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The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.

11 Seasons
269 Episodes
Ended
Comedy
Cast & Characters
episode image One for the Road
9.1/10 (1066 votes)

#1 One for the Road

S11:E25

Whilst watching the National Cable Ace Awards, the gang sees ex-waitress Diane Chambers winning the award for best writing in a mini-series. This leads to Sam calling Diane to congratulate her, and to find out that she is married and has children. Sam tells her Diane that he too has a wife and kids, and invites Diane and her husband to visit them. Sam strongly believes Diane is lying and becomes really shocked when she walks into Cheers the following day to meet Mrs Malone. Meanwhile Rebecca's boyfriend Don proposes to her and she accidently says no, ends up heartbroken and agrees to play Sam's wife to fool Diane. Sam and Rebecca have dinner with Diane and her husband, Reed Manchester. During the dinner Don arrives and proposes to her again, and this time she manages to say yes! They leave the dinner, and Sam thinks he must look like a fool. Then Diane's husband turns out to be a fake when *his* husband Kevin appears!

episode image Dinner at Eight-ish
8.8/10 (892 votes)

#2 Dinner at Eight-ish

S5:E20

Frasier and Lilith invite Sam and Diane over for dinner to celebrate their first week of cohabitation. But things start going wrong when Lilith finds out Frasier and Diane were engaged, and she locks herself in the bathroom. Then Sam and Diane have an argument as well. Meanwhile Cliff agrees to babysit Carla's kids.

episode image Abnormal Psychology
8.6/10 (731 votes)

#3 Abnormal Psychology

S5:E4

Diane tries to help Lilith, the lady psychologist attracted to Frasier, to soften her appearance and surprise Frasier during their television debate.

episode image Thanksgiving Orphans
8.6/10 (830 votes)

#4 Thanksgiving Orphans

S5:E9

The gang gathers at Carla's house for a Thanksgiving dinner of frozen turkey and overdone peas.

episode image Simon Says
8.6/10 (778 votes)

#5 Simon Says

S5:E21

Diane badgers a noted British marriage counselor into seeing her and Sam for a pre-nuptial session, then refuses to heed his advice.

episode image An Old-Fashioned Wedding
8.6/10 (658 votes)

#6 An Old-Fashioned Wedding

S10:E25

Woody and Kelly's wedding faces some funny obstacles, before and during the ceremony, including Sam's flirtation with a German guest who turns out to be married, the priest dying and Kelly's Uncle Roger having to perform the ceremony - but only if he is drunk, Rebecca having to ice the cake after insulting the kitchen staff, and Lilith having to sing to the guests in order to stop them, and Woody and Kelly, from finding out the disasters going on behind the scenes.

episode image Pick a Con... Any Con
8.5/10 (1082 votes)

#7 Pick a Con... Any Con

S1:E19

Sam enlists Harry the conman to help fleece a card shark who cheated Coach out of a lot of money.

episode image One Hugs, the Other Doesn't
8.5/10 (586 votes)

#8 One Hugs, the Other Doesn't

S10:E16

A Boston performance by children's singer Nanny Gee for Frederick's birthday sheds light on Frasier's past as Lilith and the barflies discover Nanny is Frasier's first wife! Frasier had forgotten to mention this fact to Lilith and when Nanny arrives at Cheers she and Lilith soon get into a catfight!

episode image Bidding on the Boys
8.3/10 (560 votes)

#9 Bidding on the Boys

S6:E8

Sam and Woody are up for bids at a charity auction but less than thrilled at their new ""owners.""

episode image What is... Cliff Clavin?
8.3/10 (540 votes)

#10 What is... Cliff Clavin?

S8:E14

Jeopardy makes an appearance in Boston, and Cliff gets on the show. The Jeopardy! round had all 6 categories Cliff specializes in, such as celebrities or the US Postal Service. But when Final Jeopardy approaches, he loses all his money putting a stupid response ""Who are three people that have never visited my kitchen?"" and becomes depressed afterwards. Meanwhile someone has stolen Sam's little black book and started ringing all the girls in it.

episode image Bar Wars VII: The Naked Prey
8.3/10 (548 votes)

