List of Cheers writers

This is a list of writers for Cheers sorted by the number of episodes written. Collaborations are marked with dashes. (-) Contributions and episode numbers are noted in parenthesis.

36 episodes

 * Ken Levine & David Isaacs
 * "Any Friend of Diane's" (S01E06)
 * "Friends, Romans, Accountants" (S01E07)
 * "Truce or Consequences" (S01E08)
 * "Now Pitching, Sam Malone" (S01E13)
 * "The Boys in the Bar" (S01E16)
 * "Behind Every Great Man" (S03E19)
 * "If Ever I Would Leave You" (S03E20)
 * "Never Love a Goalie: Part 1" (S05E16)
 * "Never Love a Goalie: Part 2" (S05E17)
 * 'I' on Sports" (S06E02)
 * "The Last Angry Mailman" (S06E07)
 * "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" (S06E17)
 * "Airport V" (S06E19)
 * "Bar Wars" (S06E23)
 * "The Big Kiss-Off" (S06E24)
 * "Jumping Jerks" (S07E08)
 * "Bar Wars II: The Woodman Strikes Back" (S07E10)
 * "Don't Paint Your Chickens" (S07E15)
 * "Hot Rocks" (S07E17)
 * "Death Takes a Holiday on Ice" (S08E07)
 * "Finally! Part 1" (S08E15)
 * "Finally! Part 2" (S08E16)
 * "Bar Wars III: The Return of Tecumseh" (S08E21)
 * "Mr. Otis Regrets" (S08E24)
 * "Breaking In Is Hard to Do" (E09E07)
 * "Norm and Cliff's Excellent Adventure" (S09E11)
 * "Achilles Hill" (S09E14)
 * "Rat Girl" (S09E24)
 * "Bar Wars V: The Final Judgment" (S10E07)
 * "Where Have All the Floorboards Gone?" (S10E08)
 * "License to Hill" (S10E18)
 * "Bar Wars VI: This Time It's for Real" (S10E23)
 * "Heeeeere's...Cliffy!" (S10E24)
 * "Do Not Forsake Me O' My Postman" (S11E05)
 * "Loathe and Marriage" (S11E15)
 * "Bar Wars VII: The Naked Prey" (S11E19)

25 episodes

 * David Lloyd
 * "The Spy Who Came In for a Cold One" (S01E12)
 * "Diane's Perfect Date" (S01E17)
 * "Homicidal Ham" (S02E04)
 * "Just Three Friends" (S02E11)
 * "Cliff's Rocky Moment" (S02E16)
 * "Coach Buries a Grudge" (S02E19)
 * "Sam Turns the Other Cheek" (S03E05)
 * "Diane Meets Mom" (S03E08)
 * "Diane's Allergy" (S03E10)
 * "The Mail Goes to Jail" (S03E17)
 * "Diane's Nightmare" (S04E05)
 * "Take My Shirt...Please" (S04E13)
 * "Bidding on the Boys" (S06E08)
 * "A Kiss Is Still a Kiss" (S06E10)
 * "Let Sleeping Drakes Lie" (S06E18)
 * "How to Recede in Business" (S07E01)
 * "Send in the Crane" (S07E09)
 * "Sisterly Love" (S07E21)
 * "The Visiting Lecher" (S07E22)
 * "The Stork Brings a Crane" (S08E06)
 * "Sam Ahoy" (S08E12)
 * "50–50 Carla" (S08E20)
 * "An Old-Fashioned Wedding" (S010E25)
 * "Love Me, Love My Car" (S11E11)
 * "Rebecca Gaines, Rebecca Loses" (S11E23)

