Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, Kelsey Grammer, John Ratzenberger and George Wendt on Jan. 15, 2024.Photo:VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty
VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty
TheCheerscast was celebrated where everybody knows their names!
The group appeared onstage standing around a replica of the show’s set at the titular bar, with Danson and company behind the bar as host Anthony Anderson introduced the reunion.
“Anthony, thank you for getting us all here,” Danson said. “Ah, this feels so nice to be here in front of all of you, thank you.”
“Ted, don’t you just think about it as a long overdue class reunion, huh?” Ratzenberger, 76, added. “Being together brings back some great memories from show we’re all very proud of.”
Perlman, 75, then chimed in to request an envelope for theCheerscast to present an award — and George Wendt walked in through the stage door with the envelope for outstanding directing for a comedy series.The Bear’s Christopher Storer, who was not present at Sunday’s awards ceremony, won that award, and the group also presented him with outstanding writing for a comedy series.
Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, Kelsey Grammer, John Ratzenberger and George Wendt on Jan. 15, 2024.VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty
Cheers— which aired 11 seasons between 1982 and 1993 — followed the community formed at a local Boston bar. Danson played bar owner and retired baseball pro Sam Malone. Grammar was another face for the series as Frasier Crane, the radio psychiatrist who went on to have his own spinoff,Frasier.
Shelley Long(Diane Chambers) andWoody Harrelson(Woody Boyd) were absent from the tribute, as wasKirstie Alley(Rebecca Howe), who died in 2022.
The barfly comedy wasn’t the only show honored during Monday’s broadcast. Cast members fromThe Sopranoswere also slated to reunite, among several other iconic shows.
George Wendt, Shelley Long, Woody Harrelson, Kelsey Grammer, Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman and John Ratzenberger in ‘Cheers’.NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty
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Ahead of the 2023 show, Emmys hostAnthony Andersondiscussed the reunions with PEOPLE.
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