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Cheers (season 5)
The fifth season of the American television sitcom ''Cheers'' aired on NBC from September 25, 1986 to May 7, 1987. This season marks the departure of Shelley Long as Diane Chambers, bringing an end to the Sam and Diane relationship (although Long would return for the series finale). The show was created by director James Burrows and writers Glen and Les Charles (as Charles Burrows Charles Productions), in association with Paramount Television. Background After two seasons of struggle with low ratings and schedule shifts NBC's Best Night of Television on Television 1984–85 Thursday lineup, consisting of (from 8 pm Eastern) ''The Cosby Show'', ''Family Ties'', ''Cheers'', ''Night Court'' and ''Hill Street Blues'', was a ratings success. After two years with the same lineup, the crime series ''Hill Street Blues'' moved to Tuesdays in November 1986 to compete with '' Moonlighting'', while the court series ''L.A. Law'' moved from Fridays to ''Hill Street Blues'' former slot. In A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Danson
Edward Bridge Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor. He achieved stardom playing the lead character Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1982–1993), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He was further Emmy-nominated for the FX legal drama ''Damages'' (2007–2010) and the NBC comedy '' The Good Place'' (2016–2020). He was the recipient of the 2025 Carol Burnett Award. Danson made his film debut in 1978 in the crime drama '' The Onion Field''. His breakout film role was in the comedies ''Three Men and a Baby'' (1987) and ''Three Men and a Little Lady'' (1990). He also acted in '' Body Heat'' (1981), '' Creepshow'' (1982), '' Dad'' (1989) and ''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998). Danson's other leading roles on television include the CBS sitcom '' Becker'' (1998–2004) and the CBS dramas '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2011–2015) and '' CSI: Cyber'' (2015–2016). In 2015, he starred in the second season of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Miami Herald
The ''Miami Herald'' is an American daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company and headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Founded in 1903, it is the fifth-largest newspaper in Florida, serving Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties. It once circulated throughout Florida, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The ''Miami Herald'' has been awarded 24 Pulitzer Prizes. Overview The newspaper has been awarded 24 Pulitzer Prizes since beginning publication in 1903. Well-known columnists include Pulitzer-winning political commentator Leonard Pitts Jr., Pulitzer-winning reporter Mirta Ojito, humorist Dave Barry and novelist Carl Hiaasen. Other columnists have included Fred Grimm and sportswriters Michelle Kaufman, the late Edwin Pope, Dan Le Batard, Bea Hines and Greg Cote. The ''Miami Herald'' participates in "Politifact Florida", a website that focuses on Florida issues, with the ''Tampa Bay Times''. The ''Herald'' and the ''Times'' share resources on news stories re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Clavin
Clifford C. Clavin, Jr. (born 1947 or 1949) is a fictional character on the American television show ''Cheers'' played by John Ratzenberger. A postal worker, he is the bar's resident know-it-all. Cliff was not originally scripted in the series' pilot episode, "Give Me a Ring Sometime", but the producers decided to add a know-it-all character and Ratzenberger helped flesh it out. The actor made guest appearances as Cliff on ''The Tortellis'', ''St. Elsewhere'', ''Wings (1990 TV series), Wings'', and ''Frasier''. Development Creation The original script for the 1982 pilot, "Give Me a Ring Sometime", did not include Norm Peterson or Cliff Clavin. George Wendt and John Ratzenberger originally auditioned for a minor character, George, and George Wendt was hired for that role.Wendt, p. 112.Wendt, pp. 113–114. John Ratzenberger auditioned for the role George, as well. George was Diane Chambers' first customer, had one line (consisting of the order, "Beer!") and was intended for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Tortelli
Carla Maria Victoria Angelina Teresa Apollonia Lozupone Tortelli LeBec, commonly known as Carla Tortelli, is a fictional character in the American television show ''Cheers'', portrayed by Rhea Perlman. Outwardly, at least, Carla is a sarcastic woman who often mocks and makes jabs at others. She had five children with her then-husband Nick when the series started and eight children with three different men when it ended. Carla appeared in all 275 episodes of ''Cheers'' in 1982–1993 and guest-starred in "Cheerful Goodbyes", an episode of the spin-off ''Frasier''. She has also appeared in "Cheers", an episode of ''St. Elsewhere''; "Fear of Flying", an episode of ''The Simpsons'', and the pilot episode of the short-lived spinoff '' The Tortellis''. Along with Sam Malone and Norm Peterson, she is one of only three characters to appear in every episode of ''Cheers''. Casting According to an interview with Ted Danson, Perlman was the first person of all actors to be hired as par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Malone
Samuel "Mayday" Malone is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American television show ''Cheers'', portrayed by Ted Danson and created by Glen and Les Charles. Sam is a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox baseball team who owns and tends the bar called "Cheers". He is also a recovering alcoholic and a notorious womanizer. Although his celebrity status was short-lived, Sam retains that standing within the confines of Cheers, where he is beloved by the regular patrons. Along with Carla Tortelli and Norm Peterson, he is one of only three characters to appear in all episodes of ''Cheers''. Sam has an Sam and Diane, on-again, off-again relationship with the bar waitress Diane Chambers (Shelley Long) for the series' first five seasons until I Do, Adieu, her departure from the series. Then he tries to seduce Diane's replacement, Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley), who frequently rejects his advances. Sam also appears in "The Show Where Sam Shows Up", a crossover episode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nothing In Common (TV Series)
