Woody Harrelson Harrelson attended Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana, where he joined the Sigma Chi fraternity. He received a BA in theater and English in 1983. While attending Hanover, he was friends with future Vice President Mike Pence. Harrelson is widely known for his work on the NBC sitcom "Cheers". He played bartender Woody Boyd, who replaced Coach (played by Nicholas Colasanto, who died in February 1985). He joined the cast in 1985 in season four, spending the final eight seasons (1985–1993) on the show. For this role, Harrelson was nominated for five Emmy Awards, winning once in 1989. His character, Woody
Television in the United States has been more noted for situation comedies such as "I Love Lucy", "The Honeymooners", "The Andy Griffith Show", "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "All in the Family", "Happy Days", "Family Ties", "Cheers", "The Cosby Show", "Seinfeld", "Friends", "Frasier", "Everybody Loves Raymond", "The King of Queens", "How I Met Your Mother", "The Big Bang Theory" and "Modern Family". However, there have also existed sketch comedy/variety series during prime time such as "Texaco Star Theatre", "The Carol Burnett Show" and "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In". The most prominent as well as the longest-running sketch comedy program is "Saturday