It seems as if half of the shows made last a single season. Bridget loves bernie was a shortlived cbs sitcom that ran during the 197273 season between mega hit shows all in the family and the mary tyler moore show. Bridget loves bernie is a 25 minute comedyfamily starring audra lindley as amy fitzgerald, meredith baxter birney as bridget fitzgerald steinberg and ned glass as uncle moe plotnick. Bernie doesnt fit in when he goes to work for the family deli. It stars meredith baxter and david birney as the title characters. Ethnic comedy is the ticket in this series about the marriage of a catholic girl and a jewish boy. William elliott was an african american actor and musician whos acting career started around the late 1970s and lasted until the very early 1980s. William david elliott june 4, 1934 september 30, 1983 was an american actor and musician. Each week, the show featured different stories of romance, usually with a comedic spin. How could a show which finished the season in 5th place be pawned like invaluable rubbish. Love is crazy by jerry fielding music and diane hildebrand lyrics 001.
Discussion in visual arts started by afos, jun 10, 2014. Having only read about it in tv reference books, blb has the dubious distinction of being the highestrated tv series ever to be cancelled due to protest letters cbs received from religious groups. Watch bridget loves bernie season 1 episode 12 online. He had a recurring role in bridget loves bernie as otis foster and a recurring role as officer gus grant in adam12. What was the greatest oneseason wonder in tv history.
This fourth season is worth watching, where the viewer can learn. And even though shows from er to house have been trumpeted as redefining the genre, every one of them has borrowed heavily from the handful of classic medical dramas that first acquainted audiences with life behind the surgical curtain. Ctva us comedy bridget loves bernie screen gemscbs. Meredith baxter birney had two hit tv shows before she starred on family ties. Beyond the tv grave cbs bridget loves bernie the tv. Despite high ratings, cbs cancelled the show after only one season. Bridget loves bernie is an american television comedy program created by bernard slade, the creator of the 197074 abc sitcom, the partridge family, and the 196770 sitcom the flying nun. Bernie steinberg was a struggling writer from a workingclass jewish family, who drove a taxicab to support.
Click here and start watching the full episode in seconds. When the couple plans to leave and spend christmas elsewhere, the families begin to realize whats most important. The episodes look absolutely fantastic for such an obscure series. Bridget loves bernie is an american sitcom created by bernard slade. His schedule of touring and appearances made it almost impossible for them to be together, however, and she broke his heart when she was cast in a new series, bridget loves bernie. My copy of bridget loves bernie arrived a few weeks ago and ive made my way through it. Based loosely upon the playradio hit abies irish rose, the series centers on the romance, and subsequent comical tribulations between a wealthy catholic schoolteacher and a jewish. Todays post looks at a single season singlecamera sitcom that aired on cbs during the 19721973 season, bridget loves bernie.
For the 1971 and 1972 seasons it was a part of an abc friday primetime lineup that also included the brady bunch, the partridge family, room 222 and the odd couple. Positioned behind 1st place cbs powerhouse all in the family, bridget loves bernie appeared to be a love affair audiences would favor. Tv shows can be canceled for lots of normal reasons. Its hard to keep track of how many shows columbiascreen gems had in prime time in the 60s. Bernie considers a career opportunity that would mean relocating far from the families in new york. Bridget loves bernie season 1 episode 21 video detective. Here is the opening to the pilot episode of bridget loves bernie starring meredith baxter and david birney.
Meredith ann baxter born june 21, 1947 is an american actress and producer. Cbss one season situation comedy bridget loves bernie starred meredith baxter and david birney reallife paramours who later wed as the married title characters. Well, in the 197273 season, what it meant was bridget loves bernie, known todayif its known at allonly as the show that got canceled after one season even though it was a top 10 hit. Even though their love for each other is never in doubt, both are constantly forced to deal with their parents, who are uncomfortable with their kids differences in social status and religion.
Bernie slades bridget loves birney was a top ten hit in the 19721973 season. The shows premise was that a young school teacher from a welltodo irishamerican family falls in love with and marries a poor jewish cab driver. He also appeared in elvis presleys 1969 film change of habit. Bridget loves bernie is an american television comedy program created by bernard slade, the creator of the 197074 abc sitcom the partridge family and the 196770 sitcom the flying nun, based loosely on the premise of the 1920s broadway play and 1940s radio show abies irish rose. View todays active threads view new posts mark all boards read chit chat board. Bridget and bernie feels pressured when each set of parents buys them a new bed. Bridget loves bernie is an american television comedy program created by bernard slade, the. Maybe people arent watching the tv show or maybe the lead actor is a total skeeze. A number of misunderstandings lead the families to believe that bridget is going to have a baby. Celebrating christmas becomes complicated for bridget and bernie due to the steinbergs strong jewish beliefs. Depicting an interfaith marriage between a catholic woman and a jewish man, bridget loves bernie was based loosely on the premise of the 1920s broadway play and 1940s radio show abies irish rose. Watch bridget loves bernie season 1, episode 23 the information gap.
