The All Timers

  • NewsMandi Bierly

    The All-Timers: An Oral History of the Classic 'Ski Lodge' Episode of 'Frasier'

    With a total of 37 Emmys, Frasier is not only the most decorated TV series of all time, comedy or drama — it was the first to win Outstanding Comedy Series five years in a row, a feat only Modern Family has matched — it remains one of the most timeless. First airing on Feb. 24, 1998, it begins with Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) trading Peri Gilpin’s pregnant Roz a big-screen TV for the free ski weekend she’s just won, and ends in a sex farce so hysterical, the studio audience’s laughter needed to be

  • NewsDave Nemetz

    Food Fight! The Messy True Story Behind the Classic 'Cheers' Episode, 'Thanksgiving Orphans'

    There are good episodes of television, and there are great episodes of television. And then there are the All-Timers: those episodes that represent the very best the medium has to offer. In this ongoing series, Yahoo TV will delve into the histories behind these classic hours and half-hours from TV’s past and present, speaking with members of the casts and crews that brought them to life.   It’s that time of year again: time to gather with loved ones we’ve known for years, indulge in a sumptuous

  • NewsEthan Alter

    The All-Timers: 'The Simpsons' Gets Spooky and a Halloween Tradition Is Born

    There are good episodes of television, and there are great episodes of television. On Thursday, Oct. 25, 1990 — six days shy of the annual costume ’n’ candy bacchanal known as Halloween — Marge Simpson emerged from behind a curtain to introduce that evening’s episode chronicling the misadventures of her cartoon family. “You know, Halloween is a very strange holiday,” the blue-haired matriarch mused in her signature gravelly voice (provided, both then and now, by Julie Kavner).