As for what became of Cheers in her wake, the sitcom ultimately introduced Kirstie Alley as Rebecca Howe in season 6 — though Glen insists she was never meant to serve as a straight-up Diane ...

Again, it’s a trickier question with Cheers than with most sitcoms, for a very important creative reason. After the departure of Diane and the abandonment of the Sam-Diane plotline in 1987’s ...