How many other shows, after all, could not only survive the death of a main cast member (Nicholas Colasanto during season 3) and the departure of a fan favorite (Shelley Long abruptly left after ...

Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name — a place that might not exist, if not for the work of Shelley Long. "Shelley really gave the first year or two or three the boost that Cheers ...

At "Cheers," everybody knows your name. But can you name the classic comedy's first spinoff? If you said "Frasier," think again. While Kelsey Grammer's Emmy-winning sitcom got underway in 1993, the ...

WASHINGTON — George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers” and later crafted a stage career that took him to ...

It’s nearly impossible to talk about the history of sitcoms without singing the praises of Cheers. What started as a humble series about the daily lives of those who visited the titular Boston Bar ...

Cheers is rightly remembered as one of the best sitcoms of the 20th century, but it's easy to forget all the hurdles it overcame to achieve that legacy. How many other shows, after all, could not only ...