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.

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 ...

Cheers had no shortage of interesting characters. Everyone who walked through the bar had an interesting story. Still, fans of the long-running series were attached to a character they never saw. Rhea ...

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 ...

After decades of unforgettable performances on screen, a beloved sitcom icon is celebrating her 78th birthday.

It's rare for a supporting actor on a hit TV comedy to turn down the chance to headline their own spin-off series. But that's precisely what Rhea Perlman did when the makers of Cheers — including ...

Ted Danson played bartender Sam Malone on Cheers and became a fan-favorite character. In fact, most sitcom fans still love Sam to this day. That doesn't mean that filming the show didn't have its off ...

On Thanksgiving Day 1986, Cheers aired “Thanksgiving Orphans,” an episode that garnered emphatic praise - and angry letters. By this point, Cheers was one of the most-watched shows on television, ...

"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 ...