Bridget Loves Bernie

Bridget Loves Bernie

infobox television
show_name = Bridget Loves Bernie


caption =
format = Comedy
runtime = 30 min.
creator = Bernard Slade
starring = Meredith Baxter
David Birney
Audra Lindley
David Doyle
Harold J. Stone
Ned Glass
Bibi Osterwald
country = USA
executive_producer =
network = CBS
opentheme =
camera =
first_aired = September 16 1972
last_aired = March 3 1973
num_episodes = 24
num_seasons = 1
tv_com_id = 5084
imdb_id = 0068053
website =

"Bridget Loves Bernie" is an American television comedy program created by Bernard Slade. It starred Meredith Baxter and David Birney as the title characters, and ran for one season, from 1972 to 1973 on CBS.

Overview

The series was regarded at the time as something of a controversial show since the premise featured the marriage between a wealthy Irish Catholic teacher and a Jewish cab driver that she met at a bus stop. With a primetime slot between "All in the Family" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" on Saturday nights, the situation comedy was ranked fifth in the ratings among all shows for that television season. CBS executives decided to cancel the show in response to hate mail from viewers who objected to the inter-religious marriage depicted on the series. It was the highest-rated television program ever to be canceled. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A21263-2002Dec6 "'Live From Baghdad': The Cameras of War"] , by Tom Shales, "Washington Post", December 7, 2002, citing "Brilliant But Canceled" documentary on Trio (TV network) cable network. Retrieved 2007-11-12.]

Supporting cast members included Audra Lindley, David Doyle, Harold J. Stone, Ned Glass, and Bibi Osterwald. Baxter and Birney married after the program went off the air.

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