Cheers
TVPG
Sitcom
Comedy drama
Sam Malone, former reliever for the Red Sox, runs a Boston bar where “everybody knows your name.”
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Cast & Crew
Ted Danson Sam Malone
Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli LeBec
George Wendt Norm Peterson
Shelley Long Diane Chambers
Kirstie Alley Rebecca Howe
Kelsey Grammer Dr. Frasier Crane
Woody Harrelson Woody Boyd
John Ratzenberger Cliff Clavin
Nicholas Colasanto Ernie "Coach" Pantusso
Bebe Neuwirth Dr. Lilith Sternin
Al Rosen Al
James Burrows Creator
Glen Charles Creator
Les Charles Creator
James Burrows Executive Producer
Glen Charles Executive Producer
Les Charles Executive Producer
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Monday, January 20
Pick a Con ... Any Con
Season 1 • Episode 19
Sam discovers Coach is being ripped off in his daily gin games.
Monday, January 20
No Contest
Season 1 • Episode 18
Diane is furious when Sam enters a photo of her in the annual Miss Boston Barmaid contest.
Tuesday, January 21
Show Down
Season 1 • Episode 21
Sam becomes jealous when his impressive older brother Derek drops by the bar and charms Diane.
Tuesday, January 21
Show Down
Season 1 • Episode 22
Diane's fascination with Sam's older brother brings their long simmering relationship to a boil.
Wednesday, January 22
Power Play
Season 2 • Episode 1
The regular gang finds Sam and Diane's romance hard to believe, a view apparently shared by Diane.
Wednesday, January 22
Little Sister Don't Cha
Season 2 • Episode 2
Carla's promiscuous sister hits on everyone in the bar, including naive Cliff.
Wednesday, January 22
Someone Single, Someone Blue
Season 1 • Episode 20
Diane's well-to-do mother will lose her inheritance if Diane isn't married within 24 hours.
Wednesday, January 22
Power Play
Season 2 • Episode 1
The regular gang finds Sam and Diane's romance hard to believe, a view apparently shared by Diane.
Thursday, January 23
Personal Business
Season 2 • Episode 3
Carla claims that Diane is getting preferential treatment; Diane looks for a new job.
Thursday, January 23
Homicidal Ham
Season 2 • Episode 4
Diane decides to save Andy, an unbalanced ex-convict that finds life easier in jail.
Thursday, January 23
Personal Business
Season 2 • Episode 3
Carla claims that Diane is getting preferential treatment; Diane looks for a new job.
Thursday, January 23
Little Sister Don't Cha
Season 2 • Episode 2
Carla's promiscuous sister hits on everyone in the bar, including naive Cliff.
Friday, January 24
Sumner's Return
Season 2 • Episode 5
One year after dumping her, Diane's intellectual former fiancé returns to reclaim her.
Friday, January 24
Affairs of the Heart
Season 2 • Episode 6
Carla rejects a man interested in her romantically, convinced that he must have some fatal flaw.
Friday, January 24
Sumner's Return
Season 2 • Episode 5
One year after dumping her, Diane's intellectual former fiancé returns to reclaim her.
Friday, January 24
Homicidal Ham
Season 2 • Episode 4
Diane decides to save Andy, an unbalanced ex-convict that finds life easier in jail.
Saturday, January 25
Old Flames
Season 2 • Episode 7
Sam's friend (Fred Dryer) hopes to put an end to Sam and Diane's relationship.
Saturday, January 25
Manager Coach
Season 2 • Episode 8
Coach becomes a slave driver when he's put in charge of a Little League team.
Monday, January 27
Old Flames
Season 2 • Episode 7
Sam's friend (Fred Dryer) hopes to put an end to Sam and Diane's relationship.
Monday, January 27
Affairs of the Heart
Season 2 • Episode 6
Carla rejects a man interested in her romantically, convinced that he must have some fatal flaw.
Tuesday, January 28
They Called Me Mayday
Season 2 • Episode 9
Dick Cavett causes great excitement when he offers to submit Sam's memoirs to his publisher.
Tuesday, January 28
How Do I Love Thee? ... Let Me Call You Back
Season 2 • Episode 10
Sam and Diane separate for a week to re-evaluate their relationship.
