Just Call Him Bernie 'Big Deals' Brillstein

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Playing games with Tony Soprano can be risky. Poker is another story.

During a high-roller match in the March 28 episode of The Sopranos, the Mafia chief met Bernie Brillstein. Yep, that Bernie Brillstein, co-founder of Brillstein Grey Entertainment. Part of Brillstein's Hollywood family, Brad Grey Television, co-produces The Sopranos.

Brillstein, who lists TV’s The Lyon’s Den, Politically Incorrect, and Just Shoot Me on his producer’s résumé, had lines on the HBO hit. Two, to be exact.

Remember, Bernie, there are no small parts, only big producers.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.