24 episodes

 * Cheri Eichen
 * "I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday" (S04E06) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "Second Time Around" (S04E17) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "Fear Is My Co-Pilot" (S04E21) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "Tan 'n' Wash" (S05E06) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "Thanksgiving Orphans" (S05E09) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "One Last Fling" (S05E18) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "Little Carla, Happy at Last: Part 1" (S06E03) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "Little Carla, Happy at Last: Part 2" (S06E04) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "Pudd'n Head Boyd" (S06E09) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "Christmas Cheers" (S06E12) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "Tale of Two Cuties" (S06E15) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "The Sam in the Gray Flannel Suit" (S06E20) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "Backseat Becky, Up Front" (S06E25) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "One Happy Chappy in a Snappy Serape" (S07E04) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "Norm, Is That You?" (S07E06) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "Golden Boyd" (S07E13) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "The Improbable Dream: Part 1" (S08E01) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "The Improbable Dream: Part 2" (S08E02) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "Cry Harder" (S08E26) (Teleplay - with Bill Steinkellner and Phoef Sutton)
 * "Rebecca Redux" (S09E03) (Teleplay - with Bill Steinkellner and Phoef Sutton)
 * "Cheers 200th Anniversary Special" (S09E08) - with Bill Steinkellner and Phoef Sutton
 * "Bad Neighbor Sam" (S09E09) - with Bill Steinkellner
 * "Cheers Has Chili" (S09E21) - with Bill Steinkellner and Phoef Sutton
 * "One Hugs, the Other Doesn't" (S10E16) - with Bill Steinkellner


 * Bill Steinkellner
 * "I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday" (S04E06) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "Second Time Around" (S04E17) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "Fear Is My Co-Pilot" (S04E21) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "Tan 'n' Wash" (S05E06) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "Thanksgiving Orphans" (S05E09) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "One Last Fling" (S05E18) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "Little Carla, Happy at Last: Part 1" (S06E03) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "Little Carla, Happy at Last: Part 2" (S06E04) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "Pudd'n Head Boyd" (S06E09) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "Christmas Cheers" (S06E12) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "Tale of Two Cuties" (S06E15) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "The Sam in the Gray Flannel Suit" (S06E20) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "Backseat Becky, Up Front" (S06E25) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "One Happy Chappy in a Snappy Serape" (S07E04) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "Norm, Is That You?" (S07E06) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "Golden Boyd" (S07E13) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "The Improbable Dream: Part 1" (S08E01) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "The Improbable Dream: Part 2" (S08E02) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "Cry Harder" (S08E26) (Teleplay - with Cheri Eichen and Phoef Sutton) / (Story)
 * "Rebecca Redux" (S09E03) (Teleplay - with Cheri Eichen and Phoef Sutton) / (Story)
 * "Cheers 200th Anniversary Special" (S09E08) - with Cheri Eichen and Phoef Sutton
 * "Bad Neighbor Sam" (S09E09) - with Cheri Eichen
 * "Cheers Has Chili" (S09E21) - with Cheri Eichen and Phoef Sutton
 * "One Hugs, the Other Doesn't" (S10E16) - with Cheri Eichen

23 episodes

 * Phoef Sutton
 * "Don Juan Is Hell" (S04E11)
 * "Young Dr. Weinstein" (S05E07)
 * "The Book of Samuel" (S05E11)
 * "Dinner at Eight-ish" (S05E20)
 * "Cheers: The Motion Picture" (S05E24)
 * "A House Is Not a Home" (S05E25)
 * "My Fair Clavin" (S06E11)
 * "Woody for Hire Meets Norman of the Apes" (S06E13)
 * "Yacht of Fools" (S06E16)
 * "Slumber Party Massacred" (S06E22)
 * "Executive Sweet" (S07E03)
 * "How to Win Friends and Electrocute People" (S07E07)
 * "The Cranemakers" (S07E16)
 * "The Gift of the Woodi" (S07E19)
 * "A Bar Is Born" (S08E03)
 * "Indoor Fun with Sammy and Robby" (S08E19)
 * "Cry Harder" (S08E26) (Teleplay - with Cheri Eichen & Bill Steinkellner)
 * "Love Is a Really, Really, Perfectly Okay Thing" (S09E01)
 * "Rebecca Redux" (S09E03) (Teleplay - with Cheri Eichen & Bill Steinkellner)
 * "Cheers 200th Anniversary Special" (S09E08) - with Cheri Eichen & Bill Steinkellner
 * "Cheers Has Chili" (S09E22)) - with Cheri Eichen & Bill Steinkellner
 * "Madame LaCarla" (S10E03)
 * "Go Make" (S10E12)

