Should you watch Cheers?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Cheers
Series · 1982
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.
The sides of Cheers
- A Boston bar run by a former baseball player
- Regulars like Norm and Cliff
- Sam and Diane's on-off romance
Cheers is good for you if…
- you like quick banter across a bar counter.
- you want a place where everybody knows your name.
- you like a cast of regulars you get to know over years.
Cheers is bad for you if…
- you can't commit to eleven seasons of one sitcom.
- you find an eighties sitcom dated.
About: friendship · belonging · love
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