Danson says personal turmoil overshadowed the Cheers finale
Ted Danson reveals on his podcast that his personal turmoil in the final year of Cheers overshadowed the show’s ending, saying he wanted to stop lying and become emotionally mature. He explains he left Cheers in 1993 to explore other roles after feeling he had to change his life, and notes mentorship and therapy helped him. The interview references his post-Ch UCS career and current work on Netflix’s Man on the Inside.