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Cheers

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NBC Ended Comedy

11 Seasons · 273 Episodes · Premiered September 22, 2004 · Ended May 20, 1993

Cheers takes viewers back to the Boston bar where everybody knows your name. As former baseball star Sam Malone and his colleague Diane Chambers fight their mutual attractions, they cater to their regulars including Norm Petersen and Cliff Claven. Talking about their problems, laughing at each other's flaws and trying to be there when someone needs them, the gang are joined by naïve farm boy Woody, bitter waitress Carla , troubled psychiatrist Frasier and his wife.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

22 episodes
E01
Give Me a Ring Sometime
Fri, Oct 1 1982 1:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Stuffy & sophisticated Diane Chambers is dumped by her fiance in a blue collar Boston bar where she meets baseball star-turned-bar owner Sam Malone.
E02
Sam's Women
Fri, Oct 8 1982 1:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Diane's teasing about the airheaded women Sam dates sends him looking for a date of a higher cerebral plane. Also, an old customer insists he must see the former owner to discuss his personal problems.
E03
The Tortelli Tort
Fri, Oct 15 1982 1:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Carla's fiery temper almost costs Sam the bar when she attacks an obnoxious Yankees fan. Diane offers to help by suggesting Carla seek anger management.
E04
Sam at Eleven
Fri, Oct 22 1982 1:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Sam realizes how much he misses his former sports celebrity status when a local newscaster asks to interview him again.
E05
Coach's Daughter
Fri, Oct 29 1982 1:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Coach's daughter brings the obnoxious lout she plans to marry to meet her father.
E06
Any Friend of Diane's
Fri, Nov 5 1982 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Diane becomes upset when Sam hits on an old friend of hers who's on the rebound from an unhappy love affair.
E07
Friends, Romans, Accountants
Fri, Nov 12 1982 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Norm tries to make points with the boss by planning the annual office party at Cheers and arranging for Diane to be the old man's "date."
E08
Truce or Consequences
Fri, Nov 19 1982 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Diane and Carla decide to bury the hatchet over after-work drinks, which lead to a startling confession from Carla about her youngest child.
E09
Coach Returns to Action
Fri, Nov 26 1982 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Coach and Sam become unlikely romantic rivals for Coach's new neighbor.
E10
Endless Slumper
Fri, Dec 3 1982 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Sam gets a phone call from an old baseball friend, Rick Walker, who has been having a lousy season. He wonders what he should do, and Sam tries to help but can't think of what to do. He suggests getting a lucky charm, and Coach says that Sam used to have one. It turns out Sam still does - a bottle cap, which he says he found. Sam lends Rick the cap and Rick's performance improves greatly - whilst Sam goes through a period of very bad luck. When Sam find out that Rick lost the bottle cap, he gets depressed, as Diane finds out that it was in fact the cap off the last bottle of beer Sam ever drank.
E11
One for the Book
Fri, Dec 10 1982 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Two unlikely customers enter the bar: One is an 80+ year old who is the only arrival for his WWI squad's reunion, and the other is an awkward virgin looking for a night of drinking and fun before he becomes a monk.
E12
The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One
Fri, Dec 17 1982 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
An Englishman visits Cheers and tells tale tales of being a WWII spy.
E13
Now Pitching, Sam Malone
Fri, Jan 7 1983 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Sam lets the sexy appeal of an agent and the glamour of the public spotlight lure him into being a TV pitchman.
E14
Let Me Count the Ways
Fri, Jan 14 1983 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Diane looks to her friends for comfort when her cat dies, but finds everyone too enthralled by a Celtics game to notice.
E15
Father Knows Last
Fri, Jan 21 1983 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Carla reveals she's pregnant but fools another man into thinking he's the father.
E16
The Boys in the Bar
Fri, Jan 28 1983 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Cheers' regulars fear the place may become a gay hangout after an old friend and teammate of Sam's reveals his homosexuality in a tell-all book.
E17
Diane's Perfect Date
Fri, Feb 11 1983 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Sam and Diane dare each other to find the other's perfect date, but Sam's last minute choice doesn't quite measure up.
E18
No Contest
Fri, Feb 18 1983 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Sam enters Diane in the annual Miss Boston Barmaid contest.
E19
Pick a Con ... Any Con
Fri, Feb 25 1983 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Sam enlists Harry the conman to help fleece a card shark who cheated Coach out of a lot of money.
E20
Someone Single, Someone Blue
Fri, Mar 4 1983 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Diane's mother turns up at Cheers with the news that Diane must marry before the next day or her mother will lose her share of Diane's father's estate.
E21
Showdown
Fri, Mar 25 1983 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Sam becomes jealous when his impressive older brother Derek drops by the bar and charms everyone including a smitten Diane.
E22
Showdown
Fri, Apr 1 1983 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Diane's fascination with Sam's older brother brings their long simmering relationship to a boil when the sibling asks Diane to go to Paris with him..

Season 2

22 episodes

Season 3

25 episodes

Season 4

26 episodes

Season 5

26 episodes

Season 6

25 episodes

Season 7

22 episodes

Season 8

26 episodes

Season 9

25 episodes

Season 10

26 episodes

Season 11

28 episodes

Cast

Ted Danson
Ted Danson as Sam "Mayday" Malone
Rhea Perlman
Rhea Perlman as Carla Lozupone Tortelli LeBec
George Wendt
George Wendt as Norm Peterson
John Ratzenberger
John Ratzenberger as Cliff Clavin
Kelsey Grammer
Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier W. Crane
Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd
Kirstie Alley
Kirstie Alley as Rebecca Howe
Shelley Long
Shelley Long as Diane Chambers
Bebe Neuwirth
Bebe Neuwirth as Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane
Nicholas Colasanto
Nicholas Colasanto as Ernie "Coach" Pantusso
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