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According to an April 1 – 4, 1993, telephone survey of 1, 011 people by the Times Mirror Center for the People and the Press ( now Pew Research Center ), before the Frasier premiere and the Cheers finale, Sam Malone ( Ted Danson ) was voted a favorite character by 26 percent, and Frasier Crane and Lilith Sternin were voted favorites by 1 percent each.

For a question of spinning off a character, 15 percent voted Sam, 12 percent voted Woody Boyd ( Woody Harrelson ), 10 percent voted Norm Peterson ( George Wendt ), and 29 percent voted no spin-offs.

Frasier Crane, whose own spin-off Frasier debuted in September 1993, was voted 2 percent to have his own show.