# Brooklyn Bridge (TV series)

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 Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. While the show received acclaim, low ratings were present from the get-go. By November of 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. However, the DVD was later delayed indefinitely; Goldberg died in 2013. 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)

## Episodes
### Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 22 | 22 | September 20, 1991 (1991-09-20) | April 20, 1992 (1992-04-20) |
| 2 | 13 | 13 | September 13, 1992 (1992-09-13) | August 6, 1993 (1993-08-06) |

### Season 1 (1991–92)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" | Sam Weisman | Gary David Goldberg | September 20, 1991 (1991-09-20) | 15.5 |
| 2 | 2 | "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" | Sam Weisman | Gary David Goldberg | September 20, 1991 (1991-09-20) | 15.5 |
| 3 | 3 | "Death in Brooklyn" | Sam Weisman | Brad Hall | September 27, 1991 (1991-09-27) | 14.0 |
| 4 | 4 | "Boys of Summer" | Bradley Silberling | John Masius | October 4, 1991 (1991-10-04) | 12.9 |
| 5 | 5 | "Sylvia's Condition" | Sam Weisman | Peter Schneider & Ben Cardinale | October 18, 1991 (1991-10-18) | 7.6 |
| 6 | 6 | "What I Did for Love" | Donald Reiker | Theresa Rebeck | October 25, 1991 (1991-10-25) | 8.3 |
| 7 | 7 | "War of the Worlds" | Sam Weisman | S : Peter Schneider & Ben Cardinale T : Gary David Goldberg and Brad Hall | November 6, 1991 (1991-11-06) | 13.4 |
| 8 | 8 | "War of the Worlds" | Sam Weisman | S : Peter Schneider & Ben Cardinale T : Gary David Goldberg and Brad Hall | November 6, 1991 (1991-11-06) | 13.4 |
| 9 | 9 | "Dinner at Six" | Sam Weisman | Gary David Goldberg & Brad Hall | November 13, 1991 (1991-11-13) | 13.1 |
| 10 | 10 | "Old Fools" | Kristoffer Tabori | Peter Schneider & Ben Cardinale | November 20, 1991 (1991-11-20) | 13.4 |
| 11 | 11 | "Saturday" | Donald Reiker | Brad Hall & John Masius | November 27, 1991 (1991-11-27) | 12.9 |
| 12 | 12 | "Get a Job" | Sam Weisman | Brad Hall | December 8, 1991 (1991-12-08) | 14.5 |
| 13 | 13 | "Where Have You Gone, Jackie Robinson?" | Sam Weisman | Gary David Goldberg & Brad Hall | December 11, 1991 (1991-12-11) | 12.6 |
| 14 | 14 | "The Gift" | Seth Freeman | Seth Freeman & Brad Hall | January 1, 1992 (1992-01-01) | 21.1 |
| 15 | 15 | "Boys and Girls Together" | Sam Weisman | Gary David Goldberg & Brad Hall | January 15, 1992 (1992-01-15) | 12.3 |
| 16 | 16 | "Boys and Girls Apart" | Sam Weisman | Gary David Goldberg & Brad Hall | January 22, 1992 (1992-01-22) | 13.0 |
| 17 | 17 | "Boys and Girls Together Again" | Sam Weisman | Gary David Goldberg & Brad Hall | January 29, 1992 (1992-01-29) | 13.8 |
| 18 | 18 | "On the Road" | Sam Weisman | Theresa Rebeck | February 5, 1992 (1992-02-05) | 12.0 |
| 19 | 19 | "Great Expectations" | Brad Silberling | Lisa Melamed | March 4, 1992 (1992-03-04) | 11.8 |
| 20 | 20 | "A Tale of Two Boroughs" | Brad Silberling | Gary David Goldberg and Brad Hall | March 11, 1992 (1992-03-11) | 11.7 |
| 21 | 21 | "Rainy Day" | Michael J. Fox | Brad Hall & John Masius | April 13, 1992 (1992-04-13) | 15.4 |
| 22 | 22 | "On the Line" | Kenneth Zunder | Peter Schneider & Ben Cardinale | April 20, 1992 (1992-04-20) | 16.4 |