Bridget loves bernie premiered on cbs on september 16, 1972. Its love at first sight when cab driver and struggling. Season 1, episode 9 bernie s skipping a breakfast of ham and eggs, plus a little interference from bernie s mother, starts bridget worrying about bernie adapting to a nonjewish wife. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series bridget loves bernie. Watch bridget loves bernie season 1, episode 22 steinberg and son. Therein lies a 45year old mystery which still has viewers pondering if this jewel was undervalued. It stars meredith baxter and david birney as the title characters, and ran for one season, from 1972 to. Bridget loves bernie was a cbs sitcom that ran for just one 24 episode season in 197273. Bridget loves bernie was a reasonably successful 1970s situation comedy about the marriage of two. Bridget loves bernie 197273 firefly 200203 freaks and geeks 19992000. Bridget loves bernie american tv database wiki fandom.
He had a regular reoccurring role in bridget loves bernie as otis foster and had a reoccurring role as officer gus grant in the new adam12. Bridget loves bernie season 1 episode 12 watch online. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show bridget loves bernie anytime, anywhere. Greener pastures from season 1 at my watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Based on the play and later radio series, also twice adapted for film, abies irish rose 1922, this situation comedy was. Cbs and show creators were forced to cancel the show after receiving death threats from jews, who were angered that the show featured a catholic marrying a jew. Watch bridget loves bernie season 1, episode 24 greener pastures. I wish i was more familiar with bridget loves bernie because paul fairmans tiein novel is so ludicrous that i cant believe it accurately reflects the series. A fivetime emmy award nominee, one of her nominations was for playing the title role in the 1992 tv film a woman scorned.
Knowing this, they visit bridget s brother mike robert sampson, a. Bridget loves bernie season 1 episode 20 to teach or not to teach. Jewish new york cab driver bernie steinberg david birney and rich catholic teacher bridget fitzgerald meredith baxter are in love, despite the obstacle of their religions. Til of bridget loves bernie, the highest rated tv show to ever be canceled after only one season.
Watch bridget loves bernie episodes online season 1. Murray a perennially breaking bed not only causes sleeping problems for bridget and bernie, but touches off an interfamily squabble. Here are the closing credits to the pilot episode of bridget loves bernie starring meredith baxter and david birney. The show ran for only one season on cbs tv from september 16, 1972 until. Love, american style was an hourlong television anthology which originally aired between september 1969 and january 1974. Stone, bibi osterwald, ned glass, robert sampson, william elliott and ivor barry. She is known for her roles on the abc drama series family 197680 and the nbc sitcom family ties 198289, credited as meredith baxter birney. For us airdates of foreign shows, click through to. Watch bridget loves bernie season 1, episode 21 painting, painting whos got the painting a homely work of art may be hiding something valuable within it. To correct episode titles click through the episode and submit corrections via the. The series premiered on sat sep 16, 1972 on cbs and greener pastures s01e24 last aired on sat mar 03, 1973. Bridget takes a crash course on judaism and jewish cooking but bernie isnt too thrilled with bridget s new ethnic interests. Add the shows you like to a watchlist and let the site take it from there.
Aaron spelling produced the critically acclaimed drama family in 1976 which meredith starred in as well. Bridget loves bernie series regulars and episode guide. Each of the inlaw clans buy the young couple a bed, unaware that the young couple have decided to go the waterbed route. The same thing happened with season 1 of silver spoons, as the. The 19721973 cbs sitcom was cancelled after one season despite terrific ratings, reportedly due to controversy relating to the interfaith marriage of the title characters. In the pilot episode, bridget loves bernie, bridget fitzgerald marries. It stars meredith baxter and david birney as the title characters, and ran for one season, from 1972 to 1973 on cbs. Prime time tv listings from saturday april 21, 1973. There will be a span of five years or so when, for example, medical dramas are all the rage. Wealthy whitebread bridget fitzgerald and lowerclass cabdriver bernie steinberg meet, fall in love and marry. A funny thing happened on the way to the vatican 23sep72 cbs sat synopsis. Bridget loves bernie the newlybeds tv episode 1972 imdb. Starring meredith baxter and david birney, it was based on the longrunning broadway play abies irish rose. Shockingly, the complete series has been released on dvd.
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