Tuesday, January 28
They Called Me Mayday
Season 2 • Episode 9
Dick Cavett causes great excitement when he offers to submit Sam's memoirs to his publisher.
Tuesday, January 28
Manager Coach
Season 2 • Episode 8
Coach becomes a slave driver when he's put in charge of a Little League team.
Wednesday, January 29
Just Three Friends
Season 2 • Episode 11
Diane is furious, when she sees that Sam and her old school chum find each other very attractive.
Wednesday, January 29
Where There's a Will ...
Season 2 • Episode 12
A wealthy customer discloses that the Cheers gang will be remembered in his will.
Wednesday, January 29
Just Three Friends
Season 2 • Episode 11
Diane is furious, when she sees that Sam and her old school chum find each other very attractive.
Wednesday, January 29
How Do I Love Thee? ... Let Me Call You Back
Season 2 • Episode 10
Sam and Diane separate for a week to re-evaluate their relationship.
Thursday, January 30
Battle of the Exes
Season 2 • Episode 13
Carla asks Sam to accompany her to her ex-husband's wedding ceremony to his blonde bimbo Loretta.
Thursday, January 30
No Help Wanted
Season 2 • Episode 14
Sam questions Norm's abilities when he hires him as an accountant.
Thursday, January 30
Battle of the Exes
Season 2 • Episode 13
Carla asks Sam to accompany her to her ex-husband's wedding ceremony to his blonde bimbo Loretta.
Thursday, January 30
Where There's a Will ...
Season 2 • Episode 12
A wealthy customer discloses that the Cheers gang will be remembered in his will.
Friday, January 31
Coachie Makes Three
Season 2 • Episode 15
Sam and Diane want to spend some time alone together, but the lonely Coach keeps joining them.
Friday, January 31
Cliff's Rocky Romance
Season 2 • Episode 16
Cliff's know-it-all attitude finally gets him into a fight with another patron.
Friday, January 31
Coachie Makes Three
Season 2 • Episode 15
Sam and Diane want to spend some time alone together, but the lonely Coach keeps joining them.
Friday, January 31
No Help Wanted
Season 2 • Episode 14
Sam questions Norm's abilities when he hires him as an accountant.
Saturday, February 1
Fortune and Men's Weights
Season 2 • Episode 17
When Coach buys an antique scale that also prints out fortunes, the gang finds them coming true.
Saturday, February 1
Snow Job
Season 2 • Episode 18
Diane tries to keep Sam from going on a ski weekend with the guys.
Monday, February 3
Fortune and Men's Weights
Season 2 • Episode 17
When Coach buys an antique scale that also prints out fortunes, the gang finds them coming true.
Monday, February 3
Cliff's Rocky Moment
Season 2 • Episode 16
Cliff's know-it-all attitude finally gets him into a fight with another patron.
Tuesday, February 4
Coach Buries a Grudge
Season 2 • Episode 19
Coach is angry when he learns an old friend, now deceased, once propositioned his wife.
Tuesday, February 4
Norman's Conquest
Season 2 • Episode 20
Norm thinks he must have an affair with an attractive client to prove his manhood.
Tuesday, February 4
Coach Buries a Grudge
Season 2 • Episode 19
Coach is angry when he learns an old friend, now deceased, once propositioned his wife.
Tuesday, February 4
Snow Job
Season 2 • Episode 18
Diane tries to keep Sam from going on a ski weekend with the guys.
Wednesday, February 5
I'll Be Seeing You
Season 2 • Episode 21
Sam hires an eccentric artist (Christopher Lloyd) to paint a portrait of Diane.
Wednesday, February 5
I'll Be Seeing You
Season 2 • Episode 22
Diane defends her relationship with Sam while having her portrait painted by an artist.
Wednesday, February 5
I'll Be Seeing You
Season 2 • Episode 21
Sam hires an eccentric artist (Christopher Lloyd) to paint a portrait of Diane.
Wednesday, February 5
I'll Be Seeing You
Season 2 • Episode 22
Diane defends her relationship with Sam while having her portrait painted by an artist.
Thursday, February 6
Rebound
Season 3 • Episode 1
Sam resumes his excessive drinking habits, and Diane has a new lover.
Thursday, February 6
Rebound
Season 3 • Episode 2
Diane tells Sam the truth about her relationship with Frasier Crane.
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