Hollywood Flashback: Before ‘Nobody Wants This,’ ‘Bridget Loves Bernie’s’ Interfaith Lovers Got Everyone Hot and Bothered
Nobody Wants This, Netflix’s hit series about an interfaith relationship between Adam Brody’s rabbi and Kristen Bell’s podcast host, enjoyed a smooth path to a prompt season two renewal. The same can’t be said for CBS’ similarly themed sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie, which debuted 54 years ago.
Created by Bernard Slade (The Flying Nun), the series provided an early-career role for Meredith Baxter as Bridget, a wealthy Irish-Catholic teacher who weds Bernie (David Birney), a Jewish cab driver.
“I’d only been a working actor for a very short time, so I was thrilled to have a job,” Baxter, who would later play mom to Michael J. Fox on Family Ties, recalls to The Hollywood Reporter. “David had been a known stage actor for some years and had some feelings about working with such a newbie.”
The show premiered Sept. 16, 1972, in the coveted time slot between All in the Family...
Created by Bernard Slade (The Flying Nun), the series provided an early-career role for Meredith Baxter as Bridget, a wealthy Irish-Catholic teacher who weds Bernie (David Birney), a Jewish cab driver.
“I’d only been a working actor for a very short time, so I was thrilled to have a job,” Baxter, who would later play mom to Michael J. Fox on Family Ties, recalls to The Hollywood Reporter. “David had been a known stage actor for some years and had some feelings about working with such a newbie.”
The show premiered Sept. 16, 1972, in the coveted time slot between All in the Family...
- 10/23/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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