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Wings (1990 TV series)
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<p><i>Wings</i> is an American television <a href="/facts/Sitcom/a01VwMsV">sitcom</a> that ran for eight seasons on <a href="/facts/NBC/zyfTYCvW">NBC</a> from April 19, 1990, to May 21, 1997, for a total of <a href="/facts/List_of_Wings_episodes/0y5873bc">172 episodes</a>. </p><p>The show is set at the fictional "Tom Nevers Field" airport, a small two-airline airport in <a href="/facts/Nantucket/3R9nFPB9">Nantucket</a>, <a href="/facts/Massachusetts/9uumCbFI">Massachusetts</a> (not to be confused with the actual <a href="/facts/Nantucket_Memorial_Airport/QeLCGxa6">Nantucket Memorial Airport</a>), where brothers and pilots Joe and Brian Hackett operate Sandpiper Air, a single-plane airline. The majority of the episodes are set in the airport. </p><p><a href="/facts/Tim_Daly/RaFy2sCo">Tim Daly</a> and <a href="/facts/Steven_Weber/kSb0wGAC">Steven Weber</a> star as Joe and Brian. <a href="/facts/Crystal_Bernard/DMyR71QF">Crystal Bernard</a> plays Helen, their friend since childhood and later Joe's love interest and wife, who runs the airport's lunch counter but dreams of becoming a concert cellist. <a href="/facts/David_Schramm_(actor)/XXnL8azN">David Schramm</a> plays Roy Biggins, who runs a competing airline, Aeromass. <a href="/facts/Rebecca_Schull/GyQDd2oV">Rebecca Schull</a> plays Fay, Joe and Brian's employee at Sandpiper Air. <a href="/facts/Thomas_Haden_Church/3u0rhrmL">Thomas Haden Church</a> portrayed the mechanic Lowell in the first six seasons, <a href="/facts/Tony_Shalhoub/7QLGMVHg">Tony Shalhoub</a> was taxi driver Antonio from season 3 onward, and <a href="/facts/Farrah_Forke/PJjXhEgY">Farrah Forke</a> was Brian's love interest, Alex, during seasons 4 and 5. <a href="/facts/Amy_Yasbeck/b1AbPeEg">Amy Yasbeck</a> played Helen's sister, Casey, from season 6 through the show's end in season 8. <a href="/facts/Brian_Haley/CKs3CXAI">Brian Haley</a> briefly played the mechanic Budd, Lowell's replacement, in season 7. </p><p><i>Wings</i> was created and produced by <i><a href="/facts/Cheers/dHTrwH9V">Cheers</a></i> veterans <a href="/facts/David_Angell/hF0eJoSI">David Angell</a>, <a href="/facts/Peter_Casey_(screenwriter)/yBL6FHY2">Peter Casey</a>, and <a href="/facts/David_Lee_(screenwriter)/TuKQAfc4">David Lee</a>. The trio later created the sitcom <i><a href="/facts/Frasier/VBEd6I7T">Frasier</a></i>, which was also a spin-off of <i>Cheers</i>. <i>Wings</i> exists in the same fictional universe as <i>Cheers</i>, and many <a href="/facts/List_of_Cheers_characters/jPxuF2J8">characters from <i>Cheers</i></a> occasionally make special guest appearances on <i>Wings</i>. The series were produced by <a href="/facts/Grub_Street_Productions/hF0eJoSI">Grub Street Productions</a> in association with <a href="/facts/Paramount_Television/RWUbhkog">Paramount Network Television</a>. </p>