Cheers becoming one of the most revered TV shows of all time was no accident. It did so in large part due to the many strong characters played by the show’s ensemble cast. Of course, in a show about a ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Set in a Boston dive bar where "everybody knows your name," the hit comedy Cheers ran on NBC for eleven seasons. And though it's ...

Nicholas Colasanto, the much-loved actor who played Coach Ernie Pantusso, a bartender on the first three seasons of “Cheers” on NBC, once told The Associated Press that his character was almost like a ...

Other original cast members included Rhea Perlman (Carla Tortelli); Shelley Long (Diane Chambers), who left at the end of season five; and Nicholas Colasanto (Ernie 'Coach Pantusso), who passed during ...

Cheers debuted in 1982, and went on to run for 11 seasons spanning nearly 300 episodes. By the time it went off the air, the NBC TV show had embedded itself into the pop culture vernacular and picked ...

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 ...