One for the Road (Cheers) to remain single, and 12 % had no opinion on this matter. Woody Boyd was voted a favorite by 18 % and had 12 % chance of a spin-off, and Norm Peterson was voted by 14 % and had 10 % chance of a spin-off. Newspapers counted down to the "Cheers" finale in different ways. "The Washington Post" covered the show's background. The "Star Tribune" published stories related to "Cheers", including one about local residents playing trivia games that paid tribute to the show and characters such as Cliff and Norm; the future of the fictional Sam Malone was addressed.
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