Sitcom’s creators attended University of Redlands and one frequented the bar Gay 90s, columnist David Allen writes.

Some will say Cheers was a refuge from Vera (the wife we never saw) too, but for “The Peterson Principle,” the episode in which Norm defended Vera’s honor. Norm loved Vera, but not his job.

For 11 years, fans watched George Wendt saunter onto the screen and into Cheers bar as his friends and its patrons shouted out “Norm!” to which he always responded with a sarcastic one-liner ...

The “Cheers” star, famous for playing barfly Norm Peterson in all 11 seasons of the beloved NBC show, died from cardiac arrest, according to the death certificate obtained by TMZ on Thursday.

Again, Norm came to Cheers to get away from a job that was work. The view here is that Norm made sense as a character in the ‘80s, and by extension made sense to viewers, exactly because he didn ...

There’s no character more instantly associated with Cheers than Norm Peterson—the barstool sage whose one-liners became ritual and whose name was shouted with love every time he walked through ...

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 ...

One word can have such an impact. “Cheers” star George Wendt, who died May 20 at the age of 76, left behind a legacy in the annals of TV comedy that is hard to equal, thanks to one word: Norm ...

Nominated for a record 117 prime-time Emmy awards and winning 28, Cheers is routinely lauded by media critics for having been one of television’s best written programs. The character of Cheers’ ...

Cheers, There Will Never Be Another Norm Peterson John Tamny RealClearMarkets May 28, 2025 Roxy Cakes/YouTube ...

Wendt was on Cheers for the entirety of the show’s epic run from 1982–1993. On a series full of beloved characters, his Norm Peterson was arguably the most beloved, with his entry into a scene ...