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==Promotion and countdown==
==Promotion and countdown==
This finale was massively hyped, including in the media, before the finale's initial airing. NBC executives expected a rating of 65 percent of total television households of 1993.<ref name="Not so fast">Stevenson, Jennifer L. "`Cheers' finale? Not so fast - and not so hot Series: ENTERTAINMENT." ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]'' [St. Petersburg, FL] 22 May 1993, City ed.: 8B. Print. {{subscription required}}</ref> Local news of NBC affiliates, such as [[KNBC]], discussed the countdown to the finale's airing in news programs. Local stations that reran episodes of ''Cheers'' on weekdays, such as [[KTLA]], tributed to ''Cheers'' during the week of the finale.<ref name=Rosenberg>[[Howard Rosenberg|Rosenberg, Howard]]. "Three `Cheers' and a Lot More After All the Hype, How Can Everybody Not Know Their Names?" ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' 20 May 1993: F1. Web. 12 Jan. 2012. {{subscription required}}</ref>
This finale was massively hyped, including in the media, before the finale's initial airing. NBC executives expected a rating of 65 percent of total television households of 1993.<ref name="Not so fast">Stevenson, Jennifer L. "`Cheers' finale? Not so fast - and not so hot Series: ENTERTAINMENT." ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]'' [St. Petersburg, FL] 22 May 1993, City ed.: 8B. Print. {{subscription required}}</ref> Sources from [[Madison Avenue]] estimated a Nielsen rating of 33&ndash;40s and a share of 50&ndash;70; one expected a rating of 37&ndash;38 and a share of 60.<ref name="du brow"/>

News programs of NBC, such as ''[[Dateline NBC]]'' and ''[[Today (NBC program)|Today]]'', and NBC affiliates, such as of [[KNBC]], discussed an upcoming airing of the finale, including on the day of the finale. [[KTLA]], a Los Angeles station that reran ''Cheers'', played a variation of ''Cheers'' theme during reruns on the week before the finale. ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' covered [[blooper]] reels of ''Cheers'' during the week.<ref name=Rosenberg>[[Howard Rosenberg|Rosenberg, Howard]]. "Three `Cheers' and a Lot More After All the Hype, How Can Everybody Not Know Their Names?" ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' 20 May 1993: F1. ''ProQuest''. Web. 23 Jan. 2012. <http://search.proquest.com/docview/282056582?accountid=35804>. ISBN 04583035. {{registration required}}</ref> Episodes of Season 11 (1992&ndash;1993) received successful Nielsen ratings in last several weeks prior to the finale.<ref name="du brow">Du Brow, Rick. "Will `Cheers' Top `MASH,' `Dallas' Ratings?" ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' 15 May 1993, Library ed: F11. Print.</ref>


In April 1&ndash;4, 1993, the Times Mirror Center for the People and the Press (now [[Pew Research Center]]) surveyed 1,011 people on telephones. Sam Malone was voted a favorite of 26% and had 15% chance of a spin-off. For a question of to whom he should marry, 21% voted Diane Chambers, 19% voted Rebecca Howe, 48% voted Sam to stay single, and 12% had "no opinion" on this matter. Woody Boyd was voted a favorite of 18% and had 12% chance of a spin-off, and Norm was voted by 14% and had 10%.<ref name="Gazette survey">Mills, Kim I. "TV viewers glad Sam stayed single." ''[[The Daily Gazette|The Sunday Gazette]]'' [Schenectady, NY] 2 May 1993: A3. ''Google News''. Web. 21 Jan. 2012. <http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=OtrppQHxQ5wC&dat=19930502&printsec=frontpage>.</ref><ref name="Morning Call survey">Leefler, Pete. "Show Piles Up Viewer Cheers." ''[[The Morning Call]]'' [Allentown, NY] 2 May 1993: A01. Web. 17 Jan. 2012. <http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mcall/access/92139221.html?dids=92139221:92139221&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT>. {{subscription required}}</ref><ref group=N>The margin of error in the survey was ±3, according to sources.</ref>
In April 1&ndash;4, 1993, the Times Mirror Center for the People and the Press (now [[Pew Research Center]]) surveyed 1,011 people on telephones. Sam Malone was voted a favorite of 26% and had 15% chance of a spin-off. For a question of to whom he should marry, 21% voted Diane Chambers, 19% voted Rebecca Howe, 48% voted Sam to stay single, and 12% had "no opinion" on this matter. Woody Boyd was voted a favorite of 18% and had 12% chance of a spin-off, and Norm was voted by 14% and had 10%.<ref name="Gazette survey">Mills, Kim I. "TV viewers glad Sam stayed single." ''[[The Daily Gazette|The Sunday Gazette]]'' [Schenectady, NY] 2 May 1993: A3. ''Google News''. Web. 21 Jan. 2012. <http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=OtrppQHxQ5wC&dat=19930502&printsec=frontpage>.</ref><ref name="Morning Call survey">Leefler, Pete. "Show Piles Up Viewer Cheers." ''[[The Morning Call]]'' [Allentown, NY] 2 May 1993: A01. Web. 17 Jan. 2012. <http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mcall/access/92139221.html?dids=92139221:92139221&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT>. {{subscription required}}</ref><ref group=N>The margin of error in the survey was ±3, according to sources.</ref>

