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 theme.

With the "Cheers" theme heading into the Final Four of our Theme Song Thunderdome bracket, we spoke to Portnoy (who also sang the theme) this week about how "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" came ...

Cheers writer Ken Levine revealed the 2 issues the Cheers theme song and opening titles caused the network on his Hollywood & Levine podcast. It wasn’t the lyrics, which the creators of the show ...

Its theme song was voted the best television theme song of all time Written in part and performed by American musician Gary Portnoy, the Cheers theme song made it on the Billboard charts when it ...

- Gary Portnoy, who created the Cheers theme song, along with Judi Hart Angelo, joined CNN's Don Lemon for a special, Where Have All The Theme Songs Gone, where he revealed the versions that did ...

“He was like the Big Slick Godfather. We’re gonna sing the Cheers theme song extra loud this year for him.” The event takes place next week, May 30 and 31.

If you’ve ever wanted to hear “Star Wars”-themed lyrics to the “Cheers” theme song, Colbert sure does have you covered here Phil Owen December 5, 2020 @ 3:31 AM ...

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 ...

Lars Brandle Wed, June 8, 2022 at 6:51 AM UTC 1 min read ...