Cheers 

The regulars of the Boston bar Cheers share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name.

Creators:

James Burrows, Glen Charles, Les Charles

Stars:

Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger

Won 6 Golden Globes. Another 71 wins & 181 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Ted Danson	...	Sam Malone / ... 271 episodes, 1982-1993
Rhea Perlman	...	Carla Tortelli / ... 271 episodes, 1982-1993
John Ratzenberger	...	Cliff Clavin / ... 271 episodes, 1982-1993
George Wendt	...	Norm Peterson / ... 271 episodes, 1982-1993
Kelsey Grammer	...	Dr. Frasier Crane / ... 204 episodes, 1984-1993
Woody Harrelson	...	Woody Boyd / ... 201 episodes, 1985-1993
Kirstie Alley	...	Rebecca Howe / ... 149 episodes, 1987-1993
Shelley Long	...	Diane Chambers / ... 124 episodes, 1982-1993

Storyline

The lives of the disparate group of employees and patrons at a Boston watering hole called Cheers over eleven years is presented. Over much of this period, Sam Malone, a womanizing ex-Boston Red Sox pitcher and an alcoholic, owns the bar, its purchase and this life which was his salvation from his alcoholism which was largely the cause of the end of his baseball career. He ends up having a love-hate relationship with intellectual Diane Chambers, who he hires as a waitress and whose cultured mentality is foreign to anyone else in the bar. He also has an evolving relationship with Rebecca Howe, who managed the bar for the Lily Corporation which bought it from Sam, but whose outward business savvy belied the fact that she was a mess of a woman who was struggling to find her place in life. The regular patrons are largely a bunch of self-identified losers, who bond because of their shared place in life, and because Cheers is their home away from home, and in many ways more a home than ...

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Plot Keywords:

bar | bartender | boston massachusetts | psychiatrist | mailman | 

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Taglines:

The Laughs Are On The House!

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 September 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cheers

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions, Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min 30 min (266 episodes) 98 min (1 Episode)

Sound Mix:

Mono Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the Rebecca years, there is an attractive blonde woman in the background scenes of the bar more than 90% of the time.

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Goofs

In a episode #3.5 Diane states that people who where born late are usually smarter, then she admits that she was born late. Yet in an early season four episode, she states she was premature.

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Quotes

[the gang has found out about Norm's interior decorating business]
Norm: Uh, guys; sorry I didn't tell you, but I figured you wouldn't understand.
Cliff: Ah, we don't care about your sexual orientation there, Normie. You can get stuff wholesale!

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Crazy Credits

The style of the opening credits never changed throughout the series' 11 year run, unless a new cast member was added.

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Alternate Versions

Digitally Remastered episodes began circulating in syndication in Fall 2001. Current digitally remastered repeats on Nick at Nite feature the complete opening credit sequence.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Greatest Ensemble Casts in Sitcoms (2016)

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Soundtracks

Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Written by Judy Hart-Angelo and Gary Portnoy
Performed by Gary Portnoy

User Reviews

Back from an era when NBC didn't suck so much

This show was great. It had clever writing and lots of classic moments. This was back during a time when tv shows were able to be funny without making constant references to sex. Ted Danson does some of his best work here, as well as the rest of the cast. A classic in our own time.