Bridget loves bernie season 1

American sitcom

Bridget Loves Bernie is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 16, , to March 3, The series, created by Bernard Slade, depicted an interfaith marriage between a Catholic woman and a Jewish man.

It stars Meredith Baxter and David Birney as the title characters. CBS canceled the show after only one season despite very high ratings.

Bridget loves bernie season 1 episode 1

Baxter and Birney later married in real life in after the program had left the air and Baxter was known in her professional career for several years as Meredith Baxter Birney.

Overview

The series depicts an interfaith marriage between an Irish Catholic teacher (Bridget Fitzgerald) from a wealthy family and a Jewish cab driver who aspires to be a playwright (Bernie Steinberg), whom she had 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 No. 5 in the ratings among all shows for the television seas