Cheers News

07/05/2023

It’s been 40 years since the hit sitcom first aired — see what the stars look like now Paramount Tv/Kobal/Shutterstock Set in a Boston dive bar where “everybody knows your name,” the hit comedy Cheers ran on NBC for eleven seasons. And though it’s been 40 years since it ended, it remains o...

07/04/2023

THR reassembles the room with creators Glen and Les Charles, among others, on the anniversary of the memorable series finale. On a Thursday night in September 1982, a new NBC sitcom, Cheers, debuted to the sound of crickets. Eleven years later, 80 million people tuned in to watch its series finale.....

07/03/2023

“Cheers” premiered on television 40 years ago on Friday, making everyone want to go somewhere where everybody knows their name. The show made its cast members household names, even spawning a spin-off show, “Frasier,” and a reboot is in the works. The show did not start off as a ratings’ s...

07/02/2023

Ted Danson and Shelley Long in a scene from Season 4 of “Cheers.” PUBLISHED 13 HOURS AGO Many classic sitcoms are spoken of in reverential tones because of their influence and historical importance, but they don’t actually hold up to modern viewing: The pace is too slow, the punch lines are to...

07/01/2023

With the nearing premiere of the Boston-set Frasier reboot on Paramount+, Kelsey Grammer teases some cameos from his old pub mates in Cheers. The Frasier reboot may see some familiar faces from Cheers, Kelsey Grammer teases. Production for the upcoming Paramount+ revival is already completed, whi...

06/30/2023

Two of the iconic actors from the hit TV show “Cheers” recently visited their old stomping ground just as the actual bar from their show goes up for auction. Online bidding is underway for the bar ahead of live, in-person bidding next month. Almost 30 years after the last episode of “Cheers”...

06/29/2023

BY newdaynews24h | PUBLISHED 3 HOURS AGO Thirty years after “Cheers” came to an end, the cast and creatives got back together on Friday night, courtesy of the ATX TV Festival in Austin, Texas. The reunion panel, hosted by Variety‘s Michael Schneider, included co-creators James Burrows, Les Cha...

06/28/2023

BY newdaynews24h | PUBLISHED 13 HOURS AGO DALLAS – The “true star” of the television show “Cheers” has been sold at auction for a hefty sum. The bar where Sam Malone greeted customers went for $675,000, Dallas-based Heritage Auctions announced. “The bar was the singular artifact that the...

06/27/2023

During the ATX TV Festival on June 2, Ted Danson and other cast members of Cheers reunited to share their experiences on and after the show. Danson played the lead role of Sam Malone throughout the show, which aired for 11 seasons ran from 1982 to 1993. During a panel discussion at the event anchore...

04/25/2023

Many television series have lost and gained characters across their lifetime, but when Kirstie Alley took over from Shelley Long as the female lead of “Cheers” in 1987, it was something epochal, almost a reboot, a new lease on life. Long’s Diane Chambers was a runaway bride, cerebral, willowy,...

04/25/2023

Kirstie Alley, who became an instant star thanks to her role as Rebecca Howe on the hit TV show Cheers, has died at the age of 71 after a battle with cancer. “We are sad to inform you that our incredible, fierce and loving mother has passed away after a battle with cancer, only recently […]

04/15/2023

On a Thursday night in September 1982, a new NBC sitcom, Cheers, debuted to the sound of crickets. Eleven years later, 80 million people tuned in to watch its series finale. During the course of a little more than a decade, how did an ensemble cast of loveable losers at a Boston bar — real people ...

04/15/2023

On May 20, 1993, more than 40 million people watched the series finale of Cheers, the NBC sitcom about a popular Boston bar that first aired in 1982. Not only was the episode, titled “One for the Road,” the most-watched episode that season, it remains the second-highest-rated series finale of al...

04/12/2023

Having a sitcom set in a bar like Cheers can be quite problematic, especially when the fake beer being served tastes absolutely awful. You would have thought that setting a comedy series in a bar would be fun for everyone involved, right? Well, Cheers cast member George Wendt had one big issue – t...

04/12/2023

When “Cheers” debuted in 1982, few realized they were witnessing the birth of one of the quintessential ensemble sitcoms. It took place in a bar, for crying out loud, and the main characters weren’t even related — they were barflies or drunks or sad cases or all three. And yet over the cours...

04/11/2023

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From Sam and Diane’s will they/won’t they relationship to the introductions of Woody and Frasier, “Cheers” really had it all. Want to go to a place where everybody knows your name? Well, from 1982 to 1993, “Cheers” was precisely that place. For 275 episodes, the crew of Sam, Diane, Cliff...