What TV genre is Cheers classified as?

Cheers is classified as a sitcom. The American television series combines a continuing ensemble cast, recurring settings, and comedic storylines centered on the Boston bar where its characters meet.

Created by Glen and Les Charles and James Burrows, Cheers premiered on NBC on September 30, 1982. Its humor came from workplace relationships, romances, misunderstandings, and the contrasting personalities of bartenders, employees, and regular customers.

The series is sometimes remembered for its romantic-drama elements, especially the relationship between Sam Malone and Diane Chambers, but those storylines do not make it a soap opera. Nor is it a police procedural or game show: the bar setting and character-driven comedy define its genre.

Cheers ran for 11 seasons and 275 episodes, ending on May 20, 1993. Its format helped make it one of American television’s best-known situation comedies and led to the spin-off Frasier.