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I adored "Cheers" on its original release in the early 80's and have lately been revisiting my adoration in catching re-runs right back to the first series. Like the best series, it makes you stay with it, through series after series, cast changes or not, like other American favourites of mine "The Mary Tyler-Moore Show", "Rhoda" "M.A.S.H." "Taxi" "Newhart" and more recently "Friends". Indeed it's easy to see "Cheers" influence on the latter, both fixing much of the action on a popular drinking hole. This was back in the days when writers wrote laugh-out-loud jokes and characters you could empathise with unlike today's post modern ironic shows where the odd line might make you smile at best. "Cheers" always kept you watching for the next line, which more often than not brought forth a laugh. Set-bound as it was, like, say, the bridge on the Starship Enterprise, familiarity bred content as you got to know the characters and their surroundings. The characters were great from the start, Sam "Mayday" Malone, pseudo-intellectual barmaid Diane, the feral barmaid Carla, permanent bar-stool residents Cliff and Norm and best of all the dotty bar manager Coach, with a heart of pure gold. Newer characters entered as the series progressed, especially oddballs Frazier and Lilith Crane, Carla's combative husband Nick and later, the dim young barman Woody Harrelson's "Woody"(a great replacement for Coach) and Kirsty Alley's "Backseat Becky" (ditto for Diane). Great as the smart direction and comedic delivery were, it was all about the writing. Great writers like Heidi Perlman, the Charles brothers, David Lloyd and Earl Pomerantz kept the quality high, season after season as I'm sure my end-to-end re-viewing will testify. 7 down, 244 to go!

There are too many jokes at the expense of sam's intelligence and I am not a fan of Diane as a character so I enjoy when she is made fun of. All that being said the show is hilarious well made and has one of the best finales of all time. It is a perfect comfort show for when you just need a laugh.

Former Red Sox pitcher Sam Malone (Ted Danson) runs a local Boston bar. Carla Tortelli is the sour waitress. He hires snooty Diane Chambers as the new waitress. Cliff Clavin, Norm Peterson, and Dr. Frasier Crane are some of the regulars. After the death of Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso, Woody Boyd is hired as the new bartender. Later, Rebecca Howe is the needy manager.

This is the definition of a great cast of characters. This bar, "where everybody knows your name", is all about the characters. It had incredibly bad ratings at the start. Luckily, the suits back in the day had the foresight to give this show a chance. The hope was that an audience will go find a good show and they did. The rest is TV history. It survived the death of Coach, the departure of Shelley Long, lasted 11 seasons, launched many careers, and one successful spin-off.

Today I for the first time finished watching this show that aired its last episode over 20 years ago. And I am kind of surprised, because I am somebody who likes to watch TV and Cheers is very good, a real classic.Yet for some reason we don't see many reruns on TV. Which is very surprising considering that we have shows being shown that are older and less good.

Set in a small and cozy bar in Boston we watch the variety of the characters go through their every day adventures. It is pretty fun and I love the variety of cast we have in it. Smart ones,dumb ones,romantic, badass, mean, anything you can think of is represented on this show. My personal favorites were Frasier and Lilith, they were indeed very extraordinary characters that always made me laugh. But I must say there was nobody on the show that I disliked. Even characters like Carla whom I would never want to be friends with in reality, were very special, irreplaceable and so many dimensional.

I must say Cheers was lucky with the cast change in the middle. Not everyone liked Rebecca years more than Diane. But one has to agree that this big change in the story is what partially helped keeping this show safe from becoming a caricature of itself with a tired storyline. It remained fresh and fun until the end. A real classic.

As one who personally has never found much entertainment in the sitcom genre, this show completely defies those feelings with compelling character dynamics and great humor. Overall a fantastic show that I would recommend for any person to watch

In my opinion, "CHEERS" is a very funny hit NBC show. Ever since I caught it by surprise while on vacation in Florida a few years ago, I have been a die-hard fan of the show. It's really sad that Coach (Nicholas Colasanto) passed away after three seasons and that John Allen Hill (Keene Curtis) passed away a few years ago. If you ask me, Norm (George Wendt) and Cliff (John Ratzenberger) were both very funny bar patrons. Even though I get laughs out of just about every episode, my favorite one is from the tenth season. It's called "The Norm Who Came To Dinner." If you want to know what it's about, you'll have to see it for yourself. As a matter of fact, everyone on this show is funny. In conclusion, I heartily recommend this very funny hit NBC show.

