Cheers

Cheers is an American situation comedy produced by Charles-Burrows-Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television for NBC. Cheers was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. The show is set in the eponymous Cheers bar (itself named for the toast "Cheers") in Boston, Massachusetts, where a group of locals meet to drink and generally have fun. The show's theme song was written by Judy Hart Angelo and Gary Portnoy, and performed by Portnoy with its famous refrain, "where everybody knows your name", that also became the show's tagline.

After premiering on September 30, 1982, it was nearly cancelled during its first season when it ranked dead last in ratings. However, Cheers eventually became a highly rated television show in the United States, earning a top-ten rating during eight of its eleven seasons, including one season at #1, and spending the bulk of its run on NBC's "Must See Thursday" lineup.

Its widely watched series finale was broadcast on May 20, 1993, and the show's 273 episodes have now entered into a long and successful syndication run. The show earned 26 Emmy Awards, out of a total of 117 nominations. The character Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) was featured in his own successful spin-off, Frasier, after Cheers ended.

The concept for Cheers was the end result of a long consideration process. The original idea was a group of workers who interacted like a family, hoping to be similar to The Mary Tyler Moore Show. They considered making an American version of the British Fawlty Towers centered around a hotel or an inn. When the creators settled on a bar as their setting the show began to resemble the radio show Duffy's Tavern. They liked the idea of a tavern as it provided a continuous stream of new people arriving, giving them a constant supply of characters.

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Cheers Episodes

Cheers Season 1

1. 1- 1 001 30 Sep 82 Give Me a Ring Sometime
2. 1- 2 002 7 Oct 82 Sam's Women
3. 1- 3 004 14 Oct 82 The Tortelli Tort
4. 1- 4 005 21 Oct 82 Sam at Eleven
5. 1- 5 007 28 Oct 82 Coach's Daughter
6. 1- 6 008 4 Nov 82 Any Friend of Diane's
7. 1- 7 013 11 Nov 82 Friends, Romans, Accountants
8. 1- 8 006 18 Nov 82 Truce or Consequences
9. 1- 9 010 25 Nov 82 Coach Returns to Action
10. 1-10 009 2 Dec 82 Endless Slumper
11. 1-11 003 9 Dec 82 One for the Book
12. 1-12 012 16 Dec 82 The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One
13. 1-13 016 6 Jan 83 Now Pitching, Sam Malone
14. 1-14 011 13 Jan 83 Let Me Count the Ways
15. 1-15 014 20 Jan 83 Father Knows Last
16. 1-16 015 27 Jan 83 The Boys in the Bar
17. 1-17 017 10 Feb 83 Diane's Perfect Date
18. 1-18 019 17 Feb 83 No Contest
19. 1-19 018 24 Feb 83 Pick a Con ... Any Con
20. 1-20 020 3 Mar 83 Someone Single, Someone Blue
21. 1-21 021 24 Mar 83 Showdown (1)

Cheers Special

S-22 Uncle Sam Malone

Cheers Season 1

22. 1-23 022 31 Mar 83 Showdown (2)

Cheers Season 2

23. 2- 1 023 29 Sep 83 Power Play
24. 2- 2 025 13 Oct 83 Little Sister Don't Cha
25. 2- 3 027 20 Oct 83 Personal Business
26. 2- 4 024 27 Oct 83 Homicidal Ham
27. 2- 5 028 3 Nov 83 Sumner's Return
28. 2- 6 029 10 Nov 83 Affairs of the Heart
29. 2- 7 032 17 Nov 83 Old Flames
30. 2- 8 026 24 Nov 83 Manager Coach
31. 2- 9 031 1 Dec 83 They Called Me Mayday
32. 2-10 033 8 Dec 83 How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Call You Back
33. 2-11 037 15 Dec 83 Just Three Friends
34. 2-12 030 22 Dec 83 Where There's a Will
35. 2-13 034 5 Jan 84 Battle of the Exes
36. 2-14 036 12 Jan 84 No Help Wanted
37. 2-15 035 19 Jan 84 And Coachie Makes Three
38. 2-16 040 26 Jan 84 Cliff's Rocky Moment
39. 2-17 039 2 Feb 84 Fortune and Men's Weight
40. 2-18 038 9 Feb 84 Snow Job
41. 2-19 041 16 Feb 84 Coach Buries a Grudge
42. 2-20 042 23 Feb 84 Norman's Conquest
43. 2-21 043 3 May 84 I'll Be Seeing You (1)
44. 2-22 044 10 May 84 I'll Be Seeing You (2)

