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Bravo's James Lipton will host Danny DeVito, May 11

11 May 2009 8:03 AM, PDT | From Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news

James Lipton will host Danny DeVito for his Bravo series tonight. DeVito will be in the hot seat tonight with James Lipton on Bravo's Inside the Actors Studio. DeVito married actress Rhea Perlman in 1982, and has three children. Son of Neptune, New Jersey, Danny branched out from acting and has directed six films, including "Death to Smoochy," "The War of the Roses," and "Hoffa." DeVito is a producer too, with Jersey Films and Jersey Television responsible for comedic series, "Reno 911!," and feature films "Pulp Fiction" and "Garden State." Lipton asks Danny about his infamous roles in .Taxi. and "Batman Returns. as well as reveal stories behind most recent return to TV with the hit FX

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Cheers: Real-Life Sam Malone Loses His Job

11 March 2009 2:47 AM, PDT | From TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news

The true-life Sam Malone is leaving Cheers. For almost 35 years, bartender Eddie Doyle was the guy who really did know everybody's name in Boston. Like so many in this country, he's been laid off.

Cheers, ran for 11 seasons on NBC and made stars of little known performers like Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger, Kelsey Grammer, Woody Harrelson, Kirstie Alley, Shelley Long, Bebe Neuwirth, and Nicholas Colasanto.

Though the show performed very poorly in its first season, ratings-starved NBC stuck with it and the show soon became a hit and a cornerstone of the network's Thursday night line-up.

The Cheers bar was based on the Bull & Finch tavern near Beacon Hill in Boston. Though it looks quite different on the inside, millions of tourists have flocked there to see the inspiration for their favorite television watering hole.

  The bar was reasonably popular but once the sitcom

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DVD Round Up, Feb. 3, 2009: ‘Cheers,’ ‘Lucky Ones,’ ‘RocknRolla,’ ‘The Gene Generation’

3 February 2009 7:37 AM, PST | From HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news

Chicago – Another week, another edition of HollywoodChicago.com’s legendary Round-Up. Any TV fans out there? Lovers of sci-fi action movies? Afficionados of Rachel McAdams? If you still like Guy Ritchie, raise your hand. Now, all of you, step up to the Round-Up.

“Cheers: The Final Season,” “The Gene Generation,” “The Lucky Ones,” and “RocknRolla” were all released on January 27th, 2009.

“Cheers: The Final Season”

Photo credit: Paramount When people talk about shows going out at the top of their game, they inevitably turn to “Cheers” as a prime example of a series that knew when to turn off the lights and close the bar. Raise a glass to the final season with this amazing 28-episode set. In this season, Sam (Ted Danson) rebuilds the bar after Rebecca (Kirstie Alley) sets it on fire, Norm (George Wendt) gets audited, Cliff (John Ratzenberg) gets promoted, and Lilith leaves Frasier

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