Cheers Beacon Hill (Boston, Massachusetts)

USA / Massachusetts / Somerville / Boston, Massachusetts / Beacon Street, 84
 bar, pub / public house, movie / film / TV location

84 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108-3421
(617) 227-9605
cheersboston.com/locations/beacon

Cheers is a popular American situation comedy produced by Charles-Burrows-Charles Productions in association with CBS Paramount Television for NBC. The concept for Cheers was the end result of a long consideration process. The original idea was a group of workers who interacted like a family, hoping to be similar to The Mary Tyler Moore Show. They considered making an American version of the British TV show Fawlty Towers centered around a hotel or inn. When the creators settled on a bar as their setting the show began to resemble the radio show Duffy's Tavern. They liked the idea of a tavern as it provided a continuous stream of new people arriving, giving them a constant supply of characters. After choosing a plot, the three had to choose a location. Early discussions centered around Barstow, California, then Kansas City, Missouri. They eventually turned to the East Coast and Boston. The Bull & Finch Pub in Boston that Cheers was styled after was originally chosen from a phone book. When Glen Charles asked the owner (Tom Kershaw) to shoot initial exterior and interior shots Kershaw agreed, charging $1. Kershaw has since gone on to make millions, licensing the pub's image and selling a variety of Cheers memorabilia, making the Bull & Finch the 42nd busiest outlet in the American food and beverage industry in 1997. The stars of Cheers went to Boston to film a couple of episodes of Cheers. The celebration of the final episode was held outside of the Bull & Finch.

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Coordinates:   42°21'21"N   71°4'16"W

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