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 / ... 202 episodes, 1984-1993
Woody Harrelson	...	Woody Boyd / ... 201 episodes, 1985-1993
Kirstie Alley	...	Rebecca Howe / ... 149 episodes, 1987-1993
Philip Perlman	...	Phil 21 episodes, 1986-1993
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 (Ted Danson), 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 (Shelley Long), who he hired as a waitress and whose cultured mentality is foreign to anyone else in the bar. He also has an evolving relationship with Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley), 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 ...

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Since 1994, the rights to "Cheers" have been owned by National Amusements, a theater chain headquartered in the Boston suburb of Norwood. That year, NA subsidiary Viacom purchased Paramount Pictures, which produced the series. Six years after merging with CBS, Viacom split into two companies, with the rights to "Cheers" going to CBS Corporation. Both CBS and Viacom were still controlled by National Amusements, and in 2019, the companies re merged, forming ViacomCBS.

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Goofs

The "Bar Wars" episodes with Cheers against Gary's Old Towne Tavern are in Roman numerical order from Season 6 to Season 11. However, Season 8 contains the episode, "Bar Wars III" and then the next "Bar Wars" episode is listed in Season 10, but it's incorrectly named "Bar Wars V." There is/was no "Bar Wars IV."

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Quotes

Coach: How you doing, Norm?
Norm: Coach, I'm on top of the world... it's a dismal spot in Greenland somewhere.

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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

The series finale was edited into three half-hour episodes for syndication. Part one of the 1 hour "200th Episode Celebration" episode, edited into two parts for syndication, is the only syndicated episode that features the complete opening sequence used throughout the series. The first scene of the teaser of the series' first episode, where Sam walks from the Pool Room into the Bar area of Cheers', was edited completely out of the syndicated broadcast.

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Connections

Spoofed in The Simpsons: The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase (1997)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

After all these years, still the best

The difference between Cheers and about 90% of the other sitcoms that have come and gone, is that in Cheers, nothing seems forced. The characters interact with such chemistry, that all you have to do is tune and it's like sitting at a bar listening to you're best friends tell tall tales. The characters, especially Sam Malone and Coach, are so well-rounded that the joy comes simply from watching them interact. As far as I can remember almost every episode of Cheers ended with someone smiling or laughing, and it's that sense of warmth that is so rare in television, that it makes Cheers stand tall amongst any competitor, then OR now. I feel wholly justified in calling Cheers the best program ever made. It's just that good.

PS-I hope in Heaven I can sit at Cheers, and watch Sam hit on girls, listen to Carl tell useles trivia, and see Norm catch curving beer bottles around the corner of the bar.

MIke Renzella

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 September 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cheers

Filming Locations:

13 Chestnut St, Boston, MA 02108, 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