#11 Bar Wars VII: The Naked Prey

S11:E19

It's the annual St. Patrick's Day battle of sales between Cheers and Gary's Olde Towne Tavern. Not only does Cheers lose the battle of the hi-jinx with an unsuspecting Woody taking the brunt of the battle, Cheers also loses the sales bet. Sam has finally had as much as he can take not only with the loss once again to Gary's but performing the most humiliating task he and the guys have had to endure due to the loss. Sam threatens Gary and decides to pull out one of the biggest guns he knows: Harry the Hat. Sam asks Harry to devise and execute the ultimate plan to beat Gary. Harry refuses. Despite Carla's assertion to take matters into her own hands, Sam finally gives up permanently to Gary. When Sam goes over to Gary's to wave the final white flag, he witnesses in horror what he believes is Carla's master plan. But what he witnesses is part of a deal Gary made with Rutherford Cunningham, who Sam knows better by another name.

episode image It's Lonely on the Top
8.3/10 (507 votes)

#12 It's Lonely on the Top

S11:E22

Because of Woody's civic election win, Sam needs another bartender, a job he gives to Carla. To celebrate, Carla whips up a batch of one of her powerhouse drinks for the guys. The day after, everyone has a hangover. What's worse, Carla, who imbibed and got drunk herself, has a sneaking suspicion that she took someone home and slept with him, that person she believes being one of the Cheers regulars. She confides in Sam alone, and after he tells her it wasn't him, she panics and they both ponder who it could have been, with her worse nightmare having it be Cliff. When her bed-mate ultimately reveals himself, Carla and Sam have to decide how best to handle the information. Two other revelations come to light in the aftermath of the drunken spree. And Sam makes an admission of his own to Carla to make her feel better about her own further revelation.

episode image Endless Slumper
8.2/10 (998 votes)

#13 Endless Slumper

S1:E10

Rick Walker, a friend of Sam, seeks his advice on how to end a losing streak.

episode image Showdown (2)
8.2/10 (886 votes)

#14 Showdown (2)

S1:E22

Diane's fascination with Sam's older brother brings their long simmering relationship to a boil when the sibling asks Diane to go to Paris with him.

episode image The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter
8.2/10 (670 votes)

#15 The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter

S3:E14

The guys take Frasier on a ""snipe"" hunt in the woods after Diane asks them to include the psychologist in their masculine pursuits.

episode image The Big Kiss-Off
8.2/10 (531 votes)

#16 The Big Kiss-Off

S6:E24

Sam and Woody wager over who can be the first to plant a three-second kiss on Rebecca.

episode image Norm, is That You?
8.2/10 (557 votes)

#17 Norm, is That You?

S7:E6

Norm tries to hide the fact that he's become an interior decorator.

episode image Sisterly Love
8.2/10 (548 votes)

#18 Sisterly Love

S7:E21

Sam tries to reconcile Rebecca and her sister.

episode image Bar Wars VI: This Time It's for Real
8.2/10 (480 votes)

#19 Bar Wars VI: This Time It's for Real

S10:E23

The new owner of Gary's Olde Towne Tavern lack a sense of humor and respond badly to Cheers' latest prank.

episode image The Bar Manager, The Shrink, His Wife and Her Lover (2)
8.2/10 (453 votes)

#20 The Bar Manager, The Shrink, His Wife and Her Lover (2)

S11:E17

After returning to Boston only to discover Frasier in bed with Rebecca, Lilith comes to Cheers to seek Sam's advice. Frasier comes after her, and Rebecca shows up as well to explain. Frasier says he can't take Lilith back after what she did - just as her lover, Dr Pascal, shows up and takes the gang as hostages unless Lilith returns to him. When Paul and John Allen Hill show up and also get taken as hostages, Lilith has to persuade Pascal to let them all go, and that she doesn't want to go back. Plus will she reconcille with Frasier?

episode image Woody Gets an Election
8.2/10 (489 votes)

#21 Woody Gets an Election

S11:E21

When City Councilman Kevin Fogarty comes to Cheers on his re-election campaign spouting a whole lot of political nothings that nonetheless woos the crowd, Frasier bets the gang that he can even get a trained monkey on the ballot and garner 10% of the vote. Without a trained monkey in sight, Frasier chooses Woody as a good surrogate. Frasier does indeed get enough signatures to get Woody on the ballot. Woody helps his own political cause when Holly Matheson, a local reporter covering the City Hall beat, mistakes Woody's farm talk as an analogy for the problems of City politics. In an early poll, Woody garners 8% popular support, enough for the gang to concede defeat to Frasier.

