Emmy Awards

1980

Best Sitcom:  Taxi 

Best Actor:  Richard Mulligan  Soap

Best Actress:  Cathryn Damon  Soap

* Highest Rated Sitcom:  Threes Company ​

​​1981 

Best Sitcom:  Taxi 
Best Actor:  Judd Hirsch  Taxi
Best Actress:  Isabel Sanford  The Jeffersons

* Highest Rated Sitcom:  M*A*S*H

​1982

Best Sitcom:  Barney Miller 
Best Actor:  Alan Alda  M*A*S*H
Best Actress:  Carol Kane  Taxi​
* Highest Rated Sitcom:  The Jeffersons 

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​1983 

Best Sitcom:  Cheers 
Best Actor:  Judd Hirsch  Taxi
Best Actress:  Shelley Long  Cheers
* Highest Rated Sitcom:  M*A*S*H 

​1984  

Best Sitcom:  Cheers  
Best Actor:  John Ritter  Threes Company
Best Actress:  Jane Curtin  Kate & Allie
* Highest Rated Sitcom:  Kate & Allie 

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​1985  

Best Sitcom:  The Cosby Show
Best Actor:  Robert Guillaume  Benson
Best Actress:  Jane Curtin  Kate & Allie

* Highest Rated Sitcom:  The Cosby Show

​1986

Best Sitcom:  Golden Girls 
Best Actor:  Michael J. Fox  Family Ties
Best Actress:  Betty White  Golden Girls
* Highest Rated Sitcom:  The Cosby Show

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1987

Best Sitcom:  Golden Girls 
Best Actor:  Michael J. Fox  Family Ties
Best Actress:  Rue McClanahan  Golden Girls
* Highest Rated Sitcom:  The Cosby Show

1988  

Best Sitcom:  The Wonder Years 
Best Actor:  Michael J. Fox  Family Ties
Best Actress:  Bea Arthur  Golden Girls
* Highest Rated Sitcom:  The Cosby Show

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​1989  

Best Sitcom:  Cheers
Best Actor:  Richard Mulligan  Empty Nest
Best Actress:  Candice Bergen  Murphy Brown

* Highest Rated Sitcom:  The Cosby Show 

Cheers

Cheers won an Emmy for Best Sitcom 3 times during the 1980's

Cheers premiered September 30, 1982
on NBC.

After the first season, Cheers was one of the lowest rated TV shows in America ranking 74 out of 77.

Cheers eventually became one of the highest rated TV Shows finishing in the Top 10 of ratings 8 of 11 years including #1 in 1990.​

Ranked #18 on TV Guides 50 Greatest TV Shows.

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Fun Facts!

1 .       60 Minutes    CBS
2 .        Three's Company    ABC
3 .        That's Incredible    ABC
T4      Alice    CBS
T4      M*A*S*H    CBS
6.        Dallas    CBS
7.        Flo    CBS
8.        The Jeffersons    CBS
9.        The Dukes of Hazzard    CBS
10.      One Day at a Time    CBS
11 .      Archie Bunker's Place    CBS
12.      Eight Is Enough    ABC
13.      Taxi    ABC
T14    House Calls    CBS
T14    Real People    NBC
16.      Little House on the Prairie    NBC
17.      Happy Days    ABC
18.      CHiPs    NBC
19.      Trapper John, M.D.    CBS
T20.   Charlie's Angels    ABC
T20     Barney Miller    ABC
22.       WKRP in Cincinnati    CBS
T23     Benson    ABC
T23     The Love Boat    ABC
25.       Soap    ABC

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