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"One for the Road (Cheers)"

"One for the Road" is the name of the final episode of the American television series Cheers. This episode premiered on NBC in Thursday, May 20, 1993, to an audience of approximately 42.4 million households under an original format of 98 minutes. It subsequentially aired in Sunday, May 23, 1993, and Thursday, August 19, 1993, on NBC. It is the second highest-rated series finale of all time behind the series finale of M*A*S*H and was the highest-rated episode of the 1992-1993 television season in the United States.[1][2]

Plot summary

NOTE: This episode ran for 98 minutes at its original broadcast.[3] The DVD release splits this episode into three parts, and this section is given the same treatment.

Part One

Rebecca (Kirstie Alley) enters with Don (Tom Berenger), the plumber introduced in the previous episode, "The Guy Can't Help It."[4] Don proposes to Rebecca; Rebecca answers "no." Don breaks up a relationship with Rebecca and leaves; Rebecca begins to cry.

Meanwhile, the gang are gathered at Cheers to watch the CableACE Awards on television to, primarily, see the model, Kim Alexis. Sam (Ted Danson), entering the gang scene, is relapsing sexual addiction since the previous episode and reluctant to see the model on television.[4] Suddenly, at her first on-screen appearance after she left Cheers six years ago,[5] Diane Chambers (Shelley Long) appears at the televised award ceremony and is awarded and accepts the CableACE Award for Best Writing for a Movie or Miniseries. The bar regulars are shocked to see Diane at the sight; even a still-reluctant Sam is also shocked to see her after six years of separation.

Later, Sam sends Diane a telegram to congratulate her, and she calls at night to thank him. At their phone conversation, Diane is found to be married with three children. Then Sam tells her a lie: he is also married with four kids.

The next day, Rebecca enters the bar in a depressive state and then goes into the office. Suddenly, Diane arrives into the bar, introduces her husband Reed (Mark Harelik), and explains that they both have come for a visit and would like to take Sam and his "wife" out to lunch. Then Sam walks into the office, finds Rebecca on the floor, and convinces her to pretend that they are married.

Part Two

After Diane's arrival to Cheers for the first time since six years, Sam brings Rebecca out and introduces her as "Mrs. Sam Malone" to Diane and Reed. After brief introduction, the four go upstairs to Melville's for lunch. During lunch break, Rebecca breaks down into tears. Suddenly, Don enters the scene and then proposes again. Rebecca answers, "Yes," and kisses him. After Rebecca and Don leave, another man, Kevin (Anthony Heald), comes in and confronts Reed; they both turn out to be a gay couple.

After two couples already left Melville's, Sam and Diane are left alone at the table and admit that neither has a spouse and children. Diane tells Sam the reason for not returning to him after six months apart, as she had planned:[5] her book was rejected by publishers, and she did not want to return unsuccessful. Her book later then became a screenplay. As she prepares to leave, Sam stops Diane and convinces her to be together with him again.

