Where are the stars of Cheers now? Thirty years ago ‘everybody knew their names’ and now MailOnline looks at whether they got better with age Throughout the 1980s Cheers dominated the airwaves in both the US and the UK as fans were desperate to see the crazy antics of a group of Boston barflies. Running for 11 seasons between 1982 and 1993, it followed the fortunes of former baseball pitcher Sam ‘Mayday’ Malone, whose career was ruined by alcoholism and who bought a bar – Cheers – as a reminder to stay sober.