Bridget Loves Bernie | |
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Created by | Bernard Slade |
Starring | Meredith Baxter David Birney Audra Lindley David Doyle Harold J. Stone Ned Glass William Elliott Bibi Osterwald Robert Sampson |
Theme music composer | Jerry Fielding Diane Hildebrand |
Opening theme | "Love Is Crazy" |
Composer | Jerry Fielding |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 24 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Douglas S. Cramer |
Producers | Jerry London (pilot) Don Nelson Arthur Alsberg |
Running time | 26 minutes |
Production companies | The Douglas S. Cramer Company Thornhill Productions Screen Gems |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | September 16, 1972 March 3, 1973 | –
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Bridget Loves Bernie is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 16, 1972, to March 3, 1973. 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.
Baxter and Birney later married in real life in 1974 after the program had left the air and Baxter was known in her professional career for several years as Meredith Baxter Birney.