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  2. As one of the main characters of Cheers, Diane Chambers' exit in season 5 was controversial; Shelley Long decided to leave the show despite its popularity.

  3. May 7, 2022 · She returned as Diane in the series finale in 1993. Meanwhile, series co-creator Les Charles believed the actress' decision forced him and his team to make Cheers even better.

    • Corey Irwin
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    Long indicated that returning for the Cheers finale was not a given. Co-creator Glen Charles asked her personally. “I was surprised that Glen called,” Long told the L.A. Times. “He was surprised that I was surprised. I said it has been six years, and when I chose to leave the show, I had offered to come back at whatever different points they though...

    In the season 5 finale, Diane postponed her wedding to Sam to pursue her writing career. Diane called it temporary, but Sam knew. Six years later, when Diane returned, Long wasn’t going to pretend nothing happened. “I was also concerned about how they were going to explain why Diane had never called Sam,” Long said. “Diane with her many faults, sti...

    Six years was a long enough time for Long that she needed to brush up on Diane Chambers herself. Long would reprise her role again on Frasier, as Diane was also a former love interest of Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer).

  4. Jun 4, 2024 · Diane left Sam in Boston at the end of Season 5 to pursue a writing career. Shelley, who won an Emmy and two Golden Globes for the performance, reprised the role on Cheers just once more, in the series finale six seasons later.

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  5. Diane Chambers is a fictional character in the American television situation comedy show Cheers, portrayed by Shelley Long and created by Glen and Les Charles. After her fiancé Sumner Sloan abandons her in the Cheers bar in the pilot episode, Diane works as a bar waitress.

  6. Dec 31, 2023 · Diane gets some well-deserved closure in Season 3 of "Frasier," but she crops up one more time in the Season 9 two-parter "Don Juan in Hell," this time in one of Frasier's visions about his exes....

  7. Feb 15, 2024 · Diane left Cheers at the end of season 5. Diane was an original cast member of the Boston-set sitcom, and her love affair with Sam was the project's primary asset when it first started, with its events kicked off by their meeting at the underground bar.