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watchmojo.com and today we’ll be taking
a look at the history of Cheers
this beloved American sitcom began
entertaining television audiences on
September 30th 1982 created by the team
of James burrows and brothers Glenn and
les Charles it made its debut on NBC as
part of a lineup that included the
network’s hugely successful sitcom taxi
out of bitch how about an ID and I did
that’s very flattering wait’ll I tell
the missus
originally the show’s creators sought to
make a series similar to The Mary Tyler
Moore Show which highlighted the family
like relationships between co-workers
the relaxed everyday setting of a bar
was eventually chosen as the backdrop
for this sitcom and that bar was
Boston’s cozy basement tavern Cheers
named for the popular toasting phrase
their audiences got the chance to listen
in on the small talk every day problems
and conversations between the staff and
their regular clientele Sam you know
trusted
College has gotten a point where I can’t
trust the thing that wasn’t sex
I don’t you mean Sam once the Trust goes
out of a relationship it’s really no fun
lying to him anymore nearly all of the
shows episodes took place in the bars
main front room and on rare occasions
transitioned to the back pool room or
office it was even more rare for the
action to take place outside the
basement ding ding ding what is doing
the captain is requesting that all
passengers please fasten their safety
belts Cheers starred Ted Danson as the
bars owner Sam Malone a former baseball
player for the Boston Red Sox as well as
a womanizer and recovering alcoholic
joining Sam was an eccentric cast of
coworkers like the wisecracking and
cynical waitress Carla played by Rhea
Perlman aspiring grad student waitress
and love interest to Sam Diane chambers
played by Shelley Long and former
baseball coach turned senile bartender
Ernie coach Pantuso played by Nicholas
Colasanto okay you can ask me a
yes-or-no question okay one question yes
Sam would you take following the death
of Colasanto at the end of season three
woody harrelson joined the team as the
dim-witted assistant bartender woody
Boyd Christy Ali became a member of the
cheer staff as manager Rebecca Howe when
Shelly long left before season six
really I was fabulous and of course no
bar would be complete without its
regular patrons in the case of Cheers
these included George Wentz semi
unemployed accountant norm Peterson and
his best friend John Ratzenberger’s
know-it-all mailman cliff Clavin it is
not man’s nature to sit alone and be
passive and docile hmm
what’s matter now nothing just my shorts
are binded up on me
by season three they were accompanied by
kelsey Grammer’s dr. Frasier Crane who
later earned a hugely successful spinoff
in 1993 practice had grown stagnant and
my social life consisted of hanging
around a bar a night after night aside
from the main cast
cheers regularly featured recurring
guest characters and celebrity
appearances it was also famous for its
running gags which included Sam’s antics
with women norms often discussed but
never seen wife Vera and the group’s
enthusiastic greeting of mr. Peterson
every time he entered the bar I going on
cut the small talk and give me a beer
early episodes of the show are one-offs
but larger story arcs soon developed and
plot points spend multiple episodes
which allowed the characters to grow and
mature but ironically even though cheers
spent the majority of its run as a major
Network draw in those early days its
struggled to survive and was ranked so
low in the ratings cancellation seemed
inevitable
fortunately good reviews word-of-mouth
and an all-around mediocre Network
lineup meant the show was given a second
chance
congratulate me oh well I think this
calls for some champagne here well thank
you say and it’s sexy wanted to be sex
come on I thought you just asked for the
vintage you know wait your mistake
viren’s now a child she just told me I
didn’t have to try to get her pregnant
anymore
let’s celebrate come on party its
fortunes finally changed when the Cosby
Show debuted on NBC in 1984 on Thursday
nights as part of that night’s lineup
cheers received a remarkable overnight
ratings boost eventually the show
cracked the top ten and finally hit
number one during the 1990-91 season
oh man victory is so sweet this even
better than the time we didn’t lose so
badly to top it all off Cheers earned
111 Emmy nominations and 28 wins during
its run as well as 31 Golden Globe
nominations and six wins the series
gained so much popularity it became one
of NBC’s longest-running sitcoms ever it
lasted eleven seasons during which time
Ted Danson became the highest-paid TV
actor of his day
cheers May 20th 1993 finale was one of
the most watched show closers in history
when an estimated 80 million people
tuned in to say goodbye it then ran
successfully in syndication for years is
leaving us okay so uh Sam what are you
gonna do about the bar well I thought
I’d let Rebecca run it for a while and
afterwards sell sell what’s left for
kindling this beloved sitcom from the
80s and 90s has not only spawned a
real-world chain of cheers pubs and
merchandise it has also been parodied
multiple times by shows like The
Simpsons even its theme song has
remained a timeless TV classic harkening
back to an age when everybody knew your
name
everybody knows
are you a huge cheers fan what are your
fondest memories from the show for more
television retrospectives be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
