7.6 /10 1 Votes
Genre Sitcom Network CBS | 7.6/10 IMDb Final episode date 25 June 1990 Writers Michael J. Wilson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Created by Michael J. Wilson
Douglas Wyman Written by Michael J. Wilson
Billy Van Zandt
Jane Milmore Directed by Lee Shallat-Chemel
Iris Dugow
Art Wolff
Robert Berlinger
John Ratzenberger Starring Valerie Bertinelli
Matthew Perry
Craig Bierko
Daniel Baldwin
Barney Martin Theme music composer Eddie Van Halen
Alex Van Halen Cast Valerie Bertinelli, Matthew Perry, Craig Bierko, Barney Martin, Rebeccah Bush | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sydney is an American sitcom starring Valerie Bertinelli, Matthew Perry and Craig Bierko that aired on CBS from March 21 to June 25, 1990. It was created and written by Michael J. Wilson and Douglas Wyman
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Synopsis
Sydney Kells (Valerie Bertinelli), the daughter of a now-deceased policeman, brings her New York City detective agency (in which she is the only investigator) back to her hometown and her family, including her over-protective brother Billy (Matthew Perry), himself a rookie cop. As she struggles to balance her personal and professional life, the main source of her work comes from an uptight lawyer (Craig Bierko), with whom she shares sexual chemistry. She and her best friend Jill (Rebeccah Bush) frequent a neighborhood bar run by Ray (Barney Martin), her father's old police partner.
Cast
Theme song
Bertinelli convinced then-husband Eddie Van Halen to grant permission for the Van Halen song "Finish What Ya Started", from their 1988 album OU812, to be used as the opening theme song to Sydney.
Guest appearances
Pat Harrington, Jr., who appeared with Bertinelli in the long-running CBS sitcom One Day at a Time, guest starred as a rival private investigator in the seventh episode of the season, which was directed by Cheers regular John Ratzenberger. Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore, who acted as creative consultants on the show, also made various guest appearances. Chazz Palminteri played Tony in the episode "Love Ya, Babe", several years prior to his big screen debut in A Bronx Tale. Other guest actors included Yeardley Smith, Kevin Dunn, Annabelle Gurwitch, Tony Longo, Andy Dick and Michael E. Knight.