Cheers
Cheers Title Screen
Created by	James Burrows Glen Charles Les Charles
Starring	Ted Danson Shelley Long Kirstie Alley Nicholas Colasanto Rhea Perlman John Ratzenberger Woody Harrelson Kelsey Grammer Bebe Neuwirth George Wendt
Opening theme	"Where Everybody Knows Your Name" by Gary Portnoy
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	273 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	24 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	September 30, 1982 – May 20, 1993
Chronology
Followed by	Frasier
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Cheers is a popular American situation comedy produced by Charles-Burrows-Charles Productions in association with CBS Paramount Television for NBC. Cheers was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. The show is set in the 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^[1] with its famous refrain, "where everybody knows your name", that also became the show's tagline. Look up cheers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Image File history File links Cheers_intro_logo. ... James Burrows is a prolific Jewish-American television director who has been working in television since the 1970s. ... Glen Charles was born in Henderson, Nevada. ... Les Charles was born in Henderson, Nevada. ... Ted Danson (born Edward Bridge Danson III on December 29, 1947) is an American actor most notable for his television work, and specifically, for his role as central character Sam Malone in the sitcom Cheers, and his role as Dr. John Becker on the series Becker. ... Shelley Lee Long, born on August 23, 1949 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American actress and comedienne. ... Kirstie Louise Alley (born January 12, 1951 in Wichita, Kansas) is an American actress best known for her role in the TV show Cheers. ... Nicholas Colasanto (January 19, 1924 - February 12, 1985) was an American actor, known primarily for his role as Coach Ernie Pantusso on the long-running sitcom Cheers. ... Rhea Perlman at the 1988 Emmy Awards. ... John Deszo Ratzenberger (born April 6, 1947) is an American actor. ... Woodrow Woody Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American Emmy Award winning and Academy Award nominated actor. ... Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955 in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is a six-time Emmy and a two-time Golden Globe-winning American actor who is best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane, whom he played for nine years on Cheers... Bebe Neuwirth Beatrice Bebe Neuwirth (born December 31, 1958) is an American theater, television, and film actress. ... George Robert Wendt (born October 17, 1948) is an American actor best known for the role of Norm Peterson on the television show Cheers. ... Gary Portnoy (born January 1, 1956) co-wrote and sang the Cheers theme, and the Punky Brewster theme. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Cover of Cheers season 3 DVD The following is a list of all 273 episodes for the television show Cheers. ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 1982 in television involved some significant events. ... is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 1993 in television involved some significant events. ... Frasier is an American sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. ... This article is about a genre of comedy. ... Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions was a television production company of director James Burrows, and writers Glen Charles and Les Charles. ... CBS Paramount Television (formerly Desilu Productions, Paramount Television, among other companies) is an American television production/distribution company that was formed on January 17, 2006 by CBS Corporation merging Paramount Television and CBS Productions. ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... James Burrows is a prolific Jewish-American television director who has been working in television since the 1970s. ... Glen Charles was born in Henderson, Nevada. ... Les Charles was born in Henderson, Nevada. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Look up cheers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... “Boston” redirects here. ... Gary Portnoy (born January 1, 1956) co-wrote and sang the Cheers theme, and the Punky Brewster theme. ... A tagline is a variant of a branding slogan typically used in marketing materials and advertising. ...

After premiering on September 30, 1982, it was nearly cancelled during its first season when it ranked dead last in ratings.^[2][3] 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.^[4] The character Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) was featured in his own successful spin-off, Frasier. is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 1982 in television involved some significant events. ... When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are often referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ... Must See TV was the name given to NBCs popular Thursday-night prime time television lineup during the mid and late 1990s. ... The following is a list of most watched television episodes, organized by country and based on various criteria. ... A series finale is the very last installment of a television series, usually a sitcom or drama. ... is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 1993 in television involved some significant events. ... Cover of Cheers season 3 DVD The following is a list of all 273 episodes for the television show Cheers. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... An Emmy Award. ... Dr. Frasier Winslow Crane (b. ... Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955 in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is a six-time Emmy and a two-time Golden Globe-winning American actor who is best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane, whom he played for nine years on Cheers... A spin-off in television is a new series which contains either characters or theme elements from an old series. ... Frasier is an American sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. ...

Cast

For a full list of characters with articles, see the individual character articles.

Cheers maintained an ensemble cast, keeping roughly the same set of characters for the entire run. Numerous secondary characters and love interests for these characters appeared intermittently to complement storylines that generally revolved around this core group. An ensemble cast is a cast in which the principal performers are assigned roughly equal amounts of importance in a dramatic production. ...

The table below summarizes the main cast of Cheers.

The main cast of Cheers after season 7
(from left to right): (top) John Ratzenberger, Roger Rees, Woody Harrelson (middle) Rhea Perlman, Ted Danson, Kirstie Alley, George Wendt (bottom) Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth.

