A Dramatic Transition

I can say "no comment" because I'm a billionaire now and I don't have to answer that question. [laughs] I really loved who I was working with. I thought we had a great idea. I think we would have gotten a lot better with time. But I can't dissect anything I'm in. I will say what I think, generically, about half-hour, one-camera comedies, which is that it's very hard to make them work.

After you've been on a show like "Cheers," one of the best comedies of all time, how do you avoid thinking the best thing you're ever going to do is over?

The process of acting is what I love. I love that "Cheers" was successful and allowed me to keep working, to this day, probably a little bit, off of "Cheers." So I'm thrilled at the success of "Cheers." If I never do anything that's perceived to be as good as "Cheers," that ain't bad, either.

DAMAGES

Tuesdays

10 p.m., FX

About the Show

"Damages" is a drama set in New York about a lawyer who will do whatever it takes to nail a CEO who sold shares of his company's stock before the firm went south.

THE PLAYERS:

· Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) is either the lawyer of your dreams -- if she's on your side -- or your worst nightmare. The question is whether she's really on anyone's side other than her own.

· Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson) is the CEO she's after. He claims he didn't know the company was going under when he sold his shares of stock.

· Parsons (Rose Byrne) is a young lawyer brought into Patty Hewes's firm. She may be Hewes's greatest legal find or collateral damage in her quest to win the case.

· Tom Shayes (Tate Donovan) is Hewes's top assistant -- until he's fired. Will he get revenge, or is there something more sinister going on?

· Ray Fiske (Zeljko Ivanek) is Frobisher's lawyer. He's caught between Hewes's viciousness and Frobisher's egocentric orders.