with the hugs, and Bergen was suddenly overcome with emotion. These were the people she knew and loved from 1988 to 1998. “I could barely talk,” remembers Bergen, who recently reunited with the old FYI team for a Los Angeles photo shoot. “It was just too much. Not only were we doing it again, they built these exact replicas of the sets. I felt so lucky. It was like coming home in a really deep way.”