studioAT
At it's best Cheers fully deserves it's place as one of the greatest sitcoms of all time. Well cast, sharply written and made all the more impressive when you consider that most of the episodes rarely stray from the bar setting.Cheers fans though are a divided bunch. Some prefer the Coach years, others prefer the Woody years. The Diane or Rebecca dispute is far more controversial.For me I enjoyed the Diane years more. The chemistry between Shelly Long and Ted Danson was great and their characters on/off relationship gave viewers something extra to invest in whilst watching the antics of the other patrons.Upon watching the later seasons the standard is far lower though, with weaker plots and the characters far too exaggerated from their original form. It happens with a lot of long running sitcoms I know, but when a Cheers episode was poor, it really was poor.I forgive and forget the latter years though and celebrate the first five because that for me was when Cheers was well worth drinking to
SeriousJest
Not only was this show good enough to run a full eleven seasons, but, over twenty years after the last episode, it still holds up! The topics are still relevant, the dialogue is still funny, and you can still see real-life versions of these scenarios play out in your local favorite watering hole. I've already called out a few Cliff Clavins!Whereas most shows that start out hot eventually lose their steam and fizzle out, this series changed characters, tweaked plot lines, and kept just enough of its essence true to execute a strong run throughout (I think the show got better when Woody came aboard!). I normally hate sitcoms, but this is one of the best ones I've ever watched. Queue up the complete series on Netflix, and watch every last episode.For more reviews and a kickass podcast, check out www.livemancave.com
cliffslatterly
I actually can't believe there were a couple of bad reviews for this all time classic sitcom. How is that possible? Those people must have horrible taste. Cheers is the greatest show in the history of television. It's among the most highly rated, critically praised, most award winning, most successful shows in the history of television. And rightfully so. It's hilarious, and in the Diane years, could also be very heartwarming. The Cheers gang is almost like family. Heck, better than family in some cases. I feel right at home watching the classic characters of Sam, Cliff, Coach, Woody, Diane, Norm, Frasier, Carla, Lilith, and Rebecca. Cheers also happens to be tied with a few others(M*A*S*H, and Cheers' own spin off "Frasier", most notably), the longest running sitcom of all time! 11 Seasons. Think about that. Almost any sitcom you can name didn't last 11 Seasons. Seinfeld(9), Everybody Loves Raymond(9), Friends(10), Full House(8), Mary Tyler Moore(7), Dick Van Dyke Show(5), I Love Lucy(6), Honeymooners(1), All in the Family(9), Gilligan's Island(3), The Brady Bunch(5), Scrubs(9), That 70's Show (8) and on and on. The series finale is STILL the second most watched finale of all time. 80.5 million TV sets were tuned in. 47% of the countries TV's that night were tuned in to Cheers' finale. Only M*A*S*H's ranks higher. That's mind boggling. In short(or maybe long), nothing can compare to Cheers. It's an all time classic, and deservedly so. The IMDb rating is a disgrace, though. 7.7?! I remember when it had an 8.3, and I thought THAT was too low. I'd kill for an 8.3 at this point. Cheers should be an 9.5, or something, easy. Or certainly a high 8. It's Cheers. The greatest show ever bar none.
TheLittleSongbird
I do love sitcoms, and Cheers and its spin-off Frasier are two of the best sitcoms there are in my opinion. Cheers is a comedy classic, I have been a fan of it for quite some time now and never got round to reviewing it until now. The production values are of top notch quality, there's nothing cheap or dated about Cheers, not then, not now. The story lines, springing from a simple but good concept, are outstanding in their ideas and in their execution and Cheers has some of the best, funniest and creative writing I have heard and seen in a sitcom. The characters are wonderful, timeless and best of all real, all of them are easy to relate to and one of the main reasons, aside from the writing, why Cheers is such a hit for me. My favourite is the eloquent Frasier Crane, but I love them all equally. The acting is superb as well, not just from Ted Danson and Rhea Perlman but also from Kelsey Grammar, I can't choose who's the best as this is one of the rare sitcoms in my opinion where nobody gives a bad performance. Overall, a comedy classic that has stood the test of time. 10/10 Bethany Cox