Goodnight, Beantown
Opening title
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	AJ Carothers
Written by	AJ Carothers Elias Davis Bill Greer Kathy Greer Steve Kline Ron Osborn David Pollock Jeff W. Reno
Directed by	Alan Bergmann Peter Baldwin Alan Bergmann Bill Bixby Kim Friedman David Nelson Will Mackenzie Dick Martin Bob Sweeney Harry Winer
Starring	Bill Bixby Mariette Hartley Tracey Gold
Composer	Dennis McCarthy
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	18
Production
Executive producers	Bill Bixby Paul Treva Brandon AJ Carothers
Producers	Elias Davis Charles B. Fitzsimons Bill Greer Kathy Greer David Pollock
Cinematography	Richard C. Glouner
Running time	30 mins.
Production companies	Bixby-Brandon Productions Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	April 3, 1983 (1983-04-03) – January 15, 1984 (1984-01-15)

Goodnight, Beantown is an American sitcom that aired on CBS for two brief seasons in 1983 and 1984.

Synopsis

The series stars Bill Bixby as Matt Cassidy, and Mariette Hartley as Jennifer Barnes: two news anchors at WYN-TV, a fictional television station in Boston, Massachusetts. Matt is the station's evening news anchor and a longtime fixture at the station. However, when Matt's ratings begin to slide, the station management pairs the reluctant anchor with female co-anchor Jennifer.

The series follows their rocky relationship as they are not only coworkers but neighbors in the same building. Although slightly antagonistic at work, they are attracted to each other.

The series title comes from Matt's signoff at the end of the nightly newscasts, as "Beantown" is a common nickname for Boston (despite locals' disdain for the appellation).^[1]

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 on 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 Sundays at 8:00 p.m. in the spring of 1983 for a limited run of five episodes. When it returned in the fall, it aired Sundays at 9:30 p.m. for 13 more episodes before being canceled because of its middling ratings.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

• Bill Bixby as Matt Cassidy
• Mariette Hartley as Jennifer Barnes
• George Coe as Dick Novak
• Tracey Gold as Susan Barnes
• G. W. Bailey as Albert Addelson
• Stephanie Faracy as Valerie Wood
• Charles Levin as Sam Holliday
• Jim Staahl as Frank Fletcher
• Todd Susman as Augie Kleindab

US television ratings

Episode guide

Season 1 (1983)

Season 2 (1983–84)

Awards and nominations