18 episodes

 * Dan O'Shannon
 * "Call Me Irresponsible" (S07E20) - with Tom Anderson
 * "Two Girls for Every Boyd" (S08E09) - with Tom Anderson
 * "Feeble Attraction" (S08E11) - with Tom Anderson
 * "What Is...Cliff Clavin?" (S08E14) - with Tom Anderson
 * "Severe Crane Damage" (S08E18) - with Tom Anderson
 * "Cry Hard" (S08E25) - with Tom Anderson
 * "Where Nobody Knows Your Name" (S09E04) - with Tom Anderson
 * "Ma Always Liked You Best" (S09E05) - with Tom Anderson
 * "Wedding Bell Blues" (S09E17) - with Tom Anderson
 * "Pitch It Again, Sam" (S09E23) - with Tom Anderson
 * "Home Malone" (S09E26) - with Tom Anderson
 * "Baby Balk" (S10E01) - with Tom Anderson
 * "Get Your Kicks on Route 666" (S10E02) - with Tom Anderson
 * "The Norm Who Came to Dinner" (S10E04) - with Tom Anderson
 * "A Diminished Rebecca with a Suspended Cliff" (S10E17) - with Tom Anderson
 * "The King of Beers" (S11E03)
 * "The Girl in the Plastic Bubble" (S11E07)
 * "Woody Gets an Election" (S11E21) - with Tom Anderson, Dan Staley & Rob Long

17 episodes

 * Heide Perlman
 * "Let Me Count the Ways" (S01E14)
 * "Father Knows Last" (S01E15)
 * "No Contest" (S01E18)
 * "Li'l Sister Don't Cha" (S02E02)
 * "Affairs of the Heart" (S02E06)
 * "And Coachie Makes Three" (S02E15)
 * "Fortune and Men's Weight" (S02E17)
 * "An American Family" (S03E09)
 * "The Heart Is a Lonely Snipe Hunter" (S03E14)
 * "The Executive's Executioner" (S03E21)
 * "Birth, Death, Love and Rice" (S04E01)
 * "Woody Goes Belly Up" (S04E02)
 * "Fools and Their Money" (S04E12)
 * "Cliffie's Big Score" (S04E16)
 * "Save the Last Dance for Me" (S04E20)
 * "Everyone Imitates Art" (S05E10)
 * "It's Lonely on the Top" (S11E22)


 * David Angell
 * "Pick a Con... Any Con" (S01E19)
 * "Someone Single, Someone Blue" (S01E20)
 * "Old Flames" (S02E07)
 * "They Called Me Mayday" (S02E09)
 * "Snow Job" (S02E18)
 * "Coach in Love: Part 1" (S03E06)
 * "Coach in Love: Part 2" (S03E07)
 * "Peterson Crusoe" (S03E11)
 * "Love Thy Neighbor" (S04E08)
 * "Dark Imaginings" (S04E19)
 * "Strange Bedfellows: Part 1" (S04E24)
 * "Strange Bedfellows: Part 2" (S04E25)
 * "Strange Bedfellows: Part 3" (S04E26)
 * "House of Horrors with Formal Dining and Used Brick" (S05E05)
 * "Chambers vs. Malone" (S05E13)
 * "The Crane Mutiny" (S06E05)
 * "The Guy Can't Help It" (S11E24) - with Peter Casey & David Lee