### Season 2 (1992–93)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Viewers (millions) |
| 23 | 1 | "Brave New Worlds" | Sam Weisman | Seth Freeman, Gary David Goldberg, and Brad Hall | September 13, 1992 (1992-09-13) | 14.4 |
| 24 | 2 | "Plaza Sweet" | Donald Reiker | Brad Hall | September 19, 1992 (1992-09-19) | 8.0 |
| 25 | 3 | "Rockette to the Moon" | Sam Weisman | Patricia Jones and Donald Reiker | September 26, 1992 (1992-09-26) | 8.5 |
| 26 | 4 | "Nun But the Brave" | Sandy Smolan | Bud Wiser | October 3, 1992 (1992-10-03) | 8.4 |
| 27 | 5 | "In the Still of the Night" | Sam Weisman | Brad Hall | November 7, 1992 (1992-11-07) | 8.9 |
| 28 | 6 | "The Last Immigrant" | Sam Weisman | Peter Schneider & Ben Cardinale | November 14, 1992 (1992-11-14) | 9.7 |
| 29 | 7 | "In a Family Way" | Sam Weisman | Brad Hall | April 10, 1993 (1993-04-10) | 11.0 |
| 30 | 8 | "Good as Gold" | Sam Weisman | S : Joyce Maynard T : Gary David Goldberg & Brad Hall | April 17, 1993 (1993-04-17) | 10.1 |
| 31 | 9 | "The Wild Pitch" | Craig Zisk | Patricia Jones and Donald Reiker | April 24, 1993 (1993-04-24) | 8.8 |
| 32 | 10 | "The Date" | Brad Hall | Joseph Purdy | July 16, 1993 (1993-07-16) | 6.0 |
| 33 | 11 | "Keeping Up with the Joneses" | Sam Weisman | Brad Hall | July 23, 1993 (1993-07-23) | 5.3 |
| 34 | 12 | "The Hollywood Country Club" | Kenneth Zunder | Peter Schneider | July 30, 1993 (1993-07-30) | 6.4 |
| 35 | 13 | "No Time Like the Future" | James Simons | S : Ben Cardinale S/T : Peter Schneider | August 6, 1993 (1993-08-06) | 6.2 |

## 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") | Won |
| 1993 | American Cinema Editors' Eddie Award | Best Edited Half Hour Series for Television | Roger Bondelli (For episode "Brave New World") | Won |
| 1993 | American Society of Cinematographers Award | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series | Kenneth Zunder | Nominated |
| 1993 | American Television Awards | Best Actress, Situation Comedy | Marion Ross | Nominated |
| 1992 | Golden Globe Award | Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy | | Won |
| 1993 | Golden Globe Award | Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy | | Nominated |
| 1992 | Humanitas Prize | 30 Minute Category | John Masius | Won |
| 1992 | Humanitas Prize | 60 Minute Category | Gary David Goldberg (For episode "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling") | Nominated |
| 1992 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Comedy Series | Gary David Goldberg, Sam Weisman, Seth Freeman, Brad Hall, Alice West and Craig Zisk | Nominated |
| 1992 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Marion Ross | Nominated |
| 1992 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Sam Weisman (For episode "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling") | Nominated |
| 1992 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Main Title Design | Ed Sullivan and Judy Korin | Nominated |
| 1992 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Main Title Theme Music | Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman (For episode "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling") | Nominated |
| 1992 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Editing for a Series - Single Camera Production | Roger Bondelli, Jerry U. Frizell and Ron Volk (For episode "War of the Worlds") | Nominated |
| 1992 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Costumes for a Series | Linda M. Bass (For episode "War of the Worlds") | Nominated |
| 1992 | Primetime Emmy Award | 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") | Nominated |
| 1993 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Marion Ross | Nominated |
| 1993 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Joel Grey | Nominated |
| 1993 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Editing for a Series - Single Camera Production | Ron Volk (For episode "In the Still of the Night") | Nominated |
| 1993 | Primetime Emmy Award | 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") | Nominated |
| 1992 | Producers Guild of America Award | Outstanding Producer of Television | Gary David Goldberg | Won |
| 1992 | Television Critics Association Award | Program of the Year | | Nominated |
| 1992 | Television Critics Association Award | Outstanding Achievement in Comedy | | Nominated |
| 1992 | Viewers for Quality Television Award | Best Quality Comedy Series | | Won |
| 1992 | Viewers for Quality Television Award | Best Actress in a Quality Comedy Series | Marion Ross | Won |
| 1993 | Viewers for Quality Television Award | Best Quality Comedy Series | | Won |
| 1993 | Viewers for Quality Television Award | Best Actress in a Quality Comedy Series | Marion Ross | Won |
| 1993 | Viewers for Quality Television Award | Best Specialty Player | Joel Grey | Nominated |
| 1993 | Writers Guild of America Award | Episodic Comedy | Gary David Goldberg (For episode "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling") | Nominated |
| 1992 | Young Artist Award | Best New Family Television Series | | Won |
| 1992 | Young Artist Award | Best Young Actor Starring in a New Television Series | Danny Gerard | Nominated |
| 1992 | Young Artist Award | Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor Under 10 | Matthew Louis Seigel | Nominated |
| 1993 | Young Artist Award | Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Series | Danny Gerard | Nominated |
| 1993 | Young Artist Award | Best Young Actor Co-Starring in a Television Series | Adam LaVorgna | Won |
| 1993 | Young Artist Award | Best Young Actress Co-Starring in a Television Series | Jenny Lewis | Nominated |
| 1993 | Young Artist Award | Best Young Actor Recurring in a Television Series | Aeryk Egan | Won |
| 1993 | Young Artist Award | Best Young Actress Guest-Starring in a Television Series | Lisa Paige Robinson | Nominated |
| 1993 | Young Artist Award | Outstanding Actor Under 10 in a Television Series | Matthew Louis Seigel | Nominated |