Cheers' creators Glen and Les Charles confirmed Ted Danson was part of the reason why Woody Harrelson was cast as Woody Boyd ...

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Woody Harrelson landed his Cheers part — and his big break — thanks in part to costar Ted Danson ... They had Danson, who played bar owner Sam Malone, come and read with him.

Cheers star Ted Danson's story about the hit sitcom backfired on a recent podcast. Danson played bar owner and former Boston Red Sox pitcher Sam Malone on the NBC series, which ran for 11 seasons from ...

After publicly burying the hatchet with Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer hints at a reunion with his Cheers co-star in the Frasier ...

Ted Danson (clockwise from top left), Rhea Perlman, Woody Harrelson, Kelsey Grammer, George Wendt, Shelley Long, Kirstie Alley, Tom Berenger and John Ratzenberger. NBCUniversal via Getty Images ...

"But that was nuts because they came so close," the actor recalled. "But he just didn't seem right. Just, 'Something's wrong there.'" Ratzenberger starred on "Cheers" with Danson, Long, Woody ...

Kelsey Grammer wants more Frasier, and he wants Ted Danson to be a ... to be no hope for Grammer and Danson's original series, however. "Cheers will not come back, [co-creator] Jimmy Burrows has ...