Brooklyn Bridge is an American sitcom television series which aired on CBS between September 20, 1991, to August 6, 1993. It is about a Jewish American family living in Brooklyn in the mid-1950s. The premise was partially based on the childhood of executive producer and creator Gary David Goldberg.
Brooklyn Bridge won a Golden Globe for Best Television Comedy or Musical and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1992. In 1997, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" was ranked number 46 on TV Guides 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
While the show received acclaim, low ratings were present from the get-go. By November 1992, CBS put the show on hiatus, which Goldberg believed was a lie done to quietly kill the show off. Despite a grassroots viewer campaign by the Viewers for Quality Television and others, the show was cancelled at the end of the following year.
DVD release Gary David Goldberg had announced on his official website that CBS Home Entertainment (with distribution by Paramount Home Entertainment) would release the complete series of Brooklyn Bridge on DVD in Region 1 in the middle of May 2010.Tvshowsondvd.com However, the DVD was later delayed indefinitely; Goldberg died in 2013.(blog post linked by GDG Web site) Bootleg copies of select episodes in VHS quality were once available on YouTube.
Cast Marion Ross as Sophie Berger (all) Danny Gerard as Alan Silver (all) Louis Zorich as Jules Berger (all) Amy Aquino as Phyllis Berger Silver (32 episodes) Peter Friedman as George Silver (32 episodes) Matthew Louis Siegel as Nathaniel Silver (all) David Wohl as Sid Elgart Jenny Lewis as Katie Monahan (18 episodes) Constance McCashin as Rosemary Monahan (6 episodes) James Naughton as Lt. Patrick Monahan (recurring role) Joel Grey as Jacob, Sophie Berger's cousin, a Holocaust survivor from Poland (2 episodes)
Episodes Series overview
Season 1 (1991–92)
Season 2 (1992–93)
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result 1992 American Cinema Editors' Eddie Award Best Edited Episode from a Television Series Roger Bondelli, Jerry U. Frizell and Ron Volk (For episode "War of the Worlds") 1993 Best Edited Half Hour Series for Television Roger Bondelli (For episode "Brave New World") American Society of Cinematographers Award Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series Kenneth Zunder American Television Awards Best Actress, Situation Comedy Marion Ross 1992 Golden Globe Award Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy 1993 1992 Humanitas Prize 30 Minute Category John Masius 60 Minute Category Gary David Goldberg (For episode "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling") Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Comedy Series Gary David Goldberg, Sam Weisman, Seth Freeman, Brad Hall, Alice West and Craig Zisk Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Marion Ross Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series Sam Weisman (For episode "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling") Outstanding Main Title Design Ed Sullivan and Judy Korin Outstanding Main Title Theme Music Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman (For episode "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling") Outstanding Editing for a Series - Single Camera Production Roger Bondelli, Jerry U. Frizell and Ron Volk (For episode "War of the Worlds") Outstanding Costumes for a Series Linda M. Bass (For episode "War of the Worlds") Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special David Schneiderman, Jim Fitzpatrick, Bruce P. Michaels and Gary Montgomery (For episode "Get a Job") 1993 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Marion Ross Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Joel Grey Outstanding Editing for a Series - Single Camera Production Ron Volk (For episode "In the Still of the Night") Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special David M. Ronne, Bruce P. Michaels, Gary Montgomery and Jim Fitzpatrick (For episode "The Wild Pitch") 1992 Producers Guild of America Award Outstanding Producer of Television Gary David Goldberg Television Critics Association Award Program of the Year Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Viewers for Quality Television Award Best Quality Comedy Series Best Actress in a Quality Comedy Series Marion Ross 1993 Best Quality Comedy Series Best Actress in a Quality Comedy Series Marion Ross Best Specialty Player Joel Grey Writers Guild of America Award Episodic Comedy Gary David Goldberg (For episode "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling") 1992 Young Artist Award Best New Family Television Series Best Young Actor Starring in a New Television Series Danny Gerard Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor Under 10 Matthew Louis Seigel 1993 Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Series Danny Gerard Best Young Actor Co-Starring in a Television Series Adam LaVorgna Best Young Actress Co-Starring in a Television Series Jenny Lewis Best Young Actor Recurring in a Television Series Aeryk Egan Best Young Actress Guest-Starring in a Television Series Lisa Paige Robinson Outstanding Actor Under 10 in a Television Series Matthew Louis Seigel
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