Sydney (TV series)

Sydney
Craig Bierko, Valerie Bertinelli & Matthew Perry in Sydney
Genre	Sitcom
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
Opening theme	"Finish What Ya Started" performed by Van Halen
Composer(s)	Mason Cooper
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	Pamela Grant
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22–24 min
Production company(s)	CBS Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	March 12, 1990 (1990-03-12) – June 25, 1990 (1990-06-25)

Sydney is an American situation comedy series that aired on CBS in 1990. It was created and written by Michael J. Wilson and Douglas Wyman^[1] and starred Valerie Bertinelli, Matthew Perry and Craig Bierko.^[2]

Synopsis

Sydney Kells (Valerie Bertinelli), the daughter of a now-deceased policeman, brings her New York 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.^[3]

Cast

• Valerie Bertinelli ... Sydney Kells
• Matthew Perry ... Billy Kells
• Craig Bierko ... Matt Keating
• Barney Martin ... Ray
• Rebeccah Bush ... Jill
• Perry Anzilotti ... Perry
• Daniel Baldwin ... Cheezy
• Georgia Brown ... Linda Kells

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.^[4]

Guest appearances

Pat Harrington, Jr., who appeared with Bertinelli in the long-running CBS situation comedy 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. ^[5]

References

External links

• Sydney at the Internet Movie Database