Long played Diane on the show's first five seasons Cheers ran for eleven seasons — including six after star Shelley Long left — but the show’s success was anything but certain. Glen and Les Charles, brothers who co-created Cheers,

Glen and Les Charles recently guested on an episode of the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast hosted by former Cheers actors Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson, where the four discussed cast member Shelley Long’s abrupt exit from the show after the fifth season.