The character of Sam Malone was originally intended to be a retired football player and was originally supposed to be played by Fred Dryer, but after casting Ted Danson it was decided that a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox would be more believable.^[5] The character of Cliff Clavin was created for John Ratzenberger after he auditioned for the role of "Norm". While chatting with producers afterwards, he asked if they were going to include a "bar know-it-all", the part which he eventually played.^[6] Kirstie Alley joined the cast when Shelley Long left, and Woody Harrelson joined when Nicholas Colasanto died. Danson, George Wendt, and Rhea Perlman were the only actors to appear in every episode of the series.^[7] Paul Willson, who played the recurring barfly character of "Paul", made early appearances in the first season as "Glen", was credited as "Gregg", and also appeared in the show as a character named "Tom".^[8] Woodrow Tiberius Boyd, was a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Woody Harrelson. ... Woodrow Woody Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American Emmy Award winning and Academy Award nominated actor. ... Diane Chambers was a fictional character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Shelley Long (1982–1987, 1993). ... Shelley Lee Long, born on August 23, 1949 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American actress and comedienne. ... Clifford C. Clavin, Jr. ... John Deszo Ratzenberger (born April 6, 1947) is an American actor. ... 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Guest stars

Although Cheers operated largely around that main ensemble cast, guest stars did occasionally supplement them. Notable repeat guests included Jay Thomas as Eddie LeBec, Dan Hedaya as Nick Tortelli, Jean Kasem as Loretta Tortelli, Roger Rees as Robin Colcord, Tom Skerritt as Evan Drake, and Harry Anderson as Harry the Hat. Other celebrities guest-starred in single episodes as themselves throughout the series. Some sports figures appeared on the show as former team-mates of Sam's from the Red Sox such as Luis Tiant and Wade Boggs, while others appeared with no connection to Cheers such as Kevin McHale (star player of the Boston Celtics, Cheers' hometown basketball team) or Mike Ditka. Some television stars also made guest appearances such as Johnny Gilbert, Alex Trebek, Arsenio Hall, and Johnny Carson. Some political figures even made appearances on Cheers such as then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral William J. Crowe, former Colorado Senator Gary Hart, then-Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, Senator John Kerry, then-Governor Michael Dukakis, and then-Mayor of Boston Raymond Flynn (the last four of which all represented Cheers' home state and city). Musician Harry Connick, Jr. appeared in an episode as Woody's cousin^[9] and plays a song from his Grammy winning album We Are in Love (c. 1991). John Cleese won an Emmy for his guest appearance as "Dr. Simon Finch-Royce" in a fifth season episode "Simon Says".^[4] Emma Thompson guest starred as Nanny Gee/Nanette Guzman, a famous singing nanny and Frasier's ex-wife. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Jay Thomas (born Jon (or John) Thomas Terrell on July 12, 1948 in Kermit, Texas) is an American actor and disc jockey. ... Guy Édouard Raymond Eddie LeBec was a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Jay Thomas. ... 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Production

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.^[3] Mary Tyler Moore is an American television sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. ... Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom made by the BBC and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975. ... Radio broadcasts have been a popular entertainment since the 1910s, though popularity has declined a little in some countries since television became widespread. ... 1945 film adaptation of Duffys Tavern Duffys Tavern, an American radio situation comedy (CBS, 1941-1942; NBC-Blue Network, 1942-1944; NBC, 1944-1952), often featured top-name stage and film guest stars but always hooked those around the misadventures, get-rich-quick-scheming, and romantic missteps of...

Picture of Bull & Finch Pub in Boston in 2005. This view is similar to the opening credits of the show.

After choosing a plot, the three had to choose a location. Early discussions centered around Barstow, California, then Kansas City, Missouri. They eventually turned to the East Coast and Boston. The Bull & Finch Pub in Boston that Cheers was styled after was originally chosen from a phone book. When Glen Charles asked the owner to shoot initial exterior and interior shots the owner agreed, charging $1. He has since gone on to make millions, licensing the pub's image and selling a variety of Cheers memorabilia, making the Bull & Finch the 42nd busiest outlet in the American food and beverage industry in 1997. Coincidentally during Shelley Long's casting (who was in Boston at the time filming A Small Circle of Friends) she remarked that the bar in the script resembled a bar she had come upon in Boston, which turned out to be the Bull & Finch.^[3] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1200 × 1600 pixel, file size: 949 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cheers Metadata This... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1200 × 1600 pixel, file size: 949 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cheers Metadata This... The Bull & Finch Pub on Beacon Street, Boston. ... Barstow is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. ... Nickname: Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... The Bull & Finch Pub on Beacon Street, Boston. ... Moscow phone book, 1930. ... In film and television, an establishing shot sets up, or establishes, a scenes setting and/or its participants. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... A Small Circle of Friends is a film released in 1980 by MGM starring Brad Davis, Karen Allen, Jameson Parker, and Shelley Long. ...

Most Cheers episodes were shot before a live studio audience on Paramount Stage 25, generally on Tuesday nights. Scripts for a new episode were issued the Wednesday before for a read-through, Friday was rehearsal day, and final scripts were issued on Monday. Nearly 100 crewmembers were involved in the shooting of a single episode. Burrows, who directed most episodes, insisted on shooting on film rather than videotape. He was also noted for using motion in his directorial style, trying to always keep characters moving rather than standing still.^[3] In the context of film production, the read-through is an organized table reading of the screenplay by the actors with speaking parts. ... 82. ... “Moving picture” redirects here. ... Bottom view of VHS videotape cassette with magnetic tape exposed Videotape is a means of recording images and sound onto magnetic tape as opposed to movie film. ...

