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6/10 TV First episode date 2 April 1983 Number of episodes 18 Program creator AJ Carothers | 6.7/10 IMDb Genre Sitcom Country of origin United States Number of seasons 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by AJ CarothersElias DavisBill GreerKathy GreerSteve KlineRon OsbornDavid PollockJeff W. Reno Directed by Alan BergmannPeter BaldwinAlan BergmannBill BixbyKim FriedmanDavid NelsonWill MackenzieDick MartinBob SweeneyHarry Winer Starring Bill BixbyMariette Hartley Cast Similar Newhart, Mary, Murphy Brown, Buffalo Bill, The Mary Tyler Moore Sh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goodnight beantown opening credits cbs sitcom
Goodnight, Beantown is an American sitcom that aired on CBS for two brief seasons in 1983 and 1984.
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Synopsis
The series starred Bill Bixby as Matt Cassidy and Mariette Hartley as Jennifer Barnes, two news anchors at a fictional Boston, Massachusetts television station. Matt is a longtime fixture at station WYN-TV where he anchors the evening news broadcasts, but when the ratings for his news broadcast begin to slide, the station management pairs the reluctant anchor with a female co-anchor, Jennifer.
The series follows their rocky relationship as they are not only co-workers, but are also across-the-hall neighbors in the same building. Although slightly antagonistic at work, they don't let that stand in their way of being attracted to one another.
The series title comes from Matt's sign off on the nightly newscasts, "Goodnight, Beantown."
Co-stars included Tracey Gold as the divorced Jennifer's daughter Susan and George Coe as station manager Dick Novak. Over the two seasons, Charles Levin, G. W. Bailey, Jim Staahl, Stephanie Faracy, and Todd Susman played their co-workers at WYN.
Bixby and Hartley had previously worked together in an episode of The Incredible Hulk, and at the time of making Goodnight, Beantown, Hartley was appearing in a series of television commercials for Polaroid cameras with James Garner.
The series first aired Sunday at 8:00 pm in the spring of 1983 for a limited run of five episodes. When it returned in the fall, it aired Sunday at 9:30 pm for 13 more episodes before being cancelled due to low ratings.
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