Cheers Season 3

45. 3- 1 045 27 Sep 84 Rebound (1)
46. 3- 2 046 4 Oct 84 Rebound (2)
47. 3- 3 051 18 Oct 84 I Call Your Name
48. 3- 4 056 25 Oct 84 Fairy Tales Can Come True
49. 3- 5 048 1 Nov 84 Sam Turns the Other Cheek
50. 3- 6 049 8 Nov 84 Coach in Love (1)
51. 3- 7 050 15 Nov 84 Coach in Love (2)
52. 3- 8 052 22 Nov 84 Diane Meets Mom
53. 3- 9 047 29 Nov 84 An American Family
54. 3-10 055 6 Dec 84 Diane's Allergy
55. 3-11 054 13 Dec 84 Peterson Crusoe
56. 3-12 053 20 Dec 84 A Ditch in Time
57. 3-13 057 3 Jan 85 Whodunit?
58. 3-14 058 10 Jan 85 The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter
59. 3-15 061 24 Jan 85 King of the Hill
60. 3-16 062 31 Jan 85 Teacher's Pet
61. 3-17 064 7 Feb 85 The Mail Goes to Jail
62. 3-18 063 14 Feb 85 Bar Bet
63. 3-19 066 21 Feb 85 Behind Every Great Man
64. 3-20 065 28 Feb 85 If Ever I Would Leave You
65. 3-21 066 7 Mar 85 The Executive's Executioner
66. 3-22 059 11 Apr 85 Cheerio, Cheers
67. 3-23 068 18 Apr 85 The Bartender's Tale
68. 3-24 069 2 May 85 The Belles of St. Clete's
69. 3-25 060 9 May 85 Rescue Me

Cheers Season 4

70. 4- 1 070 26 Sep 85 Birth, Death, Love and Rice
71. 4- 2 072 3 Oct 85 Woody Goes Belly Up
72. 4- 3 075 17 Oct 85 Someday My Prince Will Come
73. 4- 4 071 24 Oct 85 The Groom Wore Clearasil
74. 4- 5 078 31 Oct 85 Diane's Nightmare
75. 4- 6 073 7 Nov 85 I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday
76. 4- 7 074 14 Nov 85 2 Good 2 Be 4 Real
77. 4- 8 076 21 Nov 85 Love Thy Neighbor
78. 4- 9 079 28 Nov 85 From Beer to Eternity
79. 4-10 077 5 Dec 85 The Barstoolie
80. 4-11 080 12 Dec 85 Don Juan is Hell
81. 4-12 081 12 Dec 85 Fools and Their Money
82. 4-13 086 9 Jan 86 Take My Shirt, Please
83. 4-14 082 16 Jan 86 Suspicion
84. 4-15 083 23 Jan 86 The Triangle
85. 4-16 085 30 Jan 86 Cliffie's Big Score
86. 4-17 084 6 Feb 86 Second Time Around
87. 4-18 087 13 Feb 86 The Peterson Principle
88. 4-19 088 20 Feb 86 Dark Imaginings
89. 4-20 089 27 Feb 86 Save the Last Dance For Me
90. 4-21 090 13 Mar 86 Fear is My Co-Pilot
91. 4-22 091 20 Mar 86 Diane Chambers Day
92. 4-23 095 27 Mar 86 Relief Bartender
93. 4-24 092 1 May 86 Strange Bedfellows (1)
94. 4-25 093 8 May 86 Strange Bedfellows (2)
95. 4-26 094 15 May 86 Strange Bedfellows (3)