Crew

The crew of Cheers numbered in the hundreds; as such, this section can only provide a brief summary of the many crewmembers for the show. The three creators — James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles — stayed on throughout the series as executive producers along with Tom Palmer.^[10] In fact, the two Charles brothers kept offices on Paramount's lot for the duration of Cheers run. In the final seasons, however, they handed over much of the show to Burrows. Burrows is regarded as being a factor in the show's longevity, directing 243 of the episodes and supervising the show's production.^[3] David Angell was also a part of the crew from the start, writing many Cheers episodes. The show was often noted for its writing^[11][3] which most credit along with other production factors and the ensemble cast for the show's success. James Burrows is a prolific Jewish-American television director who has been working in television since the 1970s. ... Glen Charles was born in Henderson, Nevada. ... Les Charles was born in Henderson, Nevada. ... Tom Palmer is the name of several notable individuals, including: Tom G. Palmer, senior fellow at the Cato Institute who holds a D.Phil. ... David Angell, a popular television producer, was a victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City. ...

Awards

Over its eleven-season run, Cheers and its cast and crew earned many awards. Cheers earned 117 Emmy nominations, tying the series with ER (as of 2006) for the most Emmy nominations for a single series.^[12] These nominations resulted in a total of 26 Emmy wins. In addition, Cheers has earned 31 Golden Globe nominations with a total of 6 wins. All ten of the actors who were regulars on the series received Emmy nominations for their roles. Cheers won the Golden Globe for "Best TV-Series - Comedy/Musical" in 1991 and the Emmy for "Outstanding Comedy Series" in 1983, 1984, 1989 and 1991. Cheers was presented with the "Legend Award" at the 2006 TV Land Awards, with many surviving cast members attending the event.^[13] An Emmy Award. ... This article is about the drama series. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... TV Land Awards logo The TV Land Awards are American television awards that generally commemorate shows now off the air, rather than in current production as with awards such as the Emmys. ...

The following table summarizes awards won by the Cheers cast and crew.^[4]

Plot

For the full list of episodes, see List of Cheers episodes

Nearly all of Cheers took place in the front room of the bar, but they often went into the rear pool room or the bar's office. Cheers didn't show any action outside the bar until later into the series. Cheers had some running gags, such as Norm arriving in the bar greeted by a loud "Norm!" Early episodes generally followed Sam's antics with his various women, following a variety of romantic comedy clichés to get out of whatever relationship troubles he was in for each episode. As the show progressed and Sam got into more serious relationships the general tone switched to comedy on Sam settling down into a monogamous lifestyle. Throughout the series, larger story arcs began to develop that spanned multiple episodes or seasons interspersed with smaller themes and one-off episodes. Cover of Cheers season 3 DVD The following is a list of all 273 episodes for the television show Cheers. ... Cheers is a popular American situation comedy produced by Charles-Burrows-Charles Productions in association with CBS Paramount Television for NBC. Cheers was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. ... The running gag is a popular hallmark of comic and serious forms of entertainment. ... Romantic comedy films are movies with light-hearted, humorous dramatic stories centered around romantic ideals such as a true love able to surmount most obstacles [1] or the perfect couple. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Faithfulness redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Romance

Sam and Diane kiss

The show's main theme in its early seasons was the romance between the intellectual waitress Diane Chambers and the ex-baseball pitcher, recovering alcoholic, bar owner Sam Malone.^[14] After Long left the show, the focus shifted to Sam's new relationship with neurotic corporate climber Rebecca. Both romances became important continuing story lines, with relationship growth and change. The story arc began with mutual detestation but sexual attraction to dating and love, and back to detestation. Both relationships featured multi-episode "will they or won't they" sexual tension that drew viewers in. After Sam and Diane's courtship was consummated, the show's popularity grew greatly and subsequent TV shows now very commonly have such "will they or won't they" tensions between opposites.^[15] Image File history File links Cheers_sam_diane_kiss. ... Image File history File links Cheers_sam_diane_kiss. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Sexual tension is a plot device employed in works of fiction wherein two or more of the characters sexually long for one another, but the consummation is postponed or never occurs. ...

Social issues

Many Cheers scripts centered around or were improved with a variety of social issues. As Toasting Cheers puts it:^[3]

Social class was a subtext of the show. The "upper class" - represented by characters like Diane Chambers, Frasier Crane, Lilith Sternin and (initially) Rebecca Howe — rubbed shoulders with middle and working class characters — Sam Malone, Carla Tortelli, Norm Peterson and Cliff Clavin. An extreme example of this was the relationship between Woody Boyd and millionaire's daughter Kelly Gaines. Many viewers enjoyed Cheers in part because of this focus on character development in addition to plot development.^[11][3] Social class refers to the hierarchical distinctions between individuals or groups in societies or cultures. ... For other uses, see Millionaire (disambiguation). ... Kelly Gaines was a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Jackie Swanson. ...

