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Cheers
''Cheers'' is an American sitcom television series that ran on NBC from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993, with a total of 275 half-hour episodes across 11 seasons. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association w ...
'' originally aired on
NBC
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from September 30, 1982 to May 20, 1993. Over the series run, 275 original episodes aired, an average of 25 episodes per season. In the early 1990s, 20 volumes of
VHS cassettes were released; each had three half-hour episodes.
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"Cheer Up! `Cheers' Lives via Mail Order"
''Los Angeles Times
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'' 14 May 1993: F18. Web. 1 June 2012. The whole series is currently available on multi-disc sets on
DVD
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, two to four per season. The series is also available on
iTunes
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and
Amazon Prime Video
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.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (1982–83)
(Note: DVD Season 1 Disc 1 of the box-set episodes are out of sequence. The following is the correct airing order)
Season 2 (1983–84)
Season 3 (1984–85)
Season 4 (1985–86)
Season 5 (1986–87)
Season 6 (1987–88)
Season 7 (1988–89)
Season 8 (1989–90)
Season 9 (1990–91)
Season 10 (1991–92)
Season 11 (1992–93)
Notes
References
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Ratings notes
; Season 1
According to ''
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the Un ...
'', ratings from 1982 to 1983 were based on 83.3 million households with at least one television set. "Television Ratings" column list is located at Part VI, "Calendar" section. Below sources originated from ''Los Angeles Times'', republished in
microfilm
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copies, which may be located in your local library.
;Season 2
Except where noted, they were originally published in print editions of ''
The Miami Herald
The ''Miami Herald'' is an American daily newspaper owned by the McClatchy Company and headquartered in Doral, Florida, a city in western Miami-Dade County and the Miami metropolitan area, several miles west of Downtown Miami.[Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the Un ...]
'',
Nielsen ratings
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of 1984–85 were based on 84.9 million households.
;Season 4
According to the ''
Daily Breeze
The ''Daily Breeze'' is a 57,000-circulation daily newspaper published in Hermosa Beach, California
Hermosa Beach (''Hermosa'', Spanish language, Spanish for "Beautiful") is a beachfront city in Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of Calif ...
'', a newspaper from
Torrance, California
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, the 1985–86 ratings are based on 85.9 million households with at least one television.
;Season 5
According t
the 15 May 1987 articlefrom ''
The Argus-Press
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'', the 1986-87 ratings were based on 87.4 million households with at least one television set. Unless otherwise, the sources were of the newspaper ''
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', also known simply as the PG, is the largest newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Descended from the ''Pittsburgh Gazette'', established in 1786 as the first newspaper published west of the All ...
''.
;Season 6
Unless otherwise, the main source of
Nielsen ratings
Nielsen Media Research (NMR) is an American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre, films (via the AMC Theatres MAP program), and newspapers. Headquartered in New York City, it is best known for the Nielsen rat ...
is the newspaper ''
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', also known simply as the PG, is the largest newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Descended from the ''Pittsburgh Gazette'', established in 1786 as the first newspaper published west of the All ...
''. According to that main source, ratings of 1987-88 were based on 88.6 million households that have at least one television.
;Season 7
Unless otherwise, the main source of
Nielsen ratings
Nielsen Media Research (NMR) is an American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre, films (via the AMC Theatres MAP program), and newspapers. Headquartered in New York City, it is best known for the Nielsen rat ...
is the newspaper ''
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', also known simply as the PG, is the largest newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Descended from the ''Pittsburgh Gazette'', established in 1786 as the first newspaper published west of the All ...
''. According to that main source, ratings of 1988-89 were based on 90.4 million households that have at least one television.
;Season 8
According to many newspapers, including the main source ''
USA Today
''USA Today'' (stylized in all uppercase) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virgini ...
'', the 1989–90
Nielsen ratings
Nielsen Media Research (NMR) is an American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre, films (via the AMC Theatres MAP program), and newspapers. Headquartered in New York City, it is best known for the Nielsen rat ...
are based on 92.1 million households that have at least one television.
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