Cheers decadent old-money WASPs," but, to meet producers' demands, they rewrote the lyrics to be about "likeable losers" in a Boston bar. The show's producers rejected this song, as well. After they read the script of the series pilot, they created another song "Another Day". When Portnoy and Hart Angelo heard that NBC had commissioned thirteen episodes, they created an official theme song "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" and rewrote the lyrics. On syndicated airings of "Cheers", the theme song was shortened to make room for commercials. "Cheers" was critically acclaimed in its first season, though it landed a disappointing 74th
Mike Portnoy Golden God Awards in April 20, 2011, he won the "Best Drummer Award" for his work with Avenged Sevenfold. In June 7, 2011, Portnoy posted on his Facebook that he had won "Drum!" magazine's "Drummer of the Year Award" and the "Metal Drummer Award". Portnoy won the "Virtuoso" award at the 2013 Progressive Music Awards. Portnoy played John Myung's bass when Dream Theater performed as the fictitious band Nightmare Cinema. Before live performances of "Trial of Tears", he would sometimes switch instruments with John Petrucci and play a fragment of "Eruption" by Van Halen. In Nightmare Cinema he got the