NBC | Release Date: September 30, 1982
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
1
Negative:
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100
Detroit Free PressMike DuffyOct 20, 2022
Season 1 Review: The real charm of the series is in its exceptional writing and fine ensemble acting. If you like "Taxi," you should certainly enjoy Cheers. [30 Sep 1982, p.65]
100
Philadelphia InquirerLee WinfreyOct 20, 2022
Season 1 Review: Cheers is the gem of the fall season a new series without a weak spot. [30 Sep 1982, p.83]
90
Los Angeles TimesHoward RosenbergOct 20, 2022
Season 1 Review: Cheers in an ensemble triumph, one of those rare meshings, with a cast, a script by the Charles brothers and a setting that all seem perfect for one another. [30 Sep 1982, p.109]
90
Orlando SentinelNoel HolstonOct 20, 2022
Season 1 Review: The brightest new comedy of the season, maybe the brightest new series, period. [30 Sep 1982, p.47]
80
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteWin FanningOct 20, 2022
Season 1 Review: A splendid cast, headed by Shelley Long, a college-educated cocktail waitress, and bar owner Ted Danson, make Cheers something to cheer about. [19 Oct 1982, p.34]
80
Arizona RepublicBud WilkinsonOct 20, 2022
Season 1 Review: So delightful is this woody neighborhood hangout, where "everyone knows your name...where troubles are all the same," that it may just be a reason for elbow-benders to desert their normal haunts. [30 Sep 1982, p.16]
75
Baltimore SunBill CarterOct 20, 2022
Season 1 Review: The writing is crisp, honed and, best of all, funny. You actually laugh at this comedy. Right there, that's an upset for TV. [30 Sep 1982, p.28]
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchEric MinkOct 19, 2022
Season 1 Review: Sam, Diane, a mostly lovable and funny bunch of regulars and occasional outsiders create an atmosphere in which nothing is more valued than quick wit, sincerity and eccentricity. Watching the show, you start to wish you were a regular there. [10 Nov 1982, p.80]
70
New York Daily NewsKay GardellaOct 19, 2022
Season 1 Review: Assuming that viewers won't mind another barroom setting, with Archie Bunker's Place already on the scene and everybody preaching against drinking, writer-producers Les and Glen Charles are off to a good start. [30 Sep 1982, p.124]
63
Miami HeraldSandra EarleyOct 20, 2022
Season 1 Review: No working-class hangout ever looked so good. Cheers ...has all the sleaze of a salon, not a saloon, and never was a gang of beer guzzlers so witty. [30 Sep 1982, p.5B]
63
Chicago TribuneMarilynn PrestonOct 20, 2022
Season 1 Review: It's an obvious set-up for a smart ensemble comedy set up by some of the smartest ensemble writers in the business. [30 Sep 1982, p.8]
60
Philadelphia Daily NewsStuart BykofskyOct 20, 2022
Season 1 Review: This is not the strongest comedy you could hope for, but it does have a number of positive values. [30 Sep 1982, p.48]