Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This is a tough choice here. I absolutely adore Rebecca Howe and the beloved, late Kirstie Alley’s portrayal of her is fantastic.

From Cheers to Dynasty to Hill Street Blues to The A-Team, the television of the 1980s was an eclectic mix of sharp sitcoms ...

The NBC comedy Cheers experienced many changes over 11 seasons. It lost some cast members and gained new ones. One constant was always Carla Tortelli (Rhea Perlman), the Cheers waitress. No matter who ...

'Cheers' director James Burrows explains how casting Ted Danson as Sam Malone changed the character's sport and name. A runner up got his own NBC show years later. “One of the finalists for the ...

When Woody Harrelson first joined the cast of “Cheers,” Ted Danson committed a lot of time trying to “outdo” his new cast member. While talking with “Cheers” co-creator and director James Burrows on ...

"Give Me a Ring Sometime" is the pilot episode and the first episode of the first season of the American situation comedy Cheers. Written by Glen and Les Charles and directed by James Burrows, the ...

"Cheers" paved the way for many similar sitcoms that came after it. The show, running through much of the ‘80s into the early ’90s, is introduced to new fans to this day, with it living on various ...

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 ...

What's the deal with modern-day sitcom series finales? Twenty-five years ago this month, 76.3 million viewers tuned in to NBC for Seinfeld's farewell episode. And five years before that on the same ...

It’s where everybody knew his name. Actor George Wendt, best known for his role as Norm Peterson in "Cheers," died Tuesday, but in one of his last interviews before his death, he shared how his ...