Cheers Guide

Ted Danson : Kirstie Alley : Shelly Long : Woody Harrelson

Plot

Nearly all of Cheers took place in the front room of the bar, but they often went into the rear pool room or the bar’s office. Cheers didn’t show any action outside the bar until the first episode of the second season, which took the action to Diane’s apartment. Cheers had some running gags, such as Norm arriving in the bar greeted by a loud “Norm!” Early episodes generally followed Sam’s antics with his various women, following a variety of romantic comedy clichés to get out of whatever relationship troubles he was in for each episode. As the show progressed and Sam got into more serious relationships the general tone switched to comedy on Sam settling down into a monogamous lifestyle. Throughout the series, larger story arcs began to develop that spanned multiple episodes or seasons interspersed with smaller themes and one-off episodes.