''Nothing in Common'' is an American sitcom television series which aired on NBC from April 2 to June 3, 1987. Based on the 1986 film of the same name directed by Garry Marshall and starring Tom Hanks and Jackie Gleason, the series starred Todd Waring as David Basner and Bill Macy as David's father Max Basner. Seven episodes were broadcast immediately after the highly- rated series ''Cheers'', but failed to retain the strong audience of that series and was cancelled after only seven episodes had aired. Todd Waring later reprised another Hanks role in a 1988 television sequel to '' Splash'' for ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' titled '' Splash, Too''. Plot Cast * Todd Waring as David Basner * Bill Macy as Max Basner *Mona Lyden as Norma Starr *Bill Applebaum as Mark Glick *Wendy Kilbourne as Jacqueline North * Elizabeth Bennett as Victoria Upton-Smythe *Patrick Richwood as Myron Nipper *Billy Wirth Billy Wirth (born June 23, 1962) is an American Cinema of the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonlighting (TV Series)
''Moonlighting'' is an American comedy drama television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 67 episodes. Starring Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis as private detectives, Allyce Beasley as their quirky receptionist, and Curtis Armstrong as a temporary worker (and later junior detective), the show was a mixture of drama, comedy, mystery, and romance, and was considered to be one of the first successful and influential examples of comedy drama, or "dramedy", emerging as a distinct television genre. The show's theme song was co-written and performed by jazz singer Al Jarreau and became a hit. The show is also credited with making Willis a star and relaunching Shepherd's career after a string of lackluster projects. In 1997, the episode "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" was ranked number 34 on ''TV Guide''s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2007, the series was listed as one of ''Time'' magazine's "100 Best TV Show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dallas Morning News
''The Dallas Morning News'' is a daily newspaper serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area of Texas, with an average print circulation in 2022 of 65,369. It was founded on October 1, 1885, by Alfred Horatio Belo as a satellite publication of the '' Galveston Daily News'', of Galveston, Texas. Historically, and to the present day, it is the most prominent newspaper in Dallas. Throughout the 1990s and as recently as 2010, the paper has won nine Pulitzer Prizes for reporting and photography, George Polk Awards for education reporting and regional reporting, and an Overseas Press Club award for photography. Its headquarters is in downtown Dallas. History ''The Dallas Morning News'' was founded in 1885 as a spin-off of the '' Galveston Daily News'' by Alfred Horatio Belo. In 1926, the Belo family sold a majority interest in the paper to its longtime publisher, George Dealey. By the 1920s, ''The Dallas Morning News'' had grown larger than the ''Galveston Daily News'' and had bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hill Street Blues
''Hill Street Blues'' is an American serial police procedural television series that aired on NBC in prime-time from January 15, 1981, to May 12, 1987, for 146 episodes. The show chronicles the lives of the Metropolitan Police Department staff of a single police station located on Hill Street in an unnamed large U.S. city. The "blues" are the police officers in their blue uniforms. The show received critical acclaim, and its production innovations influenced many subsequent dramatic television series produced in the United States and Canada."TV Guide Names Top 50 Shows" CBS.Roush, Matt (February 25, 2013). "Showstoppers: The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time". '' |
Night Court
''Night Court'' is an American television sitcom that premiered on NBC on January 4, 1984, and ended on May 31, 1992, after nine seasons consisting of List of Night Court episodes, 193 episodes. The show is set in the night shift of a Manhattan Criminal Court presided over by a young, unorthodox judge, Harold "Harry" T. Stone (portrayed by Harry Anderson), and was created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege, who had previously worked on ''Barney Miller'' in the 1970s and early 1980s. Cast Main *Harry Anderson as Judge Harold "Harry" T. Stone *Karen Austin as court clerk Lana Wagner (season 1) *Gail Strickland as public defender Sheila Gardner (pilot episode only) *John Larroquette as assistant district attorney Reinhold Daniel "Dan" Fielding Elmore *Paula Kelly (actress), Paula Kelly as public defender Liz Williams (season 1) *Richard Moll as bailiff Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon *Selma Diamond as bailiff Selma Hacker (seasons 1–2) *Ellen Foley as public defender Billie Young (season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Ties
''Family Ties'' is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC for seven seasons, premiering on September 22, 1982, and concluding on May 14, 1989. The series, created by Gary David Goldberg, reflected the social shift in the United States from the cultural liberalism of the 1960s and 1970s to the conservatism of the 1980s. Because of this, Young Republican Alex P. Keaton (portrayed by Michael J. Fox) develops generational strife with his ex-hippie parents, Steven and Elyse Keaton (portrayed by Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter). The show premiered on September 22, 1982, and for the first two seasons, aired on Wednesday nights. In the show's third season, it started airing on Thursday nights. In 1987, for its sixth season, it was moved to Sunday nights where it stayed until the series' seventh and final season on May 14, 1989. The show won multiple awards, including three consecutive Emmy Awards for Michael J. Fox as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Plot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
