Episodes: 275 (including three double-length episodes and a triple-length finale)

Seasons: 11

Show dates: September 30, 1982 – May 20, 1993

Performers include: Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger

Description: The show is set in the titular bar in Boston, where a group of locals meet to drink, relax, socialize, and escape from their day-to-day issues. At the center of the show is the bar's owner and head bartender, Sam Malone, who is a womanizing former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. The show's ensemble cast introduced in the pilot episode are waitresses Diane Chambers and Carla Tortelli, second bartender Coach Ernie Pantusso, and regular customers Norm Peterson and Cliff Clavin.