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Sign in to saveCheers 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
★ 7.6The 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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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
~59 min read
Encyclopedic overview
40 sectionsContents
- 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.