Cheers (Spain)

Cheers
Cheers title screen
Format	Sitcom
Created by	James Burrows Glen Charles Les Charles
Starring	Alberto San Juan Antonio Resines Alexandra Jiménez Chiqui Fernández Joan Pera Pepón Nieto Luis Bermejo Adam Jeziersky
Theme music composer	Gary Portnoy Judy Hart Angelo
Opening theme	"Donde la gente se divierte (Where Everybody Knows Your Name)" Performed by Dani Martín
Country of origin	Spain
Language(s)	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Distributor	Telecinco
Broadcast
Original channel	Telecinco
Original airing	September 11, 2011

Cheers is the Spanish version of the original series. It was produced by Plural Entertainment and Tom Collins and broadcast by Telecinco. It was first aired on September the 11th, 2011. It follows the same scheme as the original USA version, and the story takes place in a similar Irish pub.

Production

On April, the 25th, 2011, Telecinco unveiled the names of the main actors for the new sitcom, Antonio Resines and Alexandra Jiménez. Resines would be Frasier Crane and Jiménez would be Rebecca Howe. Three days later, both producing companies, Plural Entertainment and Tom Collins Productions, started filming the pilot episode.

On July the 28th, 2011, Mediaset Spain presented on a press conference the remake of Cheers with the future main cast members of the series, among them Alberto San Juan.^[1]

The first season will be made of 26 episodes, around 30 minutes of length each. It was released on September the 11th, 2011, with a double episode.^[2][3] Se estrenó con acierto en el prime dominical de Telecinco con casi 2,6 millones y 15,6% y 2,8 millones y 16,6% en el primer y segundo capítulos respectivamente, siendo solamente superada por la película de la semana de La 1 (3.010.000 y 18,6%).^[4]

The song from the original Cheers, Where Everybody Knows Your Name was translated as Dónde la gente se divierte, and it was performed by Dani Martín, former singer from El Canto del Loco.

Plot

Nico (Alberto San Juan) is the owner of an Irish pub named Cheers. He is a former soccer player, womanizer, vain and a little bit illiterate who cannot help flirting with any attractive woman he sees in his way. Félix Antonio Resines is a psychiatrist very much analytic and unsure who is forced to look for alternative jobs. Alexandra Jiménez is Rebeca, a cultured woman who has seen herself forced to work as waitress after her father went bankrupt.

Actor/Actress	Character	Cheers original character
Alberto San Juan	Nicolás "Nico" Arnedo	Sam Malone
Antonio Resines	Félix Simón de Aguirre	Frasier Crane
Alexandra Jiménez	Rebeca Santaolalla	Diane Chambers & Rebecca Howe
Pepón Nieto	Blas Román	Norm Peterson
Luis Bermejo	Ricardo Rodero	Cliff Clavin
Chiqui Fernández	Dolores "Lola" Mendoza	Carla Tortelli
Joan Pera	Pedro "Míster" Panero	Ernie "Entrenador" Pantusso
Adam Jezierski	Yuri Semionov	Woody Boyd

Cameos

Cheers will have guest stars like Ana Belén, José Coronado, Carolina Bang, Luis Varela, Xavier Deltell, Jaime Blanch, Sara Carbonero and Carlos Areces among others.^[5]

References

1. ^ Introduction of the new cast of Cheers (Telecinco), July the 28th, 2011
2. ^ Telecinco estrena el próximo domingo 'Cheers' en prime time FormulaTV, 5 de septiembre de 2011
3. ^ 'Cheers' llega este domingo a su cita con Telecinco con doble episodio de estreno FormulaTV
4. ^ Buen estreno de 'Cheers' (15,6% y 16,6%) en el prime time de Telecinco FormulaTV, 12 de septiembre de 2011
5. ^ Sara Carbonero hará un cameo en la serie 'Cheers' de Telecinco