Feminism and the role of women were also recurring themes throughout the show, with some seeing each of the major female characters as a flawed feminist in her own way.^[16] Diane was a vocal feminist, but Sam was the epitome of everything she hated: a womanizer and a male chauvinist. Their relationship led Diane to several diatribes on Sam's promiscuity, while Carla merely insulted people.^[3] Carla was respected because of her power, while Diane was ignored as she commanded little respect. Rebecca was a stereotypical ambitious and golddigging woman, seeking relationships with her superiors at the Lillian Corporation, most notably Robin Colcord, to gain promotions or raises. However, she encountered a glass ceiling and ended the show by marrying a plumber rather than a rich businessman. Feminists redirects here. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chauvinism. ... Significant age disparity in sexual relationships has been a feature of couples in many cultures and societies. ... Robin Colcord, was a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Roger Rees. ... The term glass ceiling refers to situations where the advancement of a person within the hierarchy of an organization is limited. ...

Homosexuality was dealt with from the very first season, a rare move for American network television in the early 1980s. In the first season episode "The Boys In The Bar" (after the 1970s film The Boys in the Band) a friend and former teammate of Sam's comes out in his autobiography. Some of the male regulars pressure Sam to take action to ensure that Cheers does not became a gay bar. The episode won a GLAAD Media Award,^[7] and the script's writers, Ken Levine & David Isaacs, were nominated for an Emmy Award for their writing.^[4] Harvey Fierstein would later appear in the 1990s as "Mark Newberger", Rebecca's old high school sweetheart who is gay. Finally, the final episode included a gay man who gets into trouble with his boyfriend (played by Anthony Heald) after agreeing to pose as Diane's husband. Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ... Leonard Frey as Harold The Boys in the Band is a 1970 film directed by William Friedkin. ... For other uses, see Coming out (disambiguation). ... Cover of the first English edition of 1793 of Benjamin Franklins autobiography. ... A gay bar is a drinking establishment that caters exclusively or primarily to a gay and/or lesbian clientele. ... The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. ... The GLAAD Media Awards were created in 1990 by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation to recognize and honor the media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives. ... Harvey Fierstein (born June 6, 1952) is a Tony Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. ... Anthony Heald is an American actor best known for portraying Hannibal Lecters smarmy psychiatrist, Frederick Chilton, in The Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon, and as deputy principal Scott Guber in Boston Public. ...

Addiction also plays a role in Cheers, almost exclusively through Sam, although some critics believed the issue was never really developed.^[17] Sam was a recovering alcoholic who ended up buying a bar after his baseball career was ruined by his drinking.^[18] Frasier also has a notable bout of drinking in the fourth season episode "The Triangle." Some critics believe Sam was a generally addictive personality who had largely conquered his alcoholism but was still a sexual addict, shown through his womanizing.^[19] For other uses, see addicted. ... Alcoholism is the consumption of, or preoccupation with, alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the drinkers normal personal, family, social, or work life, and may lead to physical or mental harm. ... For other uses, see addicted. ... Sexual addiction (sexual compulsion)—a postulated form of psychological addiction—is a hotly debated topic with numerous critics and evidence on both sides of the debate. ...

Cheers owners

The Cheers sign in 2005.

Cheers obviously had several owners before Sam, as the bar was opened in 1889 (The "Est. 1895" on the bar's sign is a made-up date chosen by Carla for numerological purposes as revealed in the 8th season episode "The Stork Brings a Crane"). In the second episode, "Sam's Women", Norm tells a customer looking for the owner of Cheers that the man he thought was the owner has been replaced, and his replacement was replaced by Sam. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 940 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cheers Metadata This... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 940 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cheers Metadata This... Numerology is any of many systems, traditions or beliefs in a mystical or esoteric relationship between numbers and physical objects or living things. ...

The biggest storyline surrounding the ownership of Cheers begins in the fifth season finale, "I Do, Adieu", when Sam and Diane part ways, Shelley Long leaves the regular cast, and Sam leaves to attempt circumnavigating the Earth. Before he leaves, Sam sells Cheers to the fictional Lillian Corporation. Sam returns in the sixth season premiere, "Home is the Sailor", having sunk his boat, to find the bar under the new management of Rebecca Howe. He begs for his job back and is hired by Rebecca as a bartender. Throughout the sixth season, Sam tries a variety of schemes to buy back Cheers. This plot largely comes to an end in the seventh season premiere, "How to Recede in Business", when Rebecca is fired and Sam is promoted to manager. Rebecca is allowed to keep a job at Lillian vaguely similar to what she had before, but only after Sam had Rebecca "agree" (in absentia) to a long list of demands that the corporation had for her. To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth, is to travel all the way around it by boat or ship. ... For in absentia medical care, see Health care delivery. ...

From there Sam would occasionally attempt to buy the bar back with schemes that usually involved wealthy executive Robin Colcord. Cheers did eventually end up back in Sam's hands in the eighth season finale, when it was sold back to him for eighty-five cents by the Lillian Corporation after he alerted the company of Colcord's insider trading. Rebecca earns back a waitress/hostess job from Sam. Robin Colcord, was a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Roger Rees. ... The United States one-cent coin, commonly called a penny, is a unit of currency equaling 1100 of a United States dollar. ...

