News

At one point in the mid-1980s and even into the early 1990s, NBC's Cheers was the biggest and most popular show on television. For 11 seasons and 275 episodes (including three double-length episodes and a triple-length finale!), Cheers was a phenomenon on the same level as Seinfeld and Friends. Unlike those wildly popular television series, however, about halfway through Cheers' lifespan, the entire game changed.

The first few years of Cheers were defined by one central relationship: that of its co-leads, Ted Danson and Shelley Long, who played Sam and Diane, respectively. Their will-they-won't-they romantic tension kept audiences coming back for more every week, right up until Shelley Long decided to say goodbye to the one place where everyone knew her name.

Related Ted Danson Apologizes to Cheers Co-Star Kelsey Grammer for Decades-Long Feud

Cheers actor Ted Danson regrets his long-time issue with co-star Kelsey Grammer, directly apologizing to Frasier's leading man.

Peter Haskell, a veteran stage, screen and TV actor best known for his role as Kevin Grant in the prime-time drama, "Bracken's World," died April 12 in Northridge, California. He was 75.The news of his death was first posted by his daughter, Audra, on his Facebook page. He died at home in his sleep of natural causes. Haskell's postings on Facebook were as recent as April 11. He mentions his wife and how much he'll enjoy the summer to come on April 5, and talks about the recent earthquake that was felt in most parts of Los Angeles April 4. The description of his prolific work read, simply, "3 soaps, 3 network series, 5 films, 400 TV shows."Haskell was born Oct. 15, 1934 in Boston to Rose Veronica and noted geophysicist Norman Abraham Haskell. He graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature with a prior, two-year stint as a Private First Class in the U.