Sweater, worn by Shelly Long as Diane Chambers on Cheers
date: label: date made
content: 1982-1993
name: label: maker
content: Saks Fifth Avenue
notes: label: Description
content: <i>Cheers</i> was an American situation comedy that aired on the NBC television network from 1982-1993. Created by James Burrows, Glen Charles and Les Charles, the program followed the staff and patrons of a Boston bar, the titular <i>Cheers, </i> where, according to the show’s popular theme, everybody knows your name. Nominated for a record 117 prime-time Emmy awards and winning 28, <i>Cheers</i> is routinely lauded by media critics for having been one of television’s best written programs.
label: Description
content: The character of Cheers’ erudite waitress Diane Chambers was portrayed by actress Shelly Long. The feminist Chamber’s sporadic romance with Cheers’ womanizing owner Sam Malone (Ted Danson) was one of the show’s primary storylines until Long’s departure in 1986. Chamber’s other love interest, psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer,) became the subject of his own acclaimed television series, <i>Frasier</i> (1993-2004.)
label: Description
content: Long (b. 1949) received an Emmy for her work on <i>Cheers</i> in 1983. In addition to television work, such as a reoccurring role on the sitcom <i>Modern Family</i> she has starred in such films as <i>Caveman, </i> <i>Troop Beverly Hills, </i> and <i>The Brady Bunch Movie. </i>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China: Hong Kong
topic: label: Subject
content: Television broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Comedy
label: Subject
content: Comedy
label: Subject
content: Television
label: web subject
content: Entertainment
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum of Television
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0131.09.01
label: accession number
content: 2021.0131
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0131.09.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sweater
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cashmere (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 1/2 in x 27 in; 67.31 cm x 68.58 cm