Cheers Season 5

96. 5- 1 096 25 Sep 86 The Proposal
97. 5- 2 098 2 Oct 86 The Cape Cad
98. 5- 3 097 9 Oct 86 Money Dearest
99. 5- 4 102 16 Oct 86 Abnormal Psychology
100. 5- 5 100 30 Oct 86 House of Horrors With Formal Dining and Used Brick
101. 5- 6 099 6 Nov 86 Tan N' Wash
102. 5- 7 106 13 Nov 86 Young Dr. Weinstein
103. 5- 8 103 27 Nov 86 Knights of the Scimitar
104. 5- 9 107 27 Nov 86 Thanksgiving Orphans
105. 5-10 108 4 Dec 86 Everyone Imitates Art
106. 5-11 101 11 Dec 86 The Book of Samuel
107. 5-12 110 18 Dec 86 Dance, Diane, Dance
108. 5-13 111 8 Jan 87 Chambers vs Malone
109. 5-14 112 15 Jan 87 Diamond Sam
110. 5-15 109 22 Jan 87 Spellbound
111. 5-16 104 29 Jan 87 Never Love a Goalie (1)
112. 5-17 105 5 Feb 87 Never Love a Goalie (2)
113. 5-18 115 12 Feb 87 One Last Fling
114. 5-19 113 19 Feb 87 Dog Bites Cliff
115. 5-20 114 26 Feb 87 Dinner at Eight-ish
116. 5-21 117 5 Mar 87 Simon Says
117. 5-22 116 19 Mar 87 The Godfather, Part III
118. 5-23 118 26 Mar 87 Norm's First Hurrah
119. 5-24 119 2 Apr 87 Cheers: the Motion Picture
120. 5-25 120 30 Apr 87 A House is Not a Home
121. 5-26 121 7 May 87 I Do and Adieu

Cheers Season 6

122. 6- 1 122 24 Sep 87 Home is the Sailor
123. 6- 2 125 1 Oct 87 'I' on Sports
124. 6- 3 126 15 Oct 87 Little Carla, Happy at Last (1)
125. 6- 4 127 22 Oct 87 Little Carla, Happy at Last (2)
126. 6- 5 123 29 Oct 87 The Crane Mutiny
127. 6- 6 128 5 Nov 87 Paint Your Office
128. 6- 7 132 12 Nov 87 The Last Angry Mailman
129. 6- 8 131 19 Nov 87 Bidding on the Boys
130. 6- 9 129 26 Nov 87 Pudd'nhead Boyd
131. 6-10 133 3 Dec 87 A Kiss is Still a Kiss
132. 6-11 124 10 Dec 87 My Fair Clavin
133. 6-12 136 17 Dec 87 Christmas Cheers
134. 6-13 134 7 Jan 88 Woody For Hire, Meets Norman of the Apes
135. 6-14 135 14 Jan 88 And God Created Woodman
136. 6-15 137 21 Jan 88 Tale of Two Cuties
137. 6-16 138 4 Feb 88 Yacht of Fools
138. 6-17 139 11 Feb 88 To All the Girls I've Loved Before
139. 6-18 140 18 Feb 88 Let Sleeping Drakes Lie
140. 6-19 130 25 Feb 88 Airport V
141. 6-20 141 3 Mar 88 The Sam in the Gray Flannel Suit
142. 6-21 144 10 Mar 88 Our Hourly Bread
143. 6-22 143 24 Mar 88 Slumber Party Massacred
144. 6-23 147 31 Mar 88 Bar Wars
145. 6-24 142 28 Apr 88 The Big Kiss-Off
146. 6-25 145 5 May 88 Backseat Becky, Up Front

Cheers Season 7

147. 7- 1 148 27 Oct 88 How to Recede in Business
148. 7- 2 146 3 Nov 88 Swear to God
149. 7- 3 149 10 Nov 88 Executive Sweet (1)
150. 7- 4 155 17 Nov 88 One Happy Chappy in a Sappy Serape (2)
151. 7- 5 150 24 Nov 88 Those Lips, Those Ice
152. 7- 6 150 8 Dec 88 Norm, is That You?
153. 7- 7 158 15 Dec 88 How to Win Friends and Electrocute People
154. 7- 8 153 22 Dec 88 Jumping Jerks
155. 7- 9 152 5 Jan 89 Send in the Crane
156. 7-10 154 12 Jan 89 Bar Wars II: The Woodman Strikes Back
157. 7-11 159 19 Jan 89 Adventures in Housesitting
158. 7-12 161 2 Feb 89 Please Mr. Postman
159. 7-13 160 9 Feb 89 Golden Boyd
160. 7-14 157 16 Feb 89 I Kid You Not
161. 7-15 162 23 Feb 89 Don't Paint Your Chickens
162. 7-16 163 2 Mar 89 The Cranemakers
163. 7-17 156 16 Mar 89 Hot Rocks
164. 7-18 164 30 Mar 89 What's Up, Doc?
165. 7-19 165 6 Apr 89 The Gift of the Woodi
166. 7-20 166 13 Apr 89 Call Me Irresponsible
167. 7-21 168 27 Apr 89 Sisterly Love
168. 7-22 167 4 May 89 The Visiting Lecher

