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Cheers is an American television sitcom, created by Glen Charles & Les Charles and James Burrows, aired on NBC for eleven seasons from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television. The show is set in the titular bar in Boston, where a group of locals meet to drink, relax, socialize, and escape from their day-to-day issues.

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*Cheers* is an American comedy television series created by Les Charles, James Burrows, and Glen Charles. The show aired on the NBC network in English, premiering on September 30, 1982, and concluding on May 20, 1993. It ran for 11 seasons and is currently listed as ended.

The series consists of 275 episodes according to some records, while other sources list 269 episodes. Individual episodes have a runtime of 30 minutes, with a duration of 24 minutes noted in other data. The show has received a vote average of 7.56 and a rating of 8. It is referenced by 1,761 other encyclopedia articles.

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TV series · TMDB

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The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.

Aired
1982–1993
Seasons
11 · 269 episodes
Status
Ended
Created by
Les Charles, James Burrows, Glen Charles
Network
NBC
Genres
Comedy

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TV series

Status
Ended
Network
NBC
Genres
Comedy
Runtime
30 min
TVMaze rating
8/10

Key facts

Television.image
Cheers.svg
Television.genre
Sitcom
Television.open_theme
"Where Everybody Knows Your Name" by Gary Portnoy
Television.end_theme
"Where Everybody Knows Your Name" (instrumental)
Television.composer
Craig Safan
Television.country
United States
Television.language
English
Television.num_seasons
11
Television.num_episodes
275 (including three double-length episodes and a triple-length finale)
Television.list_episodes
List of Cheers episodes
Television.camera
Film; Multi-camera
Television.runtime
21–25 minutes
Television.network
NBC

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

40 sections
Contents
  • Characters
  • Original main characters
  • Subsequent main characters
  • Character table
  • Recurring characters
  • Celebrity appearances
  • Death of Nicholas Colasanto
  • Episodes
  • Themes
  • Cheers owners
  • Production
  • Creation and concept
  • Production team
  • Casting
  • Filming styles and locations
  • Exterior location and real bars
  • Set pieces after the show
  • Theme song
  • Reception
  • Critical reception
  • Ratings
  • Serialized storylines
  • Awards and honors
  • Distribution
  • Syndication
  • High definition
  • Home media
  • Digital media distribution
  • Licensing
  • Spin-offs
  • Crossovers
  • Cultural references
  • Remake
  • ''Cheers: Live on Stage''
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Further reading
  • External links

Cheers is an American television sitcom, created by Glen Charles & Les Charles and James Burrows, aired on NBC for eleven seasons from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television. The show is set in the titular bar in Boston, where a group of locals meet to drink, relax, socialize, and escape from their day-to-day issues.

At the center of the show is the bar's owner and head bartender, Sam Malone, who is a womanizing former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. The show's ensemble cast introduced in the pilot episode are waitresses Diane Chambers and Carla Tortelli, second bartender Coach Ernie Pantusso, and regular customers Norm Peterson and Cliff Clavin. Later main characters of the show include Frasier Crane, Woody Boyd, Lilith Sternin, and Rebecca Howe.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cheers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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