The gang at the bar go through many transformations. Woody is married, is becoming a father, and has been elected to the Boston City Council. Norm (George Wendt) is given a city job by Woody. Cliff (John Ratzenberger) is promoted to a higher position. Rebecca and Don are married. Sam and Diane walk in and announce their engagement and plan to move to California, much to the crowd's chagrin.

Part Three

After Sam's announcement of his engagement with Diane, his friends convinces Sam to reconsider this, but Sam refuses and then argues with them. Sam leaves Cheers on bad terms, and Diane apologizes and leaves Cheers.

In the plane, Sam and Diane begin to consider disputes of themselves as a couple. As Sam and Diane decide that it is too late to change their decision, the flight becomes delayed.

After flight delay, Diane returns to California; meanwhile, Sam returns alone to Cheers and then asks the gang to celebrate with him. The gang exit the bar, leaving Sam to celebrate alone in the bar. Nevertheless, they shortly returned and revealed that it is all a prank and that Diane had called them earlier. They spend the rest of the evening together.

Rebecca enters the bar to retrieve her plane tickets, reveals that Don got a job offer from the sewer department, and is told by Sam that he and Diane "are finished." At their final on-screen moment, Sam and Rebecca share their last kiss "for old times' sake."[N 1] She leaves again in excitement.

Then the remaining gang discuss their own meanings of life and admit that they all treasure each other and their time spent together. As others head home, Norm stays behind for a last beer and tells Sam this: he knew that Sam would return because Sam would not be unfaithful to his one true love: the bar.

After Norm leaves, Sam says aloud to himself, "Boy, I'll tell ya... I'm the luckiest son-of-a-bitch on Earth." A man knocks at the door, but Sam tells him, "Sorry, we're closed." Near the piano, Sam straightens the picture of Geronimo. He proceeds to walk into the back room where the lights are off. The series ends with an exterior nighttime shot of the bar.

Production

300 people attended the studio in Paramount Studios' Stage 25 to watch this episode on Wednesday, March 31, 1993, from 7:20p.m. to 2:15a.m. The whole showing, nevertheless, was the penultimate episode.[6] The remaining final bar scene was recorded on Wednesday, April 7, 1993, a week after that showing.[7][8] The filming location was Los Angeles.[9]

The portrayer of "man" at the final scene was Bob Broder, agent for the show's creators.[10][11][N 2]

Promotion and countdown

This finale was massively hyped, including in the media, before the finale's initial airing. NBC executives expected a rating of 65 percent of total television households of 1993.[12] Sources from Madison Avenue estimated a Nielsen rating of 33–40s and a share of 50–70; one expected a rating of 37–38 and a share of 60.[13]

News programs of NBC, such as Dateline NBC and Today, and NBC affiliates, such as of KNBC, discussed an upcoming airing of the finale, including on the day of the finale. KTLA, a Los Angeles station that reran Cheers, played a variation of Cheers theme during reruns on the week before the finale. Entertainment Tonight covered blooper reels of Cheers during the week.[14] Episodes of Season 11 (1992–1993) received successful Nielsen ratings in last several weeks prior to the finale.[13]

In April 1–4, 1993, the Times Mirror Center for the People and the Press (now Pew Research Center) surveyed 1,011 people on telephones. Sam Malone was voted a favorite of 26% and had 15% chance of a spin-off. For a question of to whom he should marry, 21% voted Diane Chambers, 19% voted Rebecca Howe, 48% voted Sam to stay single, and 12% had "no opinion" on this matter. Woody Boyd was voted a favorite of 18% and had 12% chance of a spin-off, and Norm was voted by 14% and had 10%.[15][16][N 3]

Newspapers, in ways, counted down the finale of Cheers. The Washington Post covered the background of Cheers.[17] Philadelphia Inquirer assured the future after the end of Cheers's first-run broadcast.[18] Star Tribune published stories related to Cheers, including the following: local residents played trivia games that tribute to Cheers, including such characters as Cliff and Norm;[19] the future of Sam Malone, a fictional character, was addressed with presumptions.[20]