everybody knows your name welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be taking
a look at the history of Cheers
this beloved American sitcom began
entertaining television audiences on
September 30th 1982 created by the team
of James burrows and brothers Glenn and
les Charles it made its debut on NBC as
part of a lineup that included the
network’s hugely successful sitcom taxi
out of bitch how about an ID and I did
that’s very flattering wait’ll I tell
the missus
originally the show’s creators sought to
make a series similar to The Mary Tyler
Moore Show which highlighted the family
like relationships between co-workers
the relaxed everyday setting of a bar
was eventually chosen as the backdrop
for this sitcom and that bar was
Boston’s cozy basement tavern Cheers
named for the popular toasting phrase
their audiences got the chance to listen
in on the small talk every day problems
and conversations between the staff and
their regular clientele Sam you know
trusted
College has gotten a point where I can’t
trust the thing that wasn’t sex
I don’t you mean Sam once the Trust goes
out of a relationship it’s really no fun
lying to him anymore nearly all of the
shows episodes took place in the bars
main front room and on rare occasions
transitioned to the back pool room or
office it was even more rare for the
action to take place outside the
basement ding ding ding what is doing
the captain is requesting that all
passengers please fasten their safety
belts Cheers starred Ted Danson as the
bars owner Sam Malone a former baseball
player for the Boston Red Sox as well as
a womanizer and recovering alcoholic
joining Sam was an eccentric cast of
coworkers like the wisecracking and
cynical waitress Carla played by Rhea
Perlman aspiring grad student waitress
and love interest to Sam Diane chambers
played by Shelley Long and former
baseball coach turned senile bartender
Ernie coach Pantuso played by Nicholas
Colasanto okay you can ask me a
yes-or-no question okay one question yes
Sam would you take following the death
of Colasanto at the end of season three
woody harrelson joined the team as the
dim-witted assistant bartender woody
Boyd Christy Ali became a member of the
cheer staff as manager Rebecca Howe when
Shelly long left before season six
really I was fabulous and of course no
bar would be complete without its
regular patrons in the case of Cheers
these included George Wentz semi
unemployed accountant norm Peterson and
his best friend John Ratzenberger’s
know-it-all mailman cliff Clavin it is
not man’s nature to sit alone and be
passive and docile hmm
what’s matter now nothing just my shorts
are binded up on me
by season three they were accompanied by
kelsey Grammer’s dr. Frasier Crane who
later earned a hugely successful spinoff
in 1993 practice had grown stagnant and
my social life consisted of hanging
around a bar a night after night aside
from the main cast
cheers regularly featured recurring
guest characters and celebrity
appearances it was also famous for its
running gags which included Sam’s antics
with women norms often discussed but
never seen wife Vera and the group’s
enthusiastic greeting of mr. Peterson
every time he entered the bar I going on
cut the small talk and give me a beer
early episodes of the show are one-offs
but larger story arcs soon developed and
plot points spend multiple episodes
which allowed the characters to grow and
mature but ironically even though cheers
spent the majority of its run as a major
Network draw in those early days its
struggled to survive and was ranked so
low in the ratings cancellation seemed
inevitable
fortunately good reviews word-of-mouth
and an all-around mediocre Network
lineup meant the show was given a second
chance
congratulate me oh well I think this
calls for some champagne here well thank
you say and it’s sexy wanted to be sex
come on I thought you just asked for the
vintage you know wait your mistake
viren’s now a child she just told me I
didn’t have to try to get her pregnant
anymore
let’s celebrate come on party its
fortunes finally changed when the Cosby
Show debuted on NBC in 1984 on Thursday
nights as part of that night’s lineup
cheers received a remarkable overnight
ratings boost eventually the show
cracked the top ten and finally hit
number one during the 1990-91 season
oh man victory is so sweet this even
better than the time we didn’t lose so
badly to top it all off Cheers earned
111 Emmy nominations and 28 wins during
its run as well as 31 Golden Globe
nominations and six wins the series
gained so much popularity it became one
of NBC’s longest-running sitcoms ever it
lasted eleven seasons during which time
Ted Danson became the highest-paid TV
actor of his day
cheers May 20th 1993 finale was one of
the most watched show closers in history
when an estimated 80 million people
tuned in to say goodbye it then ran
successfully in syndication for years is
leaving us okay so uh Sam what are you
gonna do about the bar well I thought
I’d let Rebecca run it for a while and
afterwards sell sell what’s left for
kindling this beloved sitcom from the
80s and 90s has not only spawned a
real-world chain of cheers pubs and
merchandise it has also been parodied
multiple times by shows like The
Simpsons even its theme song has
remained a timeless TV classic harkening
back to an age when everybody knew your
name
everybody knows
are you a huge cheers fan what are your
fondest memories from the show for more
television retrospectives be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
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