On Where Have All the Theme Songs Gone?, a CNN special hosted by Don Lemon, one of the creators of the Cheers theme song revealed the humbling road that led to one of the most iconic theme songs in ...

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 ...

Cheers is a classic television show that not only served as a time capsule of ’80s culture, but introduced the world to talents like Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer, Rhea Perlman, and Woody Harrelson.

According to Yahoo! Entertainment, Portnoy wrote a song called “People Like Us” for a musical called Preppies. The producers behind Cheers wanted Portnoy to rewrite the song so it could be the Cheers ...

In 1982, a show about friends who work at a bar made its debut, and it opened with one of the greatest songs in television history. Gary Portnoy’s “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” prefaced the hit ...

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 ...

For over a decade, Cheers captivated viewers all over the country. People tuned in to watch the popular show that boasted big names like Ted Danson, Shelley Long, and Rhea Perlman each week. Although ...

The pair also did their best on a rendition of the Cheers theme song Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has ...

“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” hasn’t aired new episodes on Friday much this year, but they did one this week. As is usually the case with his Friday monologues — which they typically shoot back ...

Gary Portnoy, who created the Cheers theme song with Judy Hart-Angelo and also performed it, joined CNN’s Don Lemon for the special Where Have All the Theme Songs Gone?, where the songwriter revealed ...

On Where Have All the Theme Songs Gone?, a CNN special hosted by Don Lemon, one of the creators of the Cheers theme song revealed the humbling road that led to one of the most iconic theme songs in ...