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 ...

The hit sitcom Cheers helped launch the careers of several actors who stayed in the spotlight years after the series ended on May 20, 1993. The show lost a cast member on May 20, when Wendt died at ...

George Wendt, who famously played Norm Peterson in the hit sitcom "Cheers," died Tuesday morning, according to multiple reports.

NBC’s Must-See TV comedy lineup in the 1980s almost went through a Crazytown blender before it even got started. If the network had gotten its way, the lead bartender in the classic sitcom Cheers ...

George Wendt died this week at the age of 76. I first met him at The Second City in Chicago, where he was already being typecast in bits as paunchy cops and roly-poly city council members. But he was ...

Wendt got his start in Chicago's The Second City improv comedy troupe. He went on to earn six Primetime Emmy nominations for his role as a lovable... George Wendt, who played Norm on 'Cheers,' has ...

George Wendt’s cause of death has been revealed. The “Cheers” star died from cardiac arrest that resulted from other underlying causes such as congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease and ...

At "Cheers," everybody knows your name. But can you name the classic comedy's first spinoff? If you said "Frasier," think again. While Kelsey Grammer's Emmy-winning sitcom got underway in 1993, the ...

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 ...