Each 30-second commercial for the original broadcast costed $650,000; the total amount of commercials that aired on the initial broadcast was 25 to 30.[21][22][N 4]

The retrospective, Cheers: Last Call!, hosted by Bob Costas, tributed 11 years of Cheers and aired on 9:00p.m. before the 9:22p.m. finale.[23][3] It received an overall rating of 39.6 (approximately 36.9 million households); the Los Angeles rating was 40.0.[2]

Release and ratings

This episode aired on NBC on May 20, 1993, at 9:22p.m. instead of 9:30p.m., a regular time for Cheers, and formatted for 98 minutes.[N 5] The overall Nielsen rating was 45.5 (approximately 42.4 million households), "share of the viewing audience was 64 percent," and amount of viewership was 93 million.[24][25][3][N 6]

The finale from 29 major markets resulted an overnight Nielsen rating of 46.7, or 22 million households, and a share of 62 percent.[26] Of all markets, Cheers finale scored a rating of 44.5 from Los Angeles (KNBC),[2] a rating of 54.8 and a share of 72 from Minneapolis–St. Paul market (KARE),[27] a rating of 45.6 from New York City (WNBC),[28] and a rating of 54.1 from the city in where Cheers set, Boston (WBZ-TV).[29]

The finale reran on Sunday, May 23, 1993, from 7:22 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET and received a Nielsen rating of 10.0; Cheers: Last Call! reran at 7 p.m. and received a rating of 7.4.[2][24] The finale reran on Thursday, August 19, 1993, in a 90-minute format from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and received a rating of 9.4.[30][31][32]

In syndicate markets and the 2009 DVD release, this episode is split into three parts.

Reception

Reviews of this episode at the time of its initial broadcast were mixed. John J. O'Connor from The New York Times called this episode "overly long and uncharacteristically labored" and considered the originally-broadcast length of this episode "a miscalculation." Nevertheless, O'Connor wrote, "Things didn't turn absolutely soppy, but nearly."[21][33] Tony Scott from Daily Variety praised the writing, yet he found the finale "overly long" and the last 30 minutes "limping."[34]

John Carman from San Francisco Chronicle "liked the finale" and "was choked up at the end"; nevertheless, he found Shelley Long's special guest performance "disappointing" and "cute pills" past "expiration date." Ann Hodges from Houston Chronicle "found the conclusion fitting" but was not sad about the series's cancellation.[35]

Reactions were mixed in local Sacramento bars about the episode's ending. Some called its ending a "perfect way to end the popular series." Others either called it "dull or weak" or were not pleased with a conclusion of Sam and Diane.[36]

The reviews in later years grew more positive. In 2006, Ron Geraci, author of the book The Bachelor Chronicles: A Dating Memoir, called this finale "raw and moving" and "significant."[37] In 2009, the A.V. Club ranked the finale #3 in "10 American TV Series with Satisfying Endings" of the book Inventory.[38] In 2011, the finale was ranked #5 on the TV Guide Network special, TV's Most Unforgettable Finales.[39]

Awards and nominations

This episode received two Emmy Award nominations in 1993. Shelley Long was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series; Tom Berenger was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Neither won the Emmy Award.[40]

Handel & Haydn

In 1997, one copy of this episode's script was donated by George Wendt to Handel and Haydn Society, an institution of music in Boston, Massachusetts. It contained autographs of eight cast members, including of Shelley Long, Woody Harrelson, and George Wendt. On February 15, 1997, the script was stolen from Four Seasons Hotel of Boston; meanwhile, the high bid was $1,000 before theft. About one week later, the stolen script in a manila envelope was left behind at a church; the Society then retrieved it into safety. On March 1997, the autographed copy of the finale script was sold to Bull and Finch Pub (now Cheers Beacon Hill) for $10,000.[41][42]

