Editing Cheers (section)

===Syndication===
''Cheers'' grew in popularity as it aired on American television and entered off-network syndication in 1987, initially distributed by [[Paramount Domestic Television]]. When the show went off the air in 1993, ''Cheers'' was syndicated in 38 countries, with 179 American television markets and 83&nbsp;million viewers.<ref name=B18>Bjorklund, p. 18.</ref> When the quality of some earlier footage of ''Cheers'' began to deteriorate, it underwent a careful restoration in 2001.<ref>{{Cite news|access-date=December 27, 2011|date=October 2001|work=Kodak|url=http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/newsletters/inCamera/oct2001/cheers.shtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905211554/http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/newsletters/inCamera/oct2001/cheers.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 5, 2012|title=Cheers restored for a new generation of laughs}}</ref> The series aired on [[Nick at Nite]] from 2001 to 2004 and on [[TV Land]] from 2004 to 2008,<ref name="synd1">International Real Estate Digest (August 20, 2001) (2006). [https://www.ired.com/news/2001/0108/cheers.htm Boston Gets a Hollywood ''Cheers'' Pub] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060113032715/http://www.ired.com/news/2001/0108/cheers.htm |date=January 13, 2006 }}</ref> with Nick at Nite airing week-long ''Cheers'' "Everybody Knows Your Name" marathons. The show was removed from the lineup in 2004.
The series began airing on [[Hallmark Channel]] in the United States in October 2008, and [[WGN America]] in 2009. In January 2011, [[Reelz]] Channel began airing the series in hour-long blocks. [[MeTV]] began airing ''Cheers'' weeknights in 2010 until 2018. [[USA Network]] has aired the series on Sunday early mornings and weekday mornings to allow it to show extended-length films of {{frac|2|1|2}} hours and maintain symmetric schedules. As of October 5, 2020, it airs every weeknight at 11pm & 11:30pm ET on Decades (now [[Catchy Comedy]]).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.catchycomedy.com/shows/cheers | title=Watch Cheers on Catchy Comedy }}</ref> In addition to that, it also has occasionally appeared on their weekend binges, with its most recent one on April 6, 2025.

In 2011, ''Cheers'' was made available on the [[Netflix]] and [[Amazon Prime Video]] streaming services.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2011/07/cbs-licenses-2000-tv-episodes-to-amazon-streaming-service-148396/|title=CBS Licenses 2,000 TV Episodes To Amazon Streaming Service|author=David Lieberman|work=Deadline|date=July 20, 2011|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308001223/https://deadline.com/2011/07/cbs-licenses-2000-tv-episodes-to-amazon-streaming-service-148396/|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Cheers'' began airing on [[10 Peach|Eleven]] (a digital channel of [[Network Ten]]) in Australia on January 11, 2011. [[NCRV]] in the [[Netherlands]] aired all 275 episodes in sequence, once per night, repeating the series a total of three times.

In Italy, it has previously aired on Italia 1 & Canale 5 as ''[[:it:Cin cin (serie televisiva)|Cin Cin]]'' from 1985 until 1995.

''Cheers'' was first screened in the UK on [[Channel 4]], and was one of the then-fledgling network's first imports. As of 2012, ''Cheers'' has been repeated on UK satellite channel [[CBS Drama]]. It has also been shown on the UK free-to-air channel [[ITV4]], with two episodes every weeknight. On March 16, 2015, the series began airing on UK subscription channel [[Gold (UK TV channel)|Gold]] on weekdays at 9:30&nbsp;a.m. and 10:00&nbsp;a.m. ''Cheers'' aired again daily in 2019 on [[Channel 4]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

====High definition====
A high-definition transfer of ''Cheers'' began running on HDNet (now [[AXS TV]]) in the United States in August 2010. The program was originally shot on film (but transferred to and edited on videotape) and broadcast in a 4:3 [[Aspect ratio (image)|aspect ratio]].