Here's a little-known fact: The "Cheers" theme song started out sounding much different than the one we know and love. In fact, it was a different song entirely. It took a few false starts and ...

Comedic actor George Wendt, who died Tuesday, May 20, 2025, served as home plate umpire last year at the Big Slick celebrity softball game at Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium. It’s become tradition at ...

I’ve always been a fan of music that has qualities your average pop-music afficiando might refer to as “bad.” Theme From ‘Cheers” (Titus Andronicus all around) is some of that music. Part of the ...

Fans of the classic TV sitcom Cheers are raising a beer stein for one of its beloved cast members, actor George Wendt. He played Norm Peterson, a beer-loving regular at the bar "where everybody knows ...

George Wendt, the actor known for playing the genial, beer-guzzling barfly Norm Peterson on all 11 seasons of the classic sitcom Cheers, died Tuesday at 76. His agent Dominic Mancini confirmed the ...