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    Tortellis, The

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    This spin-off from the hit series Cheers starred Dan Hedaya as barmaid Carla’s ex-husband, Nick, and Jean Kasem as his wife, Loretta.

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    Nick relocated from Boston (where Cheers was located) to Vegas and took teen son Anthony (Timothy Williams) with him in an attempt to patch things up with Loretta, who was out there pursuing a showbiz career.

    Nick split his time between running a TV repair business (Tortelli’s TV Hospital) and being a talent manager – the sole proprietor of “Nick’s Talent Emporium”.

    Loretta was his main client, a singer with a group called The Grinning Americans (later called the Lemon Sisters).

    Rounding out the wacky cast were Anthony’s wife, Annie (Mandy Ingber), and Loretta’s sister, Charlotte (Carlene Watkins), a substitute school teacher who didn’t exactly hit it off with Nick.

    Unfortunately, The Tortellis didn’t hit it off with the audience, either. The show debuted on NBC’s schedule in January 1987 and was gone by May.

    Nick Tortelli
    Dan Hedaya
    Loretta Tortelli
    Jean Kasem
    Anthony Tortelli
    Timothy Williams
    Annie Tortelli
    Mandy Ingber
    Mark Cooper
    Aaron Moffatt
    Charlotte Cooper
    Carlene Watkins

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