United Kingdom, Feb. 16 -- Ted Danson has revealed Cheers was almost cancelled during its first season.

The 78-year-old actor - who led the cast of the sitcom as bar owner Sam Malone - recalled how the programme was a hit with critics when it debuted in 1982 but struggled to find an audience, even coming "dead last" in the ratings at one point.

Speaking to Jesse Tyler Ferguson on the Dinner's On Me podcast, he said: "Critics loved us. Everyone around us.the writers, everybody was so positive. 'Don't pay attention, just keep doing it' kind of feedback, which was lovely, but we were dead last one week in the ratings.

"We were like... Jimmy [Burrows] likes to say we were 75th outta 70. There were only 70 shows."

Ted was later told NBC "w...