Take some middle-age barflies, a sex addict, a scrappy waitress, mix with beer and place in a Boston bar where “everybody knows your name.” The result: “Cheers,” a primetime sitcom staple that lasted ...

Back in the early 2000s, I discovered a guilty pleasure that kept me busy throughout my mid-20s: nerding out on DVD extras, whether that meant listening to Hunter S. Thompson’s strange howling sounds ...