Notes

  1. ^ The on-screen last kiss between Sam and Rebecca was broadcast in original airing, but it is omitted in the DVD release.
  2. ^ Some sources claimed director James Burrows as the "man."
  3. ^ The margin of error in the survey was ±3, according to sources.
  4. ^ The March 5, 1993, edition of Reading Eagle reports: the budget of each 30-second commercial was estimated $600,000, according to NBC insiders. Later articles report, otherwise, that each was $650,000 estimate.
  5. ^ These are the times in the areas of Eastern and Pacific Time Zones. Of Central and Mountain, the finale aired at 8:22p.m. instead of 8:30p.m., a regular time for Cheers.
  6. ^ The article, "'Cheers' Finale Most-Watched Show of Season," from May 22, 1993, edition of Rocky Mountain News said that the share of viewing audience was 62. The 2009 article, "The gang gathers for one last round," by Hal Boedeker, claims that the finale drew over 80 million viewers in 1993.

References

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  41. ^ "Final 'Cheers' Script Stolen From Benefit Is Left at a Church." The New York Times 24 Feb. 1997. Web. 22 Jan. 2012. <http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/24/us/final-cheers-script-stolen-from-benefit-is-left-at-a-church.html>.
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Bibliography

  • "One for the Road." Cheers. NBC. KNBC, Los Angeles. 20 May 1993. Television. This episode originally ran for 98 minutes.
  • "One for the Road." 1993. Cheers: The Final Season: The Eleventh Season. Paramount, 2009. DVD. This episode was split into three episodes in this DVD release.
  • Cheers: The Final Season: The Eleventh Season. Paramount, 2009. DVD.

Further reading

  • Ariano, Tara, and Sarah D. Bunting. Television without Pity: 752 Things We Love to Hate (and Hate to Love) About TV. Philadelphia: Quirk Books, 2006. Print. ISBN 978-1-59474-117-3.
  • Bark, Ed. "'Cheers' closer gives Channel 5 a ratings boost." The Dallas Morning News 29 May 1993. Web. 09 Jan 2012. Document ID number is 0ED3D38C34E6DF2B. (subscription required)
  • Bjorklund, Dennis A. Toasting Cheers: An Episode Guide, 1982–1993. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1997. Print. ISBN 978-0899509624.
  • Bonko, Larry. "The Best and the Worst on TV in 1993." The Virginian-Pilot [Norfolk, VA] 27 Dec. 1993. Print. (subscription required)
  • Hein, John. Jump the Shark: When Good Things Go Bad. TV ed. New York: Plume, 2003. Print. ISBN 0-452-28410-4.
  • Holbert, Ginny. "'Frontline' Leans Too Heavily on Politics." Chicago Sun-Times 25 May 1993: 35. Print. (subscription required)
  • Husted, Bill. "Funny Dream for Self-Promoter." Rocky Mountain News 19 May 1993. Print. (subscription required)
  • Lazare, Lewis. "Move over, `M*A*S*H'." Chicago Sun-Times 9 Feb. 2010: 16. Print. (subscription required)
  • Mink, Eric. "'Cheers' Was Fine; Leno Show a Fiasco." St. Louis Post-Dispatch 24 May 1993, Five Star ed.: 5D. Print. ID number for Web version is 9305220632. (subscription required)
  • Stevenson, Jennifer L. "3 Cheers // Hype, hype, hooray! It's over! Series: ENTERTAINMENT; TV REVIEW." St. Petersburg Times [St. Petersburg, FL] 21 May 1993, City ed.: 5B. Print. (subscription required)
  • "Although television's Cheers closes tonight, real-life versions of the bar will go right on being second families to a lot of folks." Fort Worth Star-Telegram 20 May 1993. Print. (subscription required)
  • "Loving `Cheers' and loving work." Star Tribune [Minneapolis, MN] 22 May 1993. Print. (subscription required)
  • "WTMJ-TV's post `Cheers' news gets heady rating." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [Milwaukee, WN] 24 May 1993. Web. 15 Jan. 2012. (subscription required) Document ID number is 0EB827D3BA3592DF.
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