| Genre: | Sitcom/Comedy drama |
| Creator: | Gary David Goldberg |
| Composer: | David McHugh |
| Open Theme: | "Just Over the Brooklyn Bridge" performed by Art Garfunkel |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 35 (includes 2 two-part episodes) |
| Camera: | Single-camera |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
| Network: | CBS |
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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3] Despite a grassroots viewer campaign by the Viewers for Quality Television and others, the show was cancelled at the end of the following year.
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.[4] However, the DVD was later delayed indefinitely; Goldberg died in 2013.[5] Bootleg copies of select episodes in VHS quality were once available on YouTube.[6]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 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") | ||
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series | Kenneth Zunder | |||
| American Television Awards[7] | Best Actress, Situation Comedy | |||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1992 | 30 Minute Category | |||
| 60 Minute Category | Gary David Goldberg (For episode "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling") | |||
| Sam Weisman (For episode "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling") | ||||
| Ed Sullivan and Judy Korin | ||||
| 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") | |||
| 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 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 | ||||
| Best Quality Comedy Series | ||||
| Best Actress in a Quality Comedy Series | ||||
| 1993 | Best Quality Comedy Series | |||
| Best Actress in a Quality Comedy Series | ||||
| Best Specialty Player | ||||
| Gary David Goldberg (For episode "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling") | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| Best Young Actor Starring in a New Television Series | ||||
| Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor Under 10 | Matthew Louis Seigel | |||
| 1993 | ||||
| Best Young Actor Co-Starring in a Television Series | ||||
| Best Young Actress Co-Starring in a Television Series | ||||
| 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 |