Editing Rhea Perlman (section)

===''Cheers''===

The series struggled with ratings in its first season, but by the time it ended in 1993, it was one of the most popular and successful shows of all time, winning 20 Emmy awards out of 95 nominations.<ref name="gq" /><ref>{{cite book|last1=Shapiro|first1=Mitchell E.|last2=Jicha|first2=Tom|title=The Top 100 American Situation Comedies: An Objective Ranking|date=2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-2340-5|pages=8–9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3vXCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA8|access-date=May 5, 2017}}</ref>

Perlman won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series|Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy]] four times: in 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1989.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rhea Perlman|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/rhea-perlman|publisher=Television Academy|access-date=May 5, 2017}}</ref> Over her 11 seasons on ''Cheers'', she was nominated for an Emmy every year but 1992, becoming the ''Cheers'' star to have the most wins and nominations. She was also nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Best Supporting Actress]] six times, more than anyone else in that category.  In 2011, NBC named Carla Tortelli as one of the greatest TV characters of all time.<ref>{{cite news|title=50 Greatest TV Characters|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/50-greatest-tv-characters/41/|access-date=May 5, 2017|date=March 29, 2011}}</ref>

In 1986, Perlman starred in an episode of [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]'' titled "The Wedding Ring," which also starred DeVito as her character's husband.