Cheers (season 1) the pub, but on the Stage 25 lot of Paramount Studios with the set decoration of "Cheers". The Bull & Finch Pub was later renamed Cheers Beacon Hill. The entire season is set exclusively in the bar, its office, and the billiard room; no locations outside the bar were used until Diane Chambers' apartment is seen in the second season. In the pilot episode's original script, there were only four principal characters: Sam Malone, Diane Chambers, Carla Tortelli, and Ernie "Coach" Pantusso. Norm Peterson and Cliff Clavin were absent from the original script. George Wendt and John Ratzenberger had auditioned
Norm Macdonald Has a Show also executive produces the show with Hoekstra, K.P. Anderson, and Daniel Kellison. Macdonald's production company Anchor Spud Productions produces the series in association with Pygmy Wolf Productions and Lionsgate Television. On August 21, 2018, it was announced that the series would premiere on September 14, 2018. Norm Macdonald Has a Show Norm Macdonald Has a Show is an American web television talk show hosted by Norm Macdonald that premiered on September 14, 2018, on Netflix. The series is executive produced by Macdonald, Lori Jo Hoekstra, K.P. Anderson, and Daniel Kellison. Macdonald and Hoekstra also act as showrunners for the series.