episode image Give Me a Ring Sometime
8.1/10 (1574 votes)

#22 Give Me a Ring Sometime

S1:E1

Bride-to-be Diane Chambers becomes the center of attention at a cozy bar called Cheers.

episode image Diane's Perfect Date
8.1/10 (899 votes)

#23 Diane's Perfect Date

S1:E17

Sam and Diane dare each other to find the other's perfect date, but Sam's last minute choice doesn't quite measure up.

episode image Fairy Tales Can Come True
8.1/10 (739 votes)

#24 Fairy Tales Can Come True

S3:E4

Cliff meets a woman during a costume party at Cheers that he likes very much, but he's afraid to see her again as himself.

episode image Cheerio, Cheers
8.1/10 (656 votes)

#25 Cheerio, Cheers

S3:E22

Diane announces that she's leaving Cheers to accompany Frasier to Italy and Sam throws her a going-away party.

episode image The Bartender's Tale
8.1/10 (645 votes)

#26 The Bartender's Tale

S3:E23

Carla insists that Sam should hire an older woman to replace Diane but she doesn't reckon on Sam's attraction to the woman's daughter.

episode image The Crane Mutiny
8.1/10 (531 votes)

#27 The Crane Mutiny

S6:E5

The gang tries to convince Frasier that Rebecca desires him after he quarrels with Lilith and Rebecca replaces Sam's picture with one of Robert Urich.

episode image And God Created Woodman
8.1/10 (548 votes)

#28 And God Created Woodman

S6:E14

Woody takes responsibility for a vase broken by Rebecca at a company party, and winds up pals with the big boss.

episode image Golden Boyd
8.1/10 (523 votes)

#29 Golden Boyd

S7:E13

Woody decides to steal Kelly, a rich snob's girl, away when the man humiliates him.

episode image The Stork Brings a Crane
8.1/10 (502 votes)

#30 The Stork Brings a Crane

S8:E6

Lilith spoils Rebecca's elaborately planned celebration of Cheers' 100th anniversary by going into labor.

episode image Veggie-Boyd
8.1/10 (492 votes)

#31 Veggie-Boyd

S9:E9

Woody gets a big break when he's cast in a commercial for a new vegetable drink but Cliff just feels broken when the new trivia napkins upstage him.

episode image Bar Wars V: The Final Judgement
8.1/10 (498 votes)

#32 Bar Wars V: The Final Judgement

S10:E7

Sam may have played his last prank when it appears that his Halloween trick may have killed his old nemesis Gary.

episode image Heeeeeere's... Cliffy!
8.1/10 (480 votes)

#33 Heeeeeere's... Cliffy!

S10:E24

Norm tells Cliff a little white lie about Carson using Cliff's material on The Tonight Show, then regrets it when Cliff comes up with two tickets to Burbank. Meanwhile Sam and Woody install a satellite dish at Cheers.

episode image Is There a Doctor in the Howe? (1)
8.1/10 (450 votes)

#34 Is There a Doctor in the Howe? (1)

S11:E16

Frasier is upset when he hears that Lilith now officially want s a divorce. The staff at Cheers decide to hold a ""happy divorce"" party to cheer him up, and at the party, whilst Woody drinks too much and becomes a mean drunk, Frasier gets drunk. Afterwards Rebecca drives him home, but they end up in bed together. However, first the gang pop around to check Frasier is OK - and to watch ""The 3 Stooges"" - but just when they leave, who should show up but Lilith, who has escaped from the eco-pod...

episode image Truce or Consequences
8.0/10 (979 votes)

#35 Truce or Consequences

S1:E8

Diane and Carla decide to bury the hatchet over after work drinks, which lead to a startling confession from Carla about her youngest child.

episode image I Call Your Name
8.0/10 (661 votes)

#36 I Call Your Name

S3:E3

Frasier asks Sam for some advice about his more intimate relationship with Diane and Cliff hides out from a vengeful fellow postal employee.

episode image Suspicion
8.0/10 (605 votes)

#37 Suspicion

S4:E14

Diane arranges for a stranger to come into Cheers as part of an experiment in paranoid behavior, but then she provides an even better example as she waits for the gang to get back at her.

episode image The Proposal
8.0/10 (607 votes)