Cheers Season 8

169. 8- 1 170 21 Sep 89 The Improbable Dream (1)
170. 8- 2 171 28 Sep 89 The Improbable Dream (2)
171. 8- 3 172 12 Oct 89 A Bar is Born
172. 8- 4 174 19 Oct 89 How to Marry a Mailman
173. 8- 5 175 26 Oct 89 The Two Faces of Norm
174. 8- 6 173 2 Nov 89 The Stork Brings a Crane
175. 8- 7 177 9 Nov 89 Death Takes a Holiday on Ice
176. 8- 8 179 16 Nov 89 For Real Men Only
177. 8- 9 169 23 Nov 89 Two Girls for Every Boyd
178. 8-10 176 30 Nov 89 The Art of the Steal
179. 8-11 181 7 Dec 89 Feeble Attraction
180. 8-12 178 26 Oct 89 Sam Ahoy
181. 8-13 182 4 Jan 90 Sammy and the Professor
182. 8-14 184 18 Jan 90 What is... Cliff Clavin?
183. 8-15 180 25 Jan 90 Finally! (1)
184. 8-16 187 1 Feb 90 Finally! (2)
185. 8-17 183 8 Feb 90 Woody or Won't He
186. 8-18 188 15 Feb 90 Severe Crane Damage
187. 8-19 185 22 Feb 90 Indoor Fun With Sammy and Robby
188. 8-20 186 8 Mar 90 50-50 Carla
189. 8-21 189 15 Mar 90 Bar Wars III: The Return of Tecumseh
190. 8-22 191 29 Mar 90 Loverboyd
191. 8-23 192 12 Apr 90 The Ghost and Mrs. Lebec
192. 8-24 190 19 Apr 90 Mr. Otis Regrets
193. 8-25 193 26 Apr 90 Cry Hard (1)
194. 8-26 194 3 May 90 Cry Harder (2)

Cheers Season 9

195. 9- 1 196 20 Sep 90 Love is a Really, Really, Perfectly Okay Thing
196. 9- 2 195 27 Sep 90 Cheers Fouls Out
197. 9- 3 197 4 Oct 90 Rebecca Redux
198. 9- 4 198 11 Oct 90 Where Nobody Knows Your Name
199. 9- 5 199 18 Oct 90 Ma Always Liked You Best
200. 9- 6 201 25 Oct 90 Grease

Cheers Special

S- 7 202/203 8 Nov 90 Cheers 200th Anniversary Special (1 hr Episode)

Cheers Season 9

201. 9- 8 207 1 Nov 90 Breaking in is Hard to Do
202. 9- 9 200 15 Nov 90 Bad Neighbor Sam
203. 9-10 204 22 Nov 90 Veggie-Boyd
204. 9-11 205 6 Dec 90 Norm and Cliff's Excellent Adventure
205. 9-12 208 13 Dec 90 Woody Interruptus
206. 9-13 206 3 Jan 91 Honor Thy Mother
207. 9-14 209 10 Jan 91 Achilles Hill
208. 9-15 210 24 Jan 91 The Days of Wine and Neuroses (1)
209. 9-16 211 31 Jan 91 Wedding Bell Blues (2)
210. 9-17 212 7 Feb 91 I'm Getting My Act Together and Sticking it in Your Face
211. 9-18 214 14 Feb 91 Sam Time Next Year
212. 9-19 213 21 Feb 91 Crash of the Titans
213. 9-20 215 28 Feb 91 It's a Wonderful Wife
214. 9-21 216 14 Mar 91 Cheers Has Chili
215. 9-22 218 21 Mar 91 Carla Loves Clavin
216. 9-23 217 28 Mar 91 Pitch It Again, Sam
217. 9-24 219 4 Apr 91 Rat Girl
218. 9-25 220 25 Apr 91 Home Malone
219. 9-26 221 2 May 91 Uncle Sam Wants You

