The Tortellis(TV show/series, 1987)

Name: The Tortellis
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1987

25min per episode | Genre: Comedy

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 13 episodes

Rating: 1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The Tortellis is an American sitcom television series and the first spin-off of Cheers, starring Dan Hedaya and Jean Kasem. It aired on NBC from January 22 to May 12, 1987. ()

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About The Tortellis

The Tortellis is an American sitcom that aired from January to May 1987 on NBC. A spin-off of the hit series Cheers, The Tortellis stars Dan Hedaya and Jean Kasem. Nick Tortelli, the loutish ex-husband of Cheers waitress Carla Tortelli, moves to Las Vegas to try and reconcile with his bimbo second wife Loretta, who now lives with her more sensible, divorced sister Charlotte and nephew Mark.

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The Tortellis Seasons and Episodes

01/22/1987Season 1 - 13 episodes

#1 | 01/22/1987The Tortellis a.k.a. Pilot

Nick Tortelli leaves Boston to move to Las Vegas and reconcile with his wife, Loretta, who is living with her sister and is trying for a show biz career. His son, Anthony, moves with him to help with the TV repair business.

#2 | 01/28/1987An Affair To Remember

Loretta catches Nick having an affair and threatens to leave him. Nick tries to win back her love

#3 | 02/04/1987Frankie Comes To Dinner

Cliff and Norm leave Boston and come visit Las Vegas, intending to get Frank Sinatra's autograph for Cliff's mother. Meanwhile, Nick promises he will have Frank over for dinner.

#4 | 02/11/1987Svengali

Loretta's new manager gets her work, spurring her former one, Nick, into action.

#5 | 02/18/1987The Ad Game

Nick's new TV ad for his TV hospital guarantees he will fix your TV in a day or eat a bug. A feisty woman may hold him to it.

#6 | 02/25/1987Viva Las Vegas

Nick's newest client as a manager, a struggling Elvis impersonator, becomes involved with Charlotte.

#7 | 03/18/1987Coochie-Coochie

When Loretta kicks nick out of the house, he remembers all the good times they had. He comes back and forgives her. She slams the dor in his face and he has a long talk with his neighbor. Then, he goes back and Loretta lets him in

#8 | 03/25/1987Man of The Year

Nick & Loretta enter a competition for Man & Woman of the year, Nick wns & Loretta loses. Loretta finds out that Nick lied to win though.

#9 | 04/01/1987The Good Life

When Nick starts complaining about how much his life sucks, Loretta reminds him of how much stuff is good in it

#10 | 04/21/1987Father Knows Best

When one of the Tortelli kids gets in trouble at school, good ol' dad gives him some advice which backfires, leaving Loretta to clean up the mess.

#11 | 04/28/1987The Customer's Always Right

At Nick's shop, he gets in an argument with a customer, his boss reminds him that the customer is always right, yet, nick begs to differ

#12 | 05/05/1987Innocent As Charged

Nick is framed for robbery and he must prove himself innocent

#13 | 05/12/1987His Girl Friday

It is Friday & Nick wants to just stay home, but, Loretta wants to go out. They have a huge fight and Nick loses.

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Las Vegas Valley

Based on: "Cheers" (TV show/series, 1982-)

Made by: Paramount Television, Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 1 language: English (EN)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 01/21/1987

Last episode released on: 05/12/1987

Cast: Dan Hedaya, Jean Kasem

Creator: Ken Estin

Directors: Greg Antonacci, Jack Shea, Michael Zinberg

Executive Producer: James Burrows

Composer: Perry Botkin Jr.

Keywords: las vegas, living with sibling, spin off, sitcom

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