Cheers (season 4) Cheers (season 4) The fourth season of "Cheers", an American television sitcom, originally aired on NBC in the United States between September 26, 1985, and May 15, 1986, as part of the network's Thursday lineup. This season marks Woody Harrelson's television debut as Woody Boyd after Nicholas Colasanto, who portrayed Coach Ernie Pantusso, died during the previous season. The show was created by director James Burrows and writers Glen and Les Charles, under production team Charles Burrows Charles Productions, in association with Paramount Television. During the previous season, 1984–85, after two years of struggling with low ratings, rapid schedule changes,
The Colgate Comedy Hour Real McCoys", made his television debut on "The Colgate Comedy Hour." Hal March and Tom D'Andrea appeared on "The Colgate Comedy Hour" in what subsequently became in the summer of 1955 the 11-episode NBC live military comedy series, "The Soldiers". D'Andrea took leave from his role as Jim Gillis in William Bendix's "The Life of Riley" for "The Soldiers". In June 1955, the show changed its name to the "Colgate Variety Hour" to reflect a move away from pure comedy. A number of the earlier hosts had left by the end of the 1953-54 season (with the exception of Martin