What is the title of the Cheers pilot episode?

The Cheers pilot episode is titled “Give Me a Ring Sometime.” It is also the first episode of the sitcom’s first season and introduces the Boston bar, its staff, and several characters who become central to the series.

The episode follows Diane Chambers, a graduate student abandoned by her fiancé at Cheers. Sam Malone, the bar’s owner and bartender, offers her a waitress job after she realizes that her academic position and planned marriage have both collapsed. The pilot establishes the romantic and comic tension between Sam and Diane.

“Give Me a Ring Sometime” first aired on September 30, 1982. It was written by Glen and Les Charles and directed by James Burrows. Viewers sometimes confuse its title with “Sam’s Women,” the next episode, or “One for the Road,” the series finale. The title refers to the missing wedding ring that drives the pilot’s story.