Goodnight, Beantown was a critically acclaimed but short-lived American situation comedy that aired on CBS for two brief seasons in 1983 and 1984. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major radio and television network in the United States. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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 WYN-TV, but when the ratings for his news broadcast begin to drop, the station pairs the reluctant host with a female co-anchor. The series follows their rocky relationship. Co-stars included Tracey Gold and George Coe Bill Bixby with Lou Ferrigno in a promotional photo for The Incredible Hulk Wilfred Bailey Bixby (born January 22, 1934; died November 21, 1993), better known as Bill Bixby, was an actor and frequent game show panelist who starred in a number of popular American television series, notably as the... Marietta Hartley Marietta Hartley (born June 21, 1940 in Weston, Connecticut) is an American actress, best known for her work in television. ... Nickname: Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe), Athens of America Location in Massachusetts Founded  -Incorporated September 17, 1630 1820, as a city  County Suffolk County Mayor Thomas Menino (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 232. ... Tracey Gold Tracey Gold (born Tracey Claire Fisher on May 16, 1969 in New York City) is an American actress, best known for playing Carol Seaver on the 1980s sitcom Growing Pains. ...

Bixby and Hartley had previously worked together in a fondly-remembered episode of Bixby's The Incredible Hulk, and at the time of making Goodnight, Beantown, Hartley was appearing in a popular series of television commericals for Polaroid cameras with James Garner. Lou Ferrigno in the 1978 episode Married The Incredible Hulk was a American television series that loosely adapted the Hulk comic book character and ran between 1978 and 1982, and starred Bill Bixby as Dr. David Banner and Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk himself. ... Polaroid® (a trademark of the Polaroid Corporation) is the name of a type of synthetic plastic sheet which is used to polarise light. ... James Garner on 8 Simple Rules James Garner (born April 7, 1928) is an American film and television actor. ...

The series first aired in the spring of 1983 for a limited run of five episodes. When it returned in the fall, it lasted only 13 more episodes before being cancelled due to low ratings.

External links

• Goodnight, Beantown at the Internet Movie Database
• Fan site