 * Tom Anderson
 * "Call Me Irresponsible" (S07E20) - with Dan O'Shannon
 * "Two Girls for Every Boyd" (S08E09) - with Dan O'Shannon
 * "Feeble Attraction" (S08E11) - with Dan O'Shannon
 * "What Is...Cliff Clavin?" (S08E14) - with Dan O'Shannon
 * "Severe Crane Damage" (S08E18) - with Dan O'Shannon
 * "Cry Hard" (S08E25) - with Dan O'Shannon
 * "Where Nobody Knows Your Name" (S09E04) - with Dan O'Shannon
 * "Ma Always Liked You Best" (S09E05) - with Dan O'Shannon
 * "Wedding Bell Blues" (S09E17) - with Dan O'Shannon
 * "Pitch It Again, Sam" (S09E23) - with Dan O'Shannon
 * "Home Malone" (S09E26) - with Dan O'Shannon
 * "Baby Balk" (S10E01) - with Dan O'Shannon
 * "Get Your Kicks on Route 666" (S10E02) - with Dan O'Shannon
 * "The Norm Who Came to Dinner" (S10E04) - with Dan O'Shannon
 * "A Diminished Rebecca with a Suspended Cliff" (S10E17) - with Dan O'Shannon
 * "Teaching with the Enemy" (S11E06)
 * "Woody Gets an Election" (S11E21) - with Dan O'Shannon, Dan Staley & Rob Long

14 episodes

 * Dan Staley & Rob Long
 * "The Ghost and Mrs. Lebec" (S08E23)
 * "Veggie-Boyd" (S09E10)
 * "Woody Interruptus" (S09E12)
 * "I'm Getting My Act Together and Sticking It in Your Face" (S09E17)
 * "Crash of the Titans" (S09E19)
 * "Carla Loves Clavin" (S09E22)
 * "Uncle Sam Wants You" (S09E26)
 * "Unplanned Parenthood" (S10E06)
 * "Head Over Hill" (S10E09)
 * "A Fine French Whine" (S10E10)
 * "I'm Okay, You're Defective" (S10E11)
 * "My Son, the Father" (S10E15)
 * "The Little Match Girl" (S11E01)
 * "Woody Gets an Election" (S11E21) - with Dan O'Shannon & Tom Anderson

12 episodes

 * Glen Charles & Les Charles
 * "Give Me a Ring Sometime" (S01E01)
 * "Sam at Eleven" (S01E04)
 * "Showdown: Part 1" (S01E21)
 * "Showdown: Part 2" (S01E22)
 * "Power Play" (S02E01)
 * "I'll Be Seeing You: Part 1" (S02E21)
 * "I'll Be Seeing You: Part 2" (S02E22)
 * "Rebound: Part 1" (S03E01)
 * "Rebound: Part 2" (S03E02)
 * "I Do, Adieu" (S05E26)
 * "Home Is the Sailor" (S06E01)
 * "One for the Road" (S11E25)

10 episodes

 * Peter Casey & David Lee
 * "I Call Your Name" (S03E03)
 * "The Groom Wore Clearasil" (S04E04)
 * "2 Good to Be 4 Real" (S04E07)
 * "From Beer to Eternity" (S04E09)
 * "The Peterson Principle" (S04E18)
 * "The Proposal" (S05E01)
 * "Simon Says" (S05E21)
 * "Paint Your Office" (S06E06)
 * "Those Lips, Those Ice" (S07E05)
 * "The Guy Can't Help It" (S11E24) - with David Angell

9 episodes

 * Brian Pollack & Mert Rich
 * "Please Mr. Postman" (S07E12)
 * "What's Up, Doc?" (S07E18)
 * "How to Marry a Mailman" (S08E04)
 * "Sammy and the Professor" (S08E13)
 * "Woody or Won't He" (S08E17)
 * "Loverboyd" (S08E22)
 * "Grease" (S09E06)
 * "Honor Thy Mother" (S09E13)
 * "The Days of Wine and Neuroses" (S09E15)

7 episodes

 * Tom Reeder
 * "The Tortelli Tort" (S01E03)
 * "Personal Business" (S02E03)
 * "Whodunit?" (S03E13)
 * "Teacher's Pet" (S03E16)
 * "Suspicion" (S04E14)
 * "Diamond Sam" (S05E14)
 * "Swear to God" (S07E02)

6 episodes

 * Kathy Ann Stumpe
 * "Don't Shoot...I'm Only the Psychiatrist" (S10E13)
 * "Smotherly Love" (S10E20)
 * "Take Me Out of the Ball Game" (S10E21)
 * "Feelings...Whoa, Whoa, Whoa" (S11E09)
 * "Is There a Doctor in the Howe?" (S11E16)
 * "The Bar Manager, the Shrink, His Wife and Her Lover" (S11E17)

