
Laid-back Sam Malone, a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, owns and runs Cheers, a cozy bar in Boston. He hires smart, uptight -- and jilted -- Diane Chambers as a server, out of sympathy, but their attraction causes constant bickering. Wacky characters fill the bar: sarcastic waitress Carla, beer-loving accountant Norm, know-it-all postman Cliff. When Diane leaves Boston much later, Sam sells the bar, buys a boat and sails the world, but his boat sinks, so he returns. New, ambitious manager Rebecca Howe hires him back, but they love to hate each other too.
Robin Colcord's lavish -- and well-protected -- apartment is the setting for Sam and Rebecca's latest misadventure.
Norm is the "love target" of his obsessive former secretary.
Sam enlists Carla and Norm to help him race Robin's yacht in the Boston Regatta.
Alexis Smith guest stars as Rebecca's former college professor -- and Sam's new love interest.