Starting when Diane Chambers walked into the bar where everybody knows your name with her fiancé, Sumner Slone, only to be ditched by him and ending up taking a job as a waitress when the owner, former ballplayer Sam Malone (Ted Danson) offers it to her to the first appearance of Dr. Fraiser Crane. From the sad death of Nicholas Colasanto (he'll always live on in the hearts of millions as dim-witted, but highly lovable Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso) to the to the entrance of Woody Boyd. From the exit of Diane and debut of Rebecccccca Howe to Sam's memorable fights with rival bar owner, Gary, to the last episode and everything in between, "Cheers" is bar-none the BEST comedy of my generation (just squeaking by the equally hilarious "Seinfeld"). Whenever I felt down, this show always picked me back up again without fail.

My Grade: A+

Cheers is a show like no other From babies yelling out, Norm to jokes after jokes mixed in with more jokes. Norm is my favorite character. His witty come backs always makes me smile. I think everyone who attends bars has similar characters here. It's based in Boston but really could have been in Angola, indiana and still would have had the same witty show without the skyscrapers and large population. Cheers relies on the writers and it shows. It isn't sloppily put together. It has alot of humor. My favorite episode is when Sam is at meeting for people with sex addiction and he asks the woman if she'd like to go for Chinese. I couldn't believe my ears. I highly recommend Cheers!

I would of given it a ten but I think from season six onwards it drops my liking it to a 9. Ive been watching Cheers on and off for a few years and its a show I can pick up and drop when I want and watch random episodes in any order. There are many great iconic actors and the show for me is timeless with amazing humour that were probably not gonna see again.

Cheers created 3-4 absolute A grade stars in Ted Danson, Allen Grammer, Kirstie Alley and Woody Harrelson with Kelsey reprising his role as Frasier in September 1993 a role he would continue to play for another 11 years, Harrelson became a mostly film actor after Cheers finding success with such films as "Natural Born Killers" "Zombieland" and "The Hunger Games" amongst others but had occassional tv roles and Danson had some significant success in both mediums with sitcoms "Becker" and "The Good Place" cementing himself as a sitcom favorite, the late Kirstie Alley did "Fat Actress" in the early 2000s, was a Jenny Craig spokesperson and found success in films such as the "Look Who's Talking" franchise.

Well, what can i add? It's Cheers, perhaps the greatest - or one of the greatest - sitcoms of them all. I recently bought the boxed set of seasons 6-11, completing my collection, and have all-but run through them all now. But every pearl has its stone, which is why i took a mark away, because from Woody's wedding at the end of season 10 onwards, the quality of the writing fell off a very high cliff. That double episode alone made me shudder, such was the cringeworthiness of the farce. The final season was below average too. But that said, the first nine seasons are masterclasses in how to do it right. The only US sitcom to come close was Soap. All the rest are mere wannabes.

"Cheers" had to have one of the most epic casts ever. Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt, Shelley Long. Then they kept it rolling by adding Kelsey Grammar, Woody Harrelson, and Kirstie Alley. I mean, who does that? What show can claim so many accomplished actors? "Cheers" was something special. Let me tell you how special it was. It was shot in a bar, which my parents were vehemently against, yet we watched as a family.

I watched it growing up. I loved catching reruns. I've rewatched start to finish, binge style! Holds up, better than 99% shows since.

Cheers was made in a time when writing, casting and character development mattered, was highly competitive and scrutinized. Week to week, week after week, grinding out the material... Unbelievable mix of everything that made arguably the most ubiquitous show of all time. If you can't find something of yourself and/or atleast laugh a little then just stop watching TV.

My #2 all time tv show.... my #1 is MASH (for personal reason).

I can never see Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson in anything without seeing a bit of Sam Malone and Woody Boyd. Not because they are type-cast, but because they are such great characters.

I have both emotional and intellectual love and appreciation for this show then and its growing place in the history of great TV!

This show was funny, acted well, written by geniuses, and was a weekly staple in my house for the whole family.

The show is amazing. Diana could be a little irritating but she does comedy on her own time. Ted Danson steals the show in all the episodes. Norm, Cliff, Frasier, Carla and Woody have amazing chemistry and coordination. Ernie Pantuso, I wish you would have lived a lot longer than expected. Ernie had me interested to the show. Rest in peace, Ernie.

Loved the series. I think casting was excellent and I loved all of the actors who portrayed their characters so beautifully. However, I found Cliff to be irritating and hard to watch. I did not like that character at all. Not the fault of the actor however.

Even though I was born in 1987, Cheers was a funny, feel good comedy series that I enjoyed watching as I got older to understand the jokes!

Have you seen this show? Sam is constantly talking about sex. Selective memories from a prude. Nice work. To get to the point, though. I agree that this is a great show. It's always on when you need a quick pick me up and it's always funny. Fraiser was a fine spin-off that was nearly as successful as the original. Kirstie Alley filled in well after Shelley left the show and the show never faltered in 11 seasons. A rare feat. If you haven't see this show please check it out. I cannot believe they make you do 10 lines. It's a good show. End of story. I really just wanted to blast the previous commenter for their no sex comment.