5 episodes

 * Ken Estin
 * "Coach's Daughter" (S01E05)
 * "Battle of the Exes" (S02E13) - with Sam Simon
 * "A Ditch in Time" (S03E12)
 * "The Belles of St. Clete's" (S03E24)
 * "Rescue Me" (S03E25)


 * Sam Simon
 * "Endless Slumper" (S01E10)
 * "Battle of the Exes" (S02E13) - with Ken Estin
 * "Fairy Tales Can Come True" (S03E04)
 * "Cheerio, Cheers" (S03E22)
 * "The Bartender's Tale" (S03E23)

4 episodes

 * Earl Pomerantz
 * "Sam's Women" (S01E02)
 * "Coach Returns to Action" (S01E09)
 * "Manager Coach" (S02E08)
 * "How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Call You Back" (S02E10)


 * Sue Herring
 * "Our Hourly Bread" (S06E21)
 * "The Art of the Steal" (S08E10)
 * "It's a Wonderful Wife" (S09E20)
 * "The Magnificent Six" (S11E04)

3 episodes

 * Andy Cowan & David S. Williger
 * "The Barstoolie" (S04E10)
 * "The Cape Cad" (S05E02)
 * "Norm's First Hurrah" (S05E23)


 * Tracy Newman & Jonathan Stark
 * "Ma's Little Maggie" (S10E05)
 * "No Rest for the Woody" (S10E14)
 * "Rebecca's Lover...Not" (S10E22)


 * Fred Graver
 * "Ill-Gotten Gaines" (S11E08)
 * "Sunday Dinner" (S11E12)
 * "The Last Picture Show" (S11E18)


 * Rebecca Parr Cioffi
 * "Daddy's Little Middle-Aged Girl" (S11E10)
 * "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Bar" (S11E14)
 * "Look Before You Sleep" (S11E20)

2 episodes

 * Kimberly Hill
 * "Diane Chambers Day" (S04E22)
 * "Spellbound" (S05E15)


 * Janet Leahy
 * "Money Dearest" (S05E03)
 * "Abnormal Psychology" (S05E04)


 * Jeff Abugov
 * "Knights of the Scimitar" (S05E08)
 * "Dance, Diane, Dance" (S05E12)


 * Larry Balmagia
 * "Cheers Fouls Out" (S09E02)
 * "Sam Time Next Year" (S09E18)


 * Tom Leopold
 * "The Beer Is Always Greener" (S11E02)
 * "Norm's Big Audit" (S11E13)

1 episode

 * Katherine Green - "One for the Book" (S01E11)
 * Michael J. Weithorn - "Sumner's Return" (S02E05)
 * Nick Arnold - "Where There's a Will..." (S02E12)
 * Max Tash - "No Help Wanted" (S02E14)
 * Lissa Levin - "Norman's Conquest" (S02E20)
 * Elliot Shoenman - "King of the Hill" (S03E15)
 * Jim Parker - "Bar Bet" (S03E18)
 * Tom Seeley & Norm Gunzenhauser - "Someday My Prince Will Come" (S04E03)
 * Susan Seeger - "The Triangle" (S04E15)
 * Miriam Trogdon - "Relief Bartender" (S04E23)
 * Joanne Pagliaro - "Dog Bites Cliff" (S05E19)
 * Chris Cluess & Stuart Kreisman - "The Godfather, Part III" (S05E22)
 * Jeffrey Duteil - "And God Created Woodman" (S06E14)
 * Patricia Niedzialek & Cecile Alch - "Adventures in Housesitting" (S07E11)
 * Rod Burton - "I Kid You Not" (S07E14) (Teleplay)
 * Rick Beren - "I Kid You Not" (S07E14) (Story)
 * Eugene B. Stein - "The Two Faces of Norm" (S08E05)
 * David Pollock & Elias Davis - "For Real Men Only" (S08E08)
 * Daniel Palladino - "Rich Man, Wood Man" (S10E19)