Other recurring themes

Aside from the storylines that spanned across the series, Cheers had several themes that followed no storylines but that recurred throughout the series. There was a heated rivalry between Cheers and the rival bar, Gary's Olde Towne Tavern. One episode of every season depicted some wager between Sam and Gary, which resulted in either a sports competition or a battle of wits that devolved into complex practical jokes. Aside from the very first and very last "Bar Wars" episodes, the Cheers gang almost always lost to Gary's superior ingenuity, though they managed to trick him into losing the annual Bloody Mary contest in one episode. Another episode had Sam collaborating with Gary's to get revenge on his co-workers on a prior practical joke. Sam also had a long-running feud with the management of the upscale restaurant situated directly above the bar, Melville's. The restaurant's management found the bar's clientele decidedly uncouth, while Sam regarded the restaurant as snobbish (despite the fact that customers often drifted between the two businesses via a prominent staircase). This conflict escalated in later seasons, when Melville's came under the ownership of John Allen Hill (Keene Curtis), and it emerged that Sam did not technically own the bar's poolroom and bathrooms. Sam subsequently was forced to pay rent for them and often found himself at the mercy of Hill's tyranny. Keene Curtis (February 15, 1923 - October 13, 2002) was an American actor. ... A typical American bathroom A bathroom is a room that may have different functions depending on the cultural context. ...

Norm Peterson continually searched for gainful employment as an accountant but spent most of the series unemployed, thereby explaining his constant presence in Cheers at the same stool. The face of his wife, Vera, was never fully seen onscreen, despite a few fleeting appearances and a couple of vocal cameos. Cliff Clavin seemed unable to shake the constant presence of his mother, Esther Clavin (Frances Sternhagen). Though she did not appear in every episode, he would refer to her quite often, mostly as both an emotional burden and a smothering parent. Unseen characters are a theatrical convention. ... Frances Sternhagen (born January 13, 1930) is an American actress. ...

Carla Tortelli carried a reputation of being both highly fertile and matrimonially inept. The last husband she had on the show, Eddie LeBec, was a washed-up ice hockey goaltender who ended up dying in an ice show accident. Carla later discovered that Eddie had cheated on her, marrying another woman after impregnating her. Carla's sleazy first husband, Nick Tortelli, also made frequent appearances, mostly to torment Carla with a new custody battle or legal scam that grew out of their divorce. Carla's eight children (four of whom were "born" during the show's run) were also notoriously ill-behaved. Guy Édouard Raymond Eddie LeBec was a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Jay Thomas. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... This article is about the goaltender in ice hockey. ... Nick Tortelli, was a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Dan Hedaya. ...

Critical reactions

Cheers was critically acclaimed in its first season, though it landed a disappointing 74th in the ratings that year.^[20] This critical support, coupled with early success at the Emmys and the support of the president of NBC's entertainment division Brandon Tartikoff, is thought to be the main reason for the show's survival and eventual success.^[21][22] The cast themselves went across the country on various talk shows to try to further promote the series after its first season. With the growing popularity of Family Ties which ran in the slot ahead of Cheers from both shows' inceptions until the end of the former's run seven years later and the placement of The Cosby Show in front of both at the start of their third season (1984), the line-up became a runaway ratings success that NBC eventually dubbed "Must See Thursday". By its final season Cheers had a run of eight consecutive seasons in the Top Ten of the Nielsen ratings.^[3] Some critics now use Frasier and Cheers as a model of a successful spin-off for a character from an already successful series to compare to modern spin-offs, such as Joey from Friends.^[23][24] Brandon Tartikoff (January 13, 1949 — August 27, 1997) was a popular NBC executive who was credited with turning around NBCs low prime time reputation with such hit series as Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, ALF, Family Ties, The Cosby Show, Cheers, Miami Vice, The Golden Girls, Knight Rider... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... For other uses, see Family Ties (disambiguation). ... The Cosby Show is an American television sitcom starring Bill Cosby, first broadcast on September 20, 1984 and ran for eight seasons on the NBC television network, until April 30, 1992. ... Must See TV was the name given to NBCs popular Thursday-night prime time television lineup during the mid and late 1990s. ... When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are often referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ... Frasier is an American sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. ... Joey was an American sitcom, starring Matt LeBlanc reprising his role as Joey Tribbiani from the popular sitcom Friends. ... Friends is a situation comedy about a group of six friends living in New York City. ...

NBC dedicated a whole night to the final episode of Cheers. The show began with a "pregame" show hosted by Bob Costas, followed by the final 98-minute episode itself. NBC affiliates then aired tributes to Cheers during their local newscasts, and the night concluded with a special Tonight Show broadcast live from the Bull & Finch Pub. Some critics disliked the finale for the sudden re-entry of Shelley Long which they felt was flawed, the odd length of the episode, Leno's monologue, and a seemingly uninterested (and, as they would later sheepishly admit, drunk) Cheers cast that resorted to spitball fights much to Leno's dismay.^[25][3] Although the episode fell short of its hyped ratings predictions to become the most-watched television episode, it was the most watched show that year and ranked 11th all time in entertainment programming. The episode originally aired in the usual Cheers spot of Thursday night and was then rebroadcast on Sunday. Some estimate that while the original broadcast did not outperform the M*A*S*H finale, the combined non-repeating audiences for the Thursday and Sunday showings did. Toasting Cheers also notes that television had greatly changed between the M*A*S*H and Cheers finales, leaving Cheers with a broader array of competition for ratings.^[3] Robert Quinlan Costas (born March 22, 1952) is an American sportscaster, on the air for the NBC network since the early 1980s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... James Douglas Muir Jay Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian who is best known as the current host of NBC televisions long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show. ... The following is a list of most watched television episodes, organized by country and based on various criteria. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen Goodbye, Farewell and Amen was a television movie that served as the 251st and final episode of the M*A*S*H television series. ... M*A*S*H is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, inspired by the 1968 novel M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker (penname for H. Richard Hornberger) and its sequels, but primarily by the 1970 film MASH, and influenced by the...

