Cheers Cheers Cheers is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993, with a total of 275 half-hour episodes for eleven seasons. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Network Television. The show was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. The show is set in a bar named Cheers in Boston, Massachusetts, where a group of locals meet to drink, relax, and socialize. The show's main theme song, co-written and performed by Gary Portnoy, lent its refrain "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" as the
Gary Portnoy also wrote (with Hart Angelo) and performed the theme song for NBC's Punky Brewster. In 2003, after a hiatus from the music business during the 1990s, Portnoy released the 12-track album "Keeper", which includes the full-length version of "Where Everybody Knows Your Name". In 2007, he followed with the release of the autobiographical 12-track album, "Destiny", which contains a full-length version of the theme song for "Mr. Belvedere" (whose original version was sung by Leon Redbone). In 2010, Portnoy released the 12-track album, "Songs Along The Way", which includes eleven newly penned compositions as well as the demo version of