Watch bridget loves bernie season 1, episode 3 wake up, were getting married today. Ctva us comedy bridget loves bernie screen gemscbs. The series premiered on sat sep 16, 1972 on cbs and greener pastures s01e24 last aired on sat mar 03, 1973. Ron friedman on writing for bridget loves bernie and big john, little john. 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. Feb 14, 2008 here is the opening to the pilot episode of bridget loves bernie starring meredith baxter and david birney. Jul 10, 2014 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.
The catch is that davids show happened to be cbss sappy bridget loves bernie, and two months ago birneybernie, now 33, quietly married his bridget costar meredith baxter, 26. Bridget loves bernie was based loosely on the premise of the 1920s broadway play and 1940s radio show abies irish rose. Bridget loves bernie opening credits cbs sitcom youtube. Todays post looks at a single season singlecamera sitcom that aired on cbs during the 19721973 season, bridget loves bernie. She achieved early success in the comedy bridget loves bernie. The adventures of ozzie and harriet halloween party season 1, series 5. 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. She found the strength to leave after being in some powerful and popular television series. Picnic at hanging rock season 1 amazon instant video, amazon prime video. Bridget and bernie decide to have another wedding ceremony to please their families but a dispute. It stars meredith baxter and david birney as the title characters, and ran for one season, from 1972 to. 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.
Bernie considers a career opportunity that would mean relocating far from the families in new york. Apr 22, 2012 bridget loves bernie closing credits duration. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of of bridget loves bernie with exclusive news, photos, videos and more at. Abies irish rose ran for over five years between 1922 and 1927. Jul 23, 2014 welcome to another wildcard wednesday. Impossible and the new bill cosby show have been dropped from the columbia broadcasting systems primetime schedule for. The show ran for only one season on cbs tv from september 16, 1972 until march 3, 1973. We also saw the studio the carol burnett show was filmed in. Bridget loves bernie television academy interviews.
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. 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. A funny thing happened on the way to the vatican 23sep72 cbs sat synopsis. Despite high ratings, cbs cancelled the show after only one season. Cbss one season situation comedy bridget loves bernie starred meredith baxter and david birney reallife paramours who later wed as the married title characters. Starring meredith baxter and david birney, it was based on the longrunning broadway play abies irish rose. The family format was successfully adapted by three new comedies that were in the top 10. Bridget loves bernie is an american sitcom created by bernard slade.
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. Bridget loves bernie was a comedy television program that aired between 1972 and 1973. 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. Jackie gleason tells why he only did one season of the honeymooners duration. My only memory of this show is that our class had a field trip to cbs studios they showed us the staircase from bridget loves bernie. Ethnic comedy is the ticket in this series about the marriage of a catholic girl and a jewish boy. Based on the play and later radio series, also twice adapted for film, abies irish rose 1922, this situation comedy was. Bridget loves bernie season 1 episode 2 a funny thing happened on the way to the vatican. Bridget loves bernie is a sitcom that aired on cbs.
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Cookies websites use cookies that have been placed on this site by its operator. Here is the opening to the pilot episode of bridget loves bernie starring meredith baxter and david birney. Bridget loves bernie, a cbs situation comedy featuring david birney as bernie steinberg and meredith baxter as bridget fitzgerald steinberg. Bernie steinberg was a struggling writer from a workingclass jewish family, who drove a taxicab to support himself. Bridget loves bernie complete series by david birney.