Spin-offs and crossovers

Woody, Cliff and Norm on The Simpsons

Some of the actors and actresses from Cheers brought their characters into other television shows, either in a guest appearance or in a new spin-off. The most successful Cheers spin-off was the show Frasier which directly followed Frasier Crane after he moved back to Seattle, Washington to live with his recently-disabled father and to host a call-in radio show. Frasier was originally supposed to be a small disliked character who only existed to further Diane and Sam's relationship, but Grammer's acting turned what were supposed to be unfunny lines into comedy the audience enjoyed.^[26] Sam, Diane and Woody all had individual crossover appearances on Frasier where they came to visit Frasier, and his ex-wife Lilith was a constant supporting character throughout Frasier. Cliff, Norm, Carla, and two of Cheers' regular background barflies Paul and Phil had a crossover together in the Frasier episode "Cheerful Goodbyes". In the episode Frasier, on a trip to Boston, meets the Cheers gang (not at Cheers itself however) and Cliff thinks Frasier has flown out specifically for his (Cliff's) retirement party, which Frasier ends up attending. Frasier was on the air for as many seasons as Cheers, going off the air in 2004 after an eleven-season run. Although Frasier was the most successful spin-off, The Tortellis was the first series to spin-off from Cheers, premiering in 1987. The show featured Carla's husband Nick Tortelli and his wife Loretta, but was cancelled after 13 episodes and drew protests for its stereotypical depictions of Italian Americans. Image File history File links Cheers_on_the_simpsons. ... Image File history File links Cheers_on_the_simpsons. ... Frasier is an American sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. ... “Seattle” redirects here. ... Lilith Sternin is a character on the American television sitcom Cheers and its spinoff Frasier. ... The following is a complete list of all 265 episodes of Frasier (including the 200th Clip Show), from the pilot, The Good Son, to the finale, Goodnight, Seattle. // Season 1 01 - The Good Son 02 - Space Quest 03 - Dinner at Eight 04 - I Hate Frasier Crane 05 - Heres Looking... The Tortellis was a Cheers spin-off that aired for four months in 1987. ... Nick Tortelli, was a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Dan Hedaya. ... Loretta Tortelli, was a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Jean Kasem. ...

In addition to direct spin-offs, several Cheers characters had guest appearance crossovers with other shows. In The Simpsons episode "Fear of Flying", Homer stumbles into a Cheers-like bar after being kicked out of Moe's. Most of the central cast appears in the episode, including Frasier (though ironically Frasier does not speak, as Grammer already recurring had a role on The Simpsons in Sideshow Bob). The tagline for Moe's Tavern "Where nobody knows your name" is also a reference to Cheers. Characters also had crossovers with Wings—which was created by Cheers producers/writers—and St. Elsewhere in a somewhat rare comedy-drama crossover.^[27] The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine character Morn, who remained mostly at Quark's Bar, is named (as an anagram) for Norm Peterson.^[28] The bar and its patrons were also featured in a scene in The Wonderful World of Disney TV special Mickey's 60th Birthday. The opening sequence and theme song has become iconic of the series, leading to parody such as on The Simpsons' episode "Flaming Moe's". Simpsons redirects here. ... Fear of Flying is an episode of The Simpsons from the sixth season. ... Homer Simpson is also a character in the book and film The Day of the Locust. ... Morris Moe Lester Szyslak (pronounced //) is a fictional character on the animated series The Simpsons, voiced by Hank Azaria. ... Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, better known by his stage name Sideshow Bob, is a fictional character on The Simpsons. ... Wings is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from April 19, 1990 to May 14, 1997. ... St. ... Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ... Quark, son of Keldar and Ishka, is a fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, played by Armin Shimerman, and a regular for the shows seven-year run. ... For the game, see Anagrams. ... The first incarnation of the Disney anthology television series, commonly called The Wonderful World of Disney, premiered on ABC on October 27, 1954 under the name Disneyland. ... Mickeys 60th Birthday was a television special broadcast on The Wonderful World of Disney on November 13, 1988. ... This example of a title sequence, from long-running serial drama Another World, was seen from 1966 to 1981, making it one of the longest-running continuous title sequences on television. ... In contemporary usage, a parody (or lampoon) is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... Flaming Moes is the 10th episode of the The Simpsons third season. ...

