Bridget Loves Bernie
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Bridget Loves Bernie was 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. It was regarded at the time as something of a controversial show since the premise featured the marriage of a Catholic woman and a Jewish man. Though it did well in the ratings (due partially to its timeslot — it was sandwiched between All in the Family and The Mary Tyler Moore Show on Saturday nights), CBS decided to cancel it at the end of the season, fearful of offending members of the two faiths depicted in the series.
Supporting cast members included Audra Lindley, David Doyle, Harold J. Stone, Ned Glass, and Bibi Osterwald.
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Baxter and Birney actually married after the program went off the air.
The central plot contrivance has been around since 1922, when Abie's Irish Rose premiered on Broadway. That show ran for well over 2,000 performances before it closed in 1928. Abie's Irish Rose was filmed twice before it resurfaced as, essentially, the plot of Bridget Loves Bernie.
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