Takeaway: Cheers has the distinction of producing a role-Dr.270 (+ 1 episode of Frasier) Samuel "Mayday" Malone is the main protagonist of the series, and is the owner and bartender at Cheers for the majority of the series.
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Violence: 3/10-In 11 seasons there was only one fight in Cheers, and two instances of comic hold-ups and one comic choking-plus a poignant off-stage deathĪdult situations: 5/10-The series is shot mostly inside a bar, so I’m going to go out on a limb here and say the premise itself is one big adult situation, with drinking mostly beer) and attempted seductions in the bar and elsewhere Sex: 3/10-The show frequently deals with adult relationships and Sam’s conquests or attempted conquests, but innuendo is the extent of it Language: 3/10-This is network television, so the “damns” and “hells” and “asses” are fairly limited and equally innocuous Rated TV-PG for adult themes, sexual innuendo, and some language Sam still finds most women too attractive not to proposition, and in addition to the usual entanglements that drive sitcoms-the family relationships, love interests, worker conflicts, etc.-the creators developed a rivalry between Cheers and another Boston bar. And when that didn’t work out, he returned to a corporate-owned pub run by Rebecca Howe (Outstanding Lead Actress winner Kirstie Alley) and worked for “the man.” But some things never change. Shelley Long left after the fifth season, but the creators pulled a 180 and changed the dynamic so that Sam wasn’t just hiring another waitress-he sold the bar and bought a boat to sail around the world. Lilith Sternin (two-time Outstanding Supporting Actress winner Bebe Neuwirth). Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer), who would go on to have his own even more successful spin-off series, and fellow stuffed-shirt psychologist (and love interest) Dr. Then the creators felt another egghead was needed and brought in the character of psychologist Dr. “NORM!” (George Wendt), who elicits a moniker cheer every time he enters Cheers because he spends more time there than he does at home.Īfter Colasanto died, Woody Harrelson brought a fresh take on the clueless character when he took over as bartender Woody from rural Iowa (and won an Outstanding Supporting Actor Emmy). Cheers would also win Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1984, 1988, and 1990.
Three of the first-season’s smartly written episodes received Emmy nominations, and Glen and Les Charles won for “Give Me a Ring Sometime.” Cheers earned 13 total Primetime Emmy nominations that first season, with additional wins coming for Outstanding Lead Actress (Shelley Long), Outstanding Individual Achievement (Graphic Design and Title Sequences), Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series (James Burrows), and the big one: Outstanding Comedy Series.
Nobody wanted to spend time in the fictional bar where “everybody knows your name,” even if Bostonians did recognize the location as the Bull & Finch Pub at 84 Beacon Street.īut critics took notice. The first episode of Cheers aired on September 30, 1982, and that week the Boston bar sitcom from James Burrows and the Charles boys finished dead last in the Nielsen ratings at #77. So hey, why not serve up another workplace/customer comedy?
In 1982, producers Glen and Les Charles were cruising along with their Taxi, having accelerated past All in the Family in 1979 to win the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series-a title the cabbie sitcom retained in 19.
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