Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The part, renamed Norm, would go to George, who was so good that he became a series regular. Undaunted, John asked the producers ...

Cheers, a classic American sitcom, ran from 1983 until 1994. The series included 11 seasons and 275 episodes and remained one of the most popular shows on TV until its finale. Even now, decades after ...

It’s where everybody knew his name. Actor George Wendt, best known for his role as Norm Peterson in "Cheers," died Tuesday, but in one of his last interviews before his death, he shared how his ...

"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 ...

Wendt and Ratzenberger respectively played Norm Peterson and Cliff Clavin on Cheers, which aired from 1982 to 1993 Alexis Jones is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Cliff was in all but one or two episodes of Cheers. He was not a character in the original pilot and Ratzenberger was initially hired as a guest star before they made him a regular. The story goes ...

The entertainment world is mourning the loss of Cheers actor George Wendt, who died Tuesday morning. He was 76. While Wendt was predominantly known for his role as barfly Norm Peterson on Cheers for ...