TV series
Where everybody knows your name.
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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.
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Episode 1
The regular gang finds Sam and Diane's romance hard to believe, a view apparently shared by Diane, who throws Sam out of her apartment after only five minutes.
Directed by James BurrowsWritten by Les Charles, Glen CharlesGuest stars Alan Koss, Paul Vaughn
Episode 2
Carla goes on a maternity leave and is replaced by her supposedly shy and innocent sister.
Directed by James BurrowsWritten by Heide PerlmanGuest stars Paul Vaughn, Paul Willson, Jerry Prell
Episode 3
Diane, angry at the implication that she couldn't hold a job anywhere but Cheers, leaves for better position and Norm leaves Vera.
Directed by James BurrowsGuest stars Tony Brafa, James Ingersoll, Patrick Stack
Episode 4
Andy, the ex-con Sam arranged as a blind date for Diane, returns to Cheers to show off his acting ability.
Directed by James BurrowsWritten by David LloydGuest stars Derek McGrath, Alan Koss, Paul Vaughn, Severn Darden, Noel Farmer
Episode 5
Diane's intellectual former fiance returns to reclaim her and puts Sam into an anxiety attack when he tries to measure up by reading Tolstoy.
Directed by James BurrowsWritten by Michael J. WeithornGuest stars Michael McGuire
Episode 6
Carla rejects a man interested in her romantically, convinced that he must have some "fatal flaw" to find her attractive.
Directed by James BurrowsGuest stars Don Amendolia
Episode 7
Sam's old buddy Dave Richards bets Sam he can break up his romance with Diane within 24 hours and it looks like a sure thing when Diane learns he still has his little black book.
Directed by James BurrowsWritten by David AngellGuest stars Fred Dryer, Elizabeth McIvor
Episode 8
Coach becomes a slave driver when he's put in charge of Little League team.
Directed by James BurrowsGuest stars Alan Koss, Paul Vaughn, Herb Mitchell, Elliott Scott, Corey Feldman, Martin Davis
Episode 9
Sam and Diane go to work after Dick Cavett suggests that Sam's autobiography might sell and Norm confronts an old flame of Vera's who's interested in her again.
Directed by James BurrowsWritten by David AngellGuest stars Dick Cavett, Walter Olkewicz, Ed Quinlan
Episode 10
Sam casually tells Diane he loves her and sends her deep into an introspective analysis of their relationship.
Directed by James BurrowsGuest stars Alan Koss, Harry Anderson, Gerald Berns, Kevin Rooney
Episode 11
Diane is at first incredulous then furious when it becomes apparent that Sam and her old school chum find each other very attractive.
Directed by James BurrowsWritten by David LloydGuest stars Markie Post
Episode 12
Sam lets a dying man tend bar just for fun, but the man leaves the bar patrons $100,000 in a paper napkin will.
Directed by James BurrowsGuest stars Alan Koss, Jacqueline Cassell, George Gaynes, Thomas Babson, Tim Cunningham, Elizabeth Hill
Episode 13
Not wanting to appear lonely and dateless whilst going to her ex-husband Nick's wedding ceremony to blonde bimbo Loretta, Carla asks Sam to accompany her.
Directed by James BurrowsWritten by Sam Simon, Ken EstinGuest stars Jean Kasem, Dan Hedaya, Allen Williams, Jacqueline Cassell
Episode 14
Sam regrets asking Norm to do his taxes when the out of work accountant comes up with a five figure refund.
Directed by James BurrowsGuest stars Russ Marin, Amanda Horan Kennedy, Steve Giannelli, Hal Ralston
Episode 15
Sam and Diane want to spend some time alone together, but the lonely Coach keeps joining them, not realising he is spoiling things for them. Rather than hurt his feelings by asking him not to bother them, Sam and Diane decide to set him up with a woman so they will be left in piece.
Directed by James BurrowsGuest stars Eve Roberts, Milda Dacys, Robyn Peterson
Episode 16
Cliff's know-it-all attitude finally gets him into a fight with another patron.
Directed by James BurrowsWritten by David LloydGuest stars Sam Scarber, Alan Koss, Peter Iacangelo, Elizabeth Hill
Episode 17
Coach is conned into buying an old scale which also prints out fortunes, and the Cheers gang each see their fortunes - except for Diane, who thinks it is all a load of rubbish. Meanwhile, Norm and Vera make progress in their relationship.
Directed by James BurrowsGuest stars Tim Cunningham, Alan Fine, Charles Champion, Al Rosen
Episode 18
Sam lies to Diane about the weekend he has planned chasing snow bunnies in Vermont.
Directed by James BurrowsWritten by David AngellGuest stars James Gallery, Gary Gershaw
Episode 19
An old friend of Coach has died and Coach decides to hold a memorial to him in the bar, inviting all their old friends. But then Coach discovers his late friend made a pass at his late wife.
Directed by James BurrowsWritten by David LloydGuest stars Don Bexley, Jack O'Leary, Al Rosen, Fred Carney, Arthur Lessac, Bob Lobel
Episode 20
The regulars push Norm into pursuing an attractive new client who seems to be interested in him.
Directed by James BurrowsWritten by Lissa LevinGuest stars Alan Koss, Tim Cunningham, Anne Schedeen, Steve Giannelli
Episode 21
Sam commissions a portrait of Diane from an artist so obnoxious that he soon forbids Diane to continue posing for him, an order Diane won't accept.
Directed by James BurrowsWritten by Les Charles, Glen CharlesGuest stars Christopher Lloyd, Steve Giannelli
Episode 22
Sam commissions a portrait of Diane from an artist so obnoxious that he soon forbids Diane to continue posing for him, an order Diane won't accept.
Directed by James BurrowsWritten by Les Charles, Glen CharlesGuest stars Christopher Lloyd, Steve Giannelli, Christopher Carroll
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Ted DansonSam Malone
Kirstie AlleyRebecca Howe
Shelley LongDiane Chambers
Nicholas ColasantoErnie 'Coach' Pantusso
Rhea PerlmanCarla Tortelli
George WendtNorm Peterson
John RatzenbergerCliff Clavin
Woody HarrelsonWoody Boyd
NBCUnited States
Paramount TelevisionUnited States
