Shelley Long

Cheers was the classic show where everybody knows your name, and the same could be said for actress Shelley Long’s character, Diane. As of December 15, 1986, Long would no longer be part of the classic series. She would go on to say that her and co-star Ted Danson did some “really terrific work” on Cheers.

It was in pursuit of movie acting that Long would follow her curiosity, though she did spend time as part of the cast of Frazier. She freely admits it wasn’t her favorite show to work on, especially with her distaste for the main character, doing everything she could to get quips cut from Kelsey Grammer’s script.