The Scrubs episode "My Life in Four Cameras" makes numerous jokes about Cheers and multicamera setup laugh track sitcoms. Scrubs is notable for using a single camera setup, no laugh track, and not being filmed before a live audience. Cheers had all four cameras, a laugh track and was filmed before a live studio audience, and a dream sequence in "My Life in Four Cameras" was shot with three cameras. In addition, the main patient treated was fictional Cheers writer "Charles James," a mixture of Cheers three creators James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. The episode makes repeated comments about these "traditional" sitcoms and ends with the opening notes of the Cheers theme playing while J.D. says "Unfortunately, around here things don't always end as neat and tidy as they do in sitcoms."^[29][30][31] This article is about the US sitcom. ... The following is a complete episode list for the television show Scrubs, which began airing on 2 October 2001. ... List of Scrubs episodes My Life in Four Cameras is the 85th episode of the American sitcom Scrubs. ... Pioneered by Desi Arnaz with three cameras, commonly now four, the multicamera setup is used to shoot most studio-produced television programs such as situation comedies, soap operas, news programs, game shows, and talk shows. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A single camera setup is the name given to the filming procedure used to film motion pictures. ... John Dorian (portrayed by Zach Braff) Dr. Jonathan Michael Dorian (most commonly referred to as J.D.) is a fictional character played by Zach Braff in the American sitcom Scrubs. ...

Additionally, Cheers was referenced in the Swarley episode of How I Met Your Mother, in which everyone in the bar calls, "Swarley!" when Barney/Swarley walks in, and the bartender on the show plays the Cheers theme song. Barney/Swarley walks out, and the end credits of that episode appear in a style similar to Cheers. Swarley is the 7th episode in the second season of the television series How I Met Your Mother. ... How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) is a CBS sitcom that premiered on September 19, 2005. ...

Cheers has also been copied in games. Tony Hawk's Underground 2, a skating simulator has a level in the game called "Boston". In this level's area, a bar is present by the name of "Jeers". This is a copy of the name "Cheers". also, the cutscene that comes after the completion of the level has a few lines from the starting of every episode. GAMES Magazine is a United States based magazine devoted to games published by GAMES Publications, a division of Kappa Publishing Group. ... Tony Hawks Underground 2 (or THUG 2) is the sixth installment in Neversofts Tony Hawks Series and is the sequel to 2003s Tony Hawks Underground. ... “Boston” redirects here. ...

Syndication and home video

Cheers grew in popularity as it aired on American television and entered into syndication. When the show went off the air in 1993, Cheers was syndicated in 38 countries with 179 American television markets and 83 million viewers.^[3] Then, after going off the air,^[32] Cheers entered a long, successful, and continuing syndication run^[11] on Nick at Nite. While the quality of some earlier footage of Cheers had begun to degrade, it underwent a careful restoration in 2001 due to its continued success.^[33] Notably, a Cheers rerun replaced Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos on Australia's Nine Network. The latter was cancelled mid-episode on its only broadcast by Kerry Packer, who pulled the plug after a phone call. Cheers was aired by NCRV in the Netherlands. After the last episode, NCRV simply began re-airing the series, and then again, thus airing the show three times in a row, showing an episode nightly. Nick-at-Nite (sometimes spelled Nick @ Nite, by its current logo) is the evening programming block broadcast over Nickelodeon Sunday–Thursdays from 9 PM–6 AM and Friday–Saturdays from 10 PM–6 AM Eastern and Pacific Standard Time. ... Australias Naughtiest Home Videos was an Australian television comedy series which gained notoriety when it was cancelled during its only broadcast in 1993. ... The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney. ... Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer AC (17 December 1937 – 26 December 2005) was an Australian publishing, media and gaming tycoon. ... NCRV or Nederlandse Christelijke Radio Vereniging (Dutch Christian Radio Association) is a radio and television broadcaster in the Netherlands, mostly transmitting over Nederland 1. ...

DVD releases

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Post-Cheers

Kirstie Alley in Fat Actress

Cheers was a successful enough show to launch the careers of several young actors. Kelsey Grammer was arguably the most successful with his spin-off Frasier, which lasted for the same eleven-season run Cheers had and a recurring guest role on The Simpsons as Sideshow Bob. By the final season of Frasier, Grammer had become the highest paid actor on television,^[34] earning about $1.6 million an episode. Image File history File links Kirstie Alley in Fat Actress. ... Image File history File links Kirstie Alley in Fat Actress. ... Frasier is an American sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, better known by his stage name Sideshow Bob, is a fictional character on The Simpsons. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ...

Woody Harrelson has also had a successful career following Cheers, including appearances in a number of notable films that have established him as a box-office draw. He also earned an Academy Award nomination in 1997 for The People vs. Larry Flynt. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The People vs. ...

Ted Danson, who had been the highest paid Cheers cast member earning $450,000 an episode in the final season,^[35] has starred in the successful sitcom Becker as well as the unsuccessful sitcoms Ink and Help Me Help You, but has had few starring film roles, including a cameo in the 1998 Steven Spielberg film Saving Private Ryan. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... i Will Get Tv Sitcoms Ink 1996 TV logos ... Help Me Help You is a new comedy series which premiered on September 26, 2006 at 9:30pm on ABC in the United States and on Global in Canada. ... Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director and producer. ... Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 Academy-Award-winning film set in World War II, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. ...

