ALL TOGETHER NOW: Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, Mary Tyler Moore, Betty White and Georgia Engel (l-r) on Thursday. Inset: Harper, Moore and Leachman on “MTM” in the mid-1970s. (
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Who said you can’t go home again?
Don’t tell that to the female co-stars of ’70s sitcom classic “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” who reunited this week to film an episode of TV Land’s “Hot in Cleveland.”
Mary Tyler Moore, Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, Georgia Engel and Betty White were together on a TV-studio sound stage for the first time since 1977, when “MTM” wrapped its long run on CBS.
Moore has guest-starred before on “Cleveland,” while White, who plays Elka, is a series regular. Engel has a recurring role as Mamie Sue.
In the episode, which won’t air until early September, Elka and Mamie Sue will reunite their bowling team after a decades-long rift tore the women apart.
Harper, Moore and Leachman will play Angie, Diane and Peg, respectively.
The episode will be all-the-more poignant since Harper, 73 — who played sassy Rhoda Morgenstern on “MTM” and its spinoff, “Rhoda” — revealed last month that she’s suffering from incurable brain cancer.
Since then, she’s been very open about discussing her condition, making appearances on “The Doctors” and “The Talk.”
“Cleveland” also stars Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick.