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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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Pilot
22-01-198725mNick 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 wi...
- Ep 2
2.An Affair To Remember
28-01-198725mLoretta catches Nick having an affair and threatens to leave him. Nick tries to win back her love
- Ep 3
3.Frankie Comes To Dinner
04-02-198725mCliff 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.
- Ep 4
4.Svengali
11-02-198725mLoretta's new manager gets her work, spurring her former one, Nick, into action.
- Ep 5
5.The Ad Game
18-02-198725mNick'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.
- Ep 6
6.Viva Las Vegas
25-02-198725mNick's newest client as a manager, a struggling Elvis impersonator, becomes involved with Charlotte.
- Ep 7
7.Coochie-Coochie
18-03-198725mWhen 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...
- Ep 8
8.Man of The Year
25-03-198725mNick & Loretta enter a competition for Man & Woman of the year, Nick wns & Loretta loses. Loretta finds out that Nick lied to win though.
- Ep 9
9.The Good Life
01-04-198725mWhen Nick starts complaining about how much his life sucks, Loretta reminds him of how much stuff is good in it
- Ep 10
10.Father Knows Best
21-04-198725mWhen 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.
- Ep 11
11.The Customer's Always Right
28-04-198725mAt 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
- Ep 12
12.Innocent As Charged
05-05-198725mNick is framed for robbery and he must prove himself innocent
- Ep 13
13.His Girl Friday
12-05-198725mIt is Friday & Nick wants to just stay home, but, Loretta wants to go out. They have a huge fight and Nick loses.
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