Here’s audio from the closing to the Saturday, October 7th, 1972 episode of Bridget Loves Bernie on CBS:
Included are three voiceover promos for the shows that followed Bridget Loves Bernie on Saturday nights: a long promo for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and brief mentions of The Bob Newhart Show and Mission: Impossible.
Here’s a transcript:
Next on the Mary Tyler Moore Show, Nancy Walker as Mrs. Morgenstern moves in with Mary and Rhoda to teach Mr. Morgernstern a lesson. Then stay tuned for more comedy with Bob Newhart and suspense with Mission: Impossible.
About This Recording
Source: Reel-to-reel audio tape
Date: Saturday, October 7, 1972
Network: CBS
Station: WISH-TV (Channel 8, Indianapolis, Indiana)
Bridget Loves Bernie was a huge hit in the Neilsen’s in the 1972-73 season but was cancelled due to complaints, primarily from Jewish groups, which look down on interreligious marriage.
Its cancellation paved the way for CBS to move M*A*S*H into that timeslot the next year and created the “murderer’s row” lineup of All in the Family, M*A*S*H, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show and The Carol Burnett Show. I was very young, but I remember my parents watching them all (When they were home on Saturday night). M*A*S*H would be a smash hit for years to come thanks to that scheduling move
that’s right! and well deserved…funny…I hadn’t thought about in years
Shades of Abie’s Irish Rose. Read Robert Benchlys review of the Broadway hit.
I just saw a few episodes of this show recently on MeTV Plus. Oddly enough the first episode I saw on that network was “The Newlybeds” (OAD 10/21/1972), which is the only episode that I remember seeing of this show during its initial run. I watched & recorded a few episodes of this show until U-Verse moved the network TVWest (another MeTV subchannel) in its place.