Cheers (Spanish TV series)
Cheers is the Spanish version of the popular 1980s American sitcom of same name created by Glen and Les Charles and James Burrows. It was produced by Plural Entertainment and Tom Collins and broadcast by Telecinco. It was first aired on 11 September 2011, and follows the same theme as its American counterpart.
Production
On April 25, 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 28, 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.
The first season was to have 26 episodes, around 30 minutes of length each. It was released on September 11, 2011, with a double episode.
The theme song from the original Cheers, "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" was translated as Donde la gente se divierte, and it was performed by Dani Martín, former singer from El Canto del Loco.
Plot
Nico is the owner of an Irish pub named Cheers. He is a former footballer, womanizer, vain and a little bit illiterate who cannot help flirting with any attractive woman he sees in his way. His friend Félix is a psychiatrist, very much analytic and unsure, who is forced to look for alternative jobs. Rebeca is a cultured woman who has seen herself forced to work as a 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 "Coach" Pantusso |
| Adam Jezierski | Yuri Semionov | Woody Boyd |