Bridget Loves Bernie

Overview

Bridget Loves Bernie is an American television comedy program created by Bernard Slade, the creator of the 1970–74 ABC sitcom The Partridge Family and the 1967-70 sitcom The Flying Nun, based loosely on the premise of the 1920s’ Broadway play and 1940s’ radio show Abie's Irish Rose. It stars Meredith Baxter and David Birney as the title characters, and ran for one season, from 1972 to 1973 on CBS. Baxter and Birney married in real life after the program went off the air.

Created by Bernard Slade

Top cast

David Birney

Bernie Steinberg

Meredith Baxter

Bridget Fitzgerald Steinberg

Harold J. Stone

Sam Steinberg

Bibi Osterwald

Sophie Steinberg

David Doyle

Walter Fitzgerald

Audra Lindley

Amy Fitzgerald

Ned Glass

Moe Plotnik

Robert Sampson

Michael Fitzgerald

William Elliott

Otis Foster

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