I'm sorry if I'm beating a dead horse. But it bothers me that this episode is with the "Specials" folder and not listed as a Season 9 episode. It did air originally as an episode in Cheers's regular timeslot, and is numbered as an episode on imdb.com. On the DVD box set it's given the characteristics of an episode, airing between episodes 7 and 9, instead of as an extra. And I really don't understand it being called "200th anniversary special" since the show obviously did not run for 200 years. Can someone give me an understanding why it isn't listed as an episode?
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Reply by superboy97
on January 22, 2024 at 10:09 AM
It was advertised as a special episode the day of its broadcast. For example, here and here.
It is named this way because it was a special episode to celebrate the 200th episode of the show.
Reply by bisaacs90
on January 22, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Even in your answer you refer to it as an episode. Just asking for that to be the case here as well.
And again, the show did not run 200 years; it's not a 200th anniversary.
Reply by superboy97
on January 22, 2024 at 12:24 PM
The fact that it is part of the special season doesn't mean than it is not an episode. Special episodes should be listed in the specials season.
This is the official title of this episode.
Reply by bisaacs90
on January 22, 2024 at 3:44 PM
This makes no sense to me. The website separates specials and episodes but you are saying they're essentially the same thing, with the only difference being an episode was called 'special'.
Source?
Reply by superboy97
on January 22, 2024 at 4:13 PM
The website doesn't separate specials and episodes. It separate special episodes and regular episodes. The rule is here. I quote : "Blooper episodes, recap episodes, preview episodes, best of episodes, live TV specials, (un)aired pilots, unaired or blacklisted episodes, etc. usually belong in the Specials."
The episode was nominated at the Emmy Awards under that title (also visible in this 1991 article).
Reply by bisaacs90
on January 22, 2024 at 6:18 PM
First of all, the 200th episode is really none of those things. It "might" be called a recap episode, but it is considerably more than just that. There are a great many "clip" shows that could be called recap episodes which are nonetheless not referred to as "special episodes" (which still sounds weird, because there are differences between a special and an episode, even if they're being overlooked).
I feel like you've cherry-picked here. To say something gets reported in the media a certain way makes it official is shaky to me. I wonder why Paramount did not call it this on its DVD release for Season 9, for instance.
Reply by superboy97
on January 22, 2024 at 10:55 PM
The first link is from the Emmys website itself. Only the second one is a media link.
Reply by bisaacs90
on January 23, 2024 at 6:05 AM
But what I'm trying to say is these are secondary sources. The Emmys do not put on Cheers, just as media reporting is secondary. Why is that taken as more factual?
Reply by superboy97
on January 23, 2024 at 10:08 AM
When there are no primary sources available, we need to look at the secondary sources.
Reply by bisaacs90
on January 23, 2024 at 4:55 PM
I'd question whether or not there are no primary sources available, or better secondary sources. I wouldn't rank what the newspapers or the Emmys called it over Paramount's release of the show, for instance.
Reply by superboy97
on January 24, 2024 at 1:31 AM
For a 1990 show, a source from 1991 will always be considered better than a more recent source (a DVD or Blu-Ray release for example). There are many cases where shows have not be released on DVD the same way that they have been originally broadcasted.
Reply by bisaacs90
on January 24, 2024 at 2:12 PM
True, but there are also many examples of shows' rights being sold, and the release coming from another company.