What is Cheers?
{{italictitle}} [[File:Cheers.svg|right|230px]] '''''Cheers''''' is a long-running American sitcom made by Charles-Burrows-Charles Productions in association with [[Paramount Television]] for [[NBC]]. The show premiered on September 30, 1982 and had its widely watched series finale on May 20, 1993, followed by a long and ongoing run in [[syndication]]. In eleven seasons, there were 270 episodes. *Format: [[situation comedy|Sitcom]] *Run time: approx. 0:30 (per episode) *Creators: [[James Burrows]], [[Glen Charles]], and [[Les Charles]] *Producers: [[David Angell]] ==Characters and actors who portrayed them == *Sam Malone ([[Ted Danson]]) *Diane Chambers ([[Shelley Long]]) *Rebecca Howe ([[Kirstie Alley]]) *Coach Ernie Pantusso ([[Nicholas Colasanto]]) *Carla Tortelli ([[Rhea Perlman]]) *Cliff Calvin ([[John Ratzenberger]]) *Woody Boyd ([[Woody Harrelson]]) *Frasier Crane ([[Kelsey Grammer]]) *Lilith Sternin ([[Bebe Neuwirth]]) *Norm Peterson ([[George Wendt]]) ==Setting== ''Cheers'' was set in a [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] bar. This bar was where a group of friends would come to sit, drink alcohol, complain, and make practical jokes on a rival bar in town. The show's main theme in its early seasons was the romance between Diane Chambers ([[Shelley Long]]) and ex-[[baseball]] pitcher and bar owner Sam Malone ([[Ted Danson]]). Long's departure from the show in 1987 shifted the emphasis to Sam's relationship with a new character, Rebecca Howe ([[Kirstie Alley]]). Diane returned for the [[finale]]. The show also created the character Frasier Crane. Frasier [[spin-off|got his own show]] (''[[Frasier]]'') the season after ''Cheers'' ended. Frasier's love interest Lilith Sternin appeared on both shows but Frasier and Lilith were no longer married in ''Frasier''. The producers, not wanting the show to be construed as promoting drinking, had Sam's character written as an ex-alcoholic. Most of the early episodes took place entirely within the confines of the bar. When the series became popular, some scenes w