When you hear the words "Sam" and "Diane," what pops into your mind? If you answered Sam Snead and Diane Arbus, you either don't own a TV set or you don't have a romantic bone in your body. For the rest of us, Ted Danson and Shelley Long set the bar for small-screen chemistry on "Cheers." Here are 10 other couples who sizzled:
Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) & David (Bruce Willis), "Moonlighting": The magic disappeared once they jumped in the sack, but until then, the back-and-forth zingers were delivered with the zip of Cupid's arrow.
Tim (Martin Freeman) & Dawn (Lucy Davis), the original "The Office": Nothing against the stateside marriage of Dawn and Jim, but their British counterparts were the ones we really wanted to see become a desk set.
Frank (Daniel J. Travanti) & Joyce (Veronica Hamel), "Hill Street Blues": Their sexy pillow talk at home or during hotel trysts at lunch could cure the harshest cases of the blues.
Kevin (Fred Savage) & Winnie (Danica McKellar), "The Wonder Years": The final show revealed they didn't live happily ever after together, which made their puppy-love relationship even more bittersweet.
Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) & Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), "Modern Family": At first, that nursery-room mural of them as near-naked angels seemed out of place. Now, it's the perfect symbol of their heavenly partnership.
James (James Garner) & Mariette (Mariette Hartley), Polaroid commercials: The stars of these popular ads were so natural with each other, it's a wonder they weren't a couple in real life -- or a spinoff series.
Tammi (Connie Britton) & Eric (Kyle Chandler), "Friday Night Lights": A longtime married couple who still have the hots for each other? More improbable -- and gratifying -- than an undefeated season.
