WBZ-TV Cheers finale coverage 5/20/93

[AngelOfDogs11]

I was there that night and shook hands with woody harrelson and saw the rest of the cast except long and alley....i also saw leno pull up and stick his tonuge out at the crowd. i will never forget it

[RubicsCubeProduction]

I don't guess any other show today could spark such an exuberance.

[raymieX]

@RubicsCubeProduction The audience is too fragmented nowadays. And its tastes are too tawdry.

[directaudioent]

cheers ended on my bday damn

[johnnyafairbanks]

Was there any morning/afternoon coverage with Tom Bergeron, who was with WBZ at the time?

[LogoAttitude]

WBZ was with the NBC network when Cheers ended.

Now it is a CBS O&O.

And the rights to Cheers are now owned by CBS.

Another paradox.

[latinahoney123]

ohh okay thanks :)

[latinahoney123]

so Cheers was filmed at a real Pub? I loved this show and I didnt know the finale was this big with people everywhere does this happen for every show? I miss Cheers it was great.

[pooka5472]

Nope, Cheers was filmed at Stage 25 at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, California

[cubsSuck4ever1983]

DUH!

[ClintJCL]

So does anyone have video of the cast coming out AFTER THE SHOW IS OVER? They were all drunk! I want to see it again! someone plese help!

[usetheluck]

i am a huge fan of cheers.i was not very happy with the last episode of cheers i thought that sam is gonna stay with Diane,i hope you do a movie or the series of cheers in 2009 sam and Diane are Married with Children There son or daughter works in cheers.

[jgjklhlgkbmbkjkjbfsg]

So when St. Elsewhere went off the air did everyone celebrate by TPing Mass General?

[TotallyAwesomeSocks]

but i dont wanna say goodbye to Cheers...

[tvnutboy]

Thanks to reruns (and the Restaurants in Boston) you never have to.

[TotallyAwesomeSocks]

i know...but i still dont want to...i kinda want knew ones...

[Chevron7engage]

I remember Jay Leno broadcast The Tonight Show from there after the finale of Cheers aired. Awesome! Thanks for posting

[godgundam10]

On top of that, BZ just released Joyce Kulhawik and Bob Lobel go. What the hell happened to this station?

[moosewelch]

It's almost ironic... in fact that the WBZ-TV that I think of so fondly now became history at about the same time that Cheers did.

[ReturnofRetroBoy]

Actually, Kirstie was the only cast member not present. She did a taped goodbye because she was on location for the shooting of the epic third Look Who's Talking "film".

[everman187]

nice use of epic.

cannot believe she would miss this for that.

wow.

[gayeyez]

that reporter looks like she was a little boozed up during her report

[rfd61cape]

Liz walker is great..she's a Boston icon

[hkfreak]

Liz Walker was a bit more praised than Jack Williams back in the 90's.

[rd2mms]

the finale took place when the westinghouse group was about to let go of WBZ-TV...

[hkfreak]

The "let go" wasn't really a let go. It was a merger with CBS, and after a couple of years, the real "let go" happened in their news ratings.

[Track14]

i saw this live when they said goodbye through the windows

[coolmanak]

I miss that show...

[MASH1983]

If I recall the entire cast was whacked after the last show, it really was last call at Cheers, I don't think there was a dry tap left

[DontBeTrippin]

The cast indeed did show up on the Tonight Show entirely wrecked. If I recall, Kirstie was the loudest and most clumsy, of course =)!

[crowtservo]

Looks like the biggest thing to happen to Boston until the Red Sox won the World Series....

[NEPatriot]

My goodness, it's as if Boston went Hollywood--searchlights and all!

[UrPQ32]

Very cool clip! Either your VCR only recorded in mono, or you only received mono or the station only broadcast in mono (I doubt it)...I could tell from the single-track clip of the theme song in there.

[bosma64]

I have this entire night on VHS...Liz was SO pumped that night. Go girl!

[glickmam]

Well then, do you mind posting it on this website?

[RetroSurferNews]

And to think...I was in South Florida when this happened!

[DontBeTrippin]

Awesome! I have nearly the exact same clips in my archive (along with the Cheers finale, of course).

[bostonnewsarchives]

Too funny... I have this as well! :) What a night that was.