John Ratzenberger has voice acted in all of Pixar's computer-animated feature films and currently hosts the Travel Channel show Made in America.^[36] On Made in America he travels around the U.S. showing the stories of small towns and the goods they produce. Coincidentally, Ted Danson starred in a film also called Made in America. He is heavily involved in a charity known as the Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs foundation, which encourages children to get involved with tinkering and mechanical work, as well as to encourage schools to resurrect Industrial Arts programs. He also was on Dancing with the Stars. [1] Pixars studio lot in Emeryville Pixar Animation Studios is an American computer animation studio based in Emeryville, California (USA) notable for its seven Academy Awards. ... Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. ... The Travel Channel is a cable television network that features documentaries and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world. ... This show is hosted by John Ratzenberger. ... Made in America is a film released in 1993 by Warner Bros. ...

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Although some believe Shelley Long leaving the show was a bad career move,^[37] she has gone on to star in several television and film roles, notably The Brady Bunch Movie and its sequel. The Brady Bunch Movie is a 1995 comedy film adaptation of the 1969-1974 television series The Brady Bunch. ...

In addition to continuing careers after Cheers, some of the cast members have had personal problems. In 2004, Shelley Long grew depressed after divorcing her husband of 23 years and appears to have attempted suicide by overdosing on drugs.^[38][39] Kirstie Alley gained a significant amount of weight after Cheers, which somewhat affected her career. She went on to write and star in a sitcom partly based on her life and weight gain, Fat Actress. She has recently become a spokeswoman for Jenny Craig. Clinical depression (also called major depressive disorder, or unipolar depression when compared to bipolar disorder) is a state of intense sadness, melancholia or despair that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individuals social functioning and/or activities of daily living. ... Fat Actress was an American sitcom television series starring Kirstie Alley. ... Jenny Craig on the cover of her book. ...

The Host Marriott Corporation installed 46 bars modeled after Cheers in their hotel and airport lounges.^[3] Paramount Pictures licensed the characters and details of the show, allowing the bars to have fake memorabilia such as Sam Malone's supposed jersey while playing for the Red Sox. Among the details Marriott included were two robots, "Bob" and "Hank", one of which was heavy (resembling Norm Peterson), with the other wearing a postal uniform (Cliff Clavin).^[40] Host Marriott Corporation (NYSE: HMT) is a Real estate investment trust and the owner of lodging real estate based in Bethesda, Maryland. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... Hillary Norman Norm Peterson was a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by George Wendt. ... Clifford C. Clavin, Jr. ...

Ratzenberger and Wendt filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against Paramount in 1993 (around the time that Viacom purchased Paramount), claiming that the company was illegally licensing and earning off their images without their permission.^[41] Ratzenberger and Wendt claimed that Paramount could not earn off of their images simply because the robots are dressed like the characters over which Paramount still holds rights. The case was dismissed by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge in 1996,^[3] though a federal judge reinstated the case in the Los Angeles court. Paramount tried to bring the case before the Supreme Court of the United States but the court refused to hear the case, instead merely reaffirming the ruling to reinstate the case in the Superior Court.^[40] Some believe the case could have had significant implications in Hollywood, as its outcome would have determined whether rights over a character imply rights to reproduce the actor's image with or without his or her permission, so long as the image is of the actor as the character. However, Paramount settled with the two before a ruling in the suit was delivered.^[42] It has been suggested that civil trial be merged into this article or section. ... Viacom (NYSE: VIA) (NYSE: VIAb) is an American media conglomerate with various worldwide interests in cable and satellite television networks (MTV Networks and BET), and movie production and distribution (the Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks movie studios). ... In law, and more specifically, in the Anglo-American common law legal tradition, a superior court is a court of general jurisdiction over all, or major, civil and criminal cases. ... A United States federal judge is a judge appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate in accordance with Article III of the United States Constitution. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries  Atlas  Politics Portal      The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym... ‹ The template below is being considered for deletion. ...

Outside the bar

The bar set

The first year of the show took place entirely within the confines of the bar - the first location outside the bar ever seen was Diane's apartment. When the series became a hit, the characters started venturing further afield, first to other sets and eventually to an occasional exterior location. The exterior location shots of the bar were actually of the Bull & Finch Pub, located directly north of the Boston Public Garden, which has become a tourist attraction because of its association with the series and draws in nearly a million visitors annually.^[32][3] It has since been renamed Cheers Beacon Hill,^[43] though its interior is different from the TV bar. To further capitalize on the show's popularity, another bar, Cheers Faneuil Hall,^[44] was built to be a replica of the show's set to provide tourists with a bar whose interior was closer to the one they saw on TV. It is near Faneuil Hall, about a mile from the Bull & Finch Pub. The official Cheers site is www.cheersboston.com. In 1997 Europe's first officially licensed Cheers bar opened in London's Regent's Street W1.^[45] Like Cheers Faneuil Hall, Cheers London is an exact replica of the set. The gala opening was attended by James Burrows and cast members George Wendt and John Ratzenberger.^[46] The actual bar set was on display at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum until the museum’s closing in early 2006.^[47]
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See also

• List of Cheers episodes

Cover of Cheers season 3 DVD The following is a list of all 273 episodes for the television show Cheers. ...

References

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Cheers. Created by James Burrows, Glen Charles and Les Charles. 1982–1993. Broadcast and DVD.

James Burrows is a prolific Jewish-American television director who has been working in television since the 1970s. ... Glen Charles was born in Henderson, Nevada. ... Les Charles was born in Henderson, Nevada. ...

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