Sydney
Craig Bierko, Valerie Bertinelli, and Matthew Perry inSydney
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 byVan Halen
Composer	Mason Cooper
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer	Pamela Grant
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22–24 min
Production companies	Oomp & Friends Productions Gold Hat Entertainment Grant/Tribune Productions
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	March 21 (1990-03-21) – June 25, 1990 (1990-06-25)

Sydney is an Americansitcom television series starringValerie Bertinelli,Matthew Perry, andCraig Bierko that aired onCBS from March 21 to June 25, 1990. It was created and written by Michael J. Wilson and Douglas Wyman. This series marked Valerie Bertinelli's return to a CBS series afterOne Day at a Time had ended in 1984.^[1][2]

Sydney Kells (Valerie Bertinelli), a private investigator from a family of police officers, relocates her one-woman private detective agency from New York City to her small hometown. There, Sydney struggles to balance her personal and professional life. Her main client is an uptight lawyer, Matt Keating (Craig Bierko), with whom she shares sexual chemistry. Her over-protective brother Billy (Matthew Perry), a rookie officer, tries to help her when he can. Sydney and her best friend Jill (Rebeccah Bush) frequent a neighborhood bar run by Ray (Barney Martin), her father's old police partner.^[3]

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

Bertinelli convinced then-husbandEddie Van Halen to grant permission for theVan Halen song "Finish What Ya Started" to be used as the opening theme song toSydney.^[4]

Pat Harrington, Jr., who appeared with Bertinelli in the long-running CBS sitcomOne Day at a Time, guest starred as a rival private investigator in the seventh episode of the season, which was directed byJohn 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". Other guest actors includedYeardley Smith,Kevin Dunn,Annabelle Gurwitch,Tony Longo,Andy Dick andMichael E. Knight.^[5]

• Sydney atIMDb

• 1990 American television series debuts
• 1990 American television series endings
• 1990s American multi-camera sitcoms
• American English-language television shows
• Fictional private investigators
• Television shows set in New York City
• American detective television series
• CBS sitcoms

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