The show's ensemble cast included waitresses Carla Tortelli and Diane Chambers, the latter of whom would be Sam's love interest for the first several seasons of the show, as well as a sweetly naive second bartender, Coach Ernie Pantusso for the first three seasons, and Woody Boyd for the rest of the series, and regular bar patrons Norm Peterson, Cliff Clavin, and Frasier Crane. The show is set in a bar named 'Cheers' in Boston, Massachusetts, where a group of locals meet to drink, relax, and socialize.Īt the center of the show was the bar's owner and head bartender Sam Malone, a womanizing former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows Productions in association with Paramount Network Television, and was created by the team of James Burrows and Glen and Les Charles.
Cheers is an American sitcom television series that ran on NBC from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993, with a total of 275 half-hour episodes across eleven seasons.