Cheers Season 10

220. 10- 1 222 19 Sep 91 Baby Balk
221. 10- 2 223 26 Sep 91 Get Your Kicks on Route 666
222. 10- 3 225 3 Oct 91 Madame LaCarla
223. 10- 4 229 10 Oct 91 The Norm Who Came in from the Cold
224. 10- 5 227 17 Oct 91 Ma's Little Maggie
225. 10- 6 224 24 Oct 91 Unplanned Parenthood
226. 10- 7 230 31 Oct 91 Bar Wars V: the Final Judgement
227. 10- 8 226 7 Nov 91 Where Have All the Floorboards Gone?
228. 10- 9 231 14 Nov 91 Head Over Hill
229. 10-10 228 21 Nov 91 A Fine French Whine
230. 10-11 232 5 Dec 91 I'm Okay, You're Defective
231. 10-12 233 12 Dec 91 Go Make
232. 10-13 234 2 Jan 92 Don't Shoot... I'm Only the Psychiatrist
233. 10-14 235 9 Jan 92 No Rest For the Woody
234. 10-15 237 16 Jan 92 My Son, the Father
235. 10-16 236 30 Jan 92 One Hugs, the Other Doesn't
236. 10-17 238 6 Feb 92 A Diminished Rebecca with a Suspended Cliff
237. 10-18 239 13 Feb 92 License to Hill
238. 10-19 240 20 Feb 92 Rich Man, Wood Man
239. 10-20 241 27 Feb 92 Smotherly Love
240. 10-21 242 26 Mar 92 Take Me Out of the Ball Game
241. 10-22 244 23 Apr 92 Rebecca's Lover... Not
242. 10-23 245 3 Apr 92 Bar Wars VI: This Time It's for Real
243. 10-24 243 7 May 92 Heeeeeere's... Cliffy!
244. 10-25 246/7 14 May 92 An Old-Fashioned Wedding

Cheers Season 11

245. 11- 1 250 24 Sep 92 The Little Match Girl
246. 11- 2 251 1 Oct 92 The Beer is Always Greener
247. 11- 3 248 8 Oct 92 The King of Beers
248. 11- 4 249 22 Oct 92 The Magnificent Six
249. 11- 5 254 29 Oct 92 Do Not Forsake Me O' My Postman
250. 11- 6 252 5 Nov 92 Teaching with the Enemy (1)
251. 11- 7 253 12 Nov 92 The Girl in the Plastic Bubble (2)
252. 11- 8 256 19 Nov 92 Ill-Gotten Gaines
253. 11- 9 255 3 Dec 92 Feelings... Whoa, Whoa, Whoa
254. 11-10 257 10 Dec 92 Daddy's Little Middle-Aged Girl
255. 11-11 258 17 Dec 92 Love Me, Love My Car
256. 11-12 259 7 Jan 93 Sunday Dinner
257. 11-13 260 14 Jan 93 Norm's Big Audit
258. 11-14 261 21 Jan 93 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Bar
259. 11-15 262 4 Feb 93 Loathe and Marriage
260. 11-16 263 11 Feb 93 Is There a Doctor in the Howe? (1)
261. 11-17 264 18 Feb 93 The Bar Manager, The Shrink, His Wife and Her Lover (2)
262. 11-18 265 25 Feb 93 The Last Picture Show
263. 11-19 267 18 Mar 93 Bar Wars VII: The Naked Prey
264. 11-20 269 1 Apr 93 Look Before You Sleep
265. 11-21 270 22 Apr 93 Woody Gets an Election
266. 11-22 272 29 Apr 93 It's Lonely on the Top
267. 11-23 268/271 6 May 93 Rebecca Gaines, Rebecca Loses
268. 11-24 266 13 May 93 The Guy Can't Help It

Cheers Special

S-25 20 May 93 Last Call! A Cheers Celebration

Cheers Season 11

269. 11-26 273/4/5 20 May 93 One for the Road

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