#38 The Proposal

S5:E1

We finally found out who Sam's telephone proposal at the end of the last episode was to - Diane! But Diane fears that Sam is meerely on the rebound after breaking up with Janet, so asks him to repeat the proposal in a more romantic occasion, but when he does (on a boat), she refuses, causing Sam to make her walk the plank. Later Diane says she does want to get married, but Sam has now retracted the proposal.

episode image Everyone Imitates Art
8.0/10 (582 votes)

#39 Everyone Imitates Art

S5:E10

Diane becomes obsessed with tracking down a poem she's sure Sam plagiarized and had published in a literary magazine that has repeatedly turned her work down.

episode image Home Is the Sailor
8.0/10 (608 votes)

#40 Home Is the Sailor

S6:E1

Sam returns to Cheers six months after he sold it to a large corporation to pursue a life of leisure on board a new boat. Now the boat has sunk and he's looking for a job.

Cast & Chracters

character image Sam Malone

Sam Malone

Actor: Ted Danson
character image Rebecca Howe

Rebecca Howe

Actor: Kirstie Alley
character image Carla Tortelli

Carla Tortelli

Actor: Rhea Perlman
character image Norm Peterson

Norm Peterson

Actor: George Wendt
character image Cliff Clavin

Cliff Clavin

Actor: John Ratzenberger
character image Woody Boyd

Woody Boyd

Actor: Woody Harrelson
character image Frasier Crane

Frasier Crane

Actor: Kelsey Grammer

The highest rated episode of Cheers is "One for the Road" (S11E25) with a rating of 9.10.

This episode received 1,066 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Madame LaCarla" (S10E3) with a rating of 6.60.

This episode received 447 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Pick a Con... Any Con" (S1E19) with a rating of 8.50.

This episode received 1,082 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Father Knows Last" (S1E15) with a rating of 7.00.

This episode received 848 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Cliff's Rocky Moment" (S2E16) with a rating of 7.90.

This episode received 716 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Norman's Conquest" (S2E20) with a rating of 7.20.

This episode received 627 votes.

The highest rated episode is "The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter" (S3E14) with a rating of 8.20.

This episode received 670 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "An American Family" (S3E9) with a rating of 7.10.

This episode received 611 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Suspicion" (S4E14) with a rating of 8.00.

This episode received 605 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Save the Last Dance for Me" (S4E20) with a rating of 7.00.

This episode received 552 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Dinner at Eight-ish" (S5E20) with a rating of 8.80.

This episode received 892 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "A House Is Not a Home" (S5E25) with a rating of 7.10.

This episode received 551 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Bidding on the Boys" (S6E8) with a rating of 8.30.

This episode received 560 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Little Carla, Happy at Last (2)" (S6E4) with a rating of 7.00.

This episode received 504 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Norm, is That You?" (S7E6) with a rating of 8.20.

This episode received 557 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Those Lips, Those Ice" (S7E5) with a rating of 7.10.

This episode received 479 votes.

The highest rated episode is "What is... Cliff Clavin?" (S8E14) with a rating of 8.30.

This episode received 540 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Sammy and the Professor" (S8E13) with a rating of 7.10.

This episode received 461 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Veggie-Boyd" (S9E9) with a rating of 8.10.

This episode received 492 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Honor Thy Mother" (S9E12) with a rating of 6.90.

This episode received 457 votes.

The highest rated episode is "An Old-Fashioned Wedding" (S10E25) with a rating of 8.60.

This episode received 658 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Madame LaCarla" (S10E3) with a rating of 6.60.

This episode received 447 votes.

The highest rated episode is "One for the Road" (S11E25) with a rating of 9.10.

This episode received 1,066 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Feelings... Whoa, Whoa, Whoa" (S11E9) with a rating of 7.40.

This episode received 426 votes.

Name Department Job
Andy Ackerman Production Producer
Bill Steinkellner Production Executive Producer
Brian Pollack Production Producer
Cherie Steinkellner Production Executive Producer
Dan O'Shannon Production Producer
Dan Staley Production Producer
David Angell Production Producer
David Isaacs Production Producer
Glen Charles Production Executive Producer
Heide Perlman Production Producer
James Burrows Production Executive Producer
Ken Estin Production Producer
Ken Levine Production Producer
Les Charles Production Executive Producer
Mert Rich Production Producer
Peter Casey Production Producer
Phoef Sutton Production Executive Producer
Rob Long Production Producer
Sam Simon Production Producer
Tim Berry Production Producer
Tom Anderson Production Producer
Gary Portnoy Sound Theme Song Performance

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