Long played Diane on the show's first five seasonsCheers ran for eleven seasons — including six after star Shelley Long left — but the show’s success was anything but certain. Glen and Les Charles, ...

That’s so rude.” “Cheers,” which aired for 11 seasons on NBC from 1982 to 1993, followed womanizing former pitcher Sam Malone (Danson) and the customers who frequented the bar he owned.

Grammer told the New York Post on March 6 that he’s been speaking to Ted Danson, who played lead character Sam Malone in Cheers, about working together on a crossover project. “Ted and I might ...

There are a lot of great bartenders in film and TV history. Guys like Same Malone in Cheers and Moe in The Simpsons. The kind of guys that quick with a joke and ready to hear you lament about your job ...

At the end of Cheers' fifth season ... The will-they-or-won't-they romance between Long's Diane and Danson's Sam Malone remains one of the most influential TV relationships of all time.

Brothers Glen and Les recall feeling "sheer panic" when Long announced her decision to leave the sitcom after five seasons.