# When did the concept of "sports bars" originate?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 12, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-concept-of-sports-bars-originate/844785 "2019-12-12T22:27:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-concept-of-sports-bars-originate/844785/41 "2019-12-16T23:26:27Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> Ironically, though, the Cheers bar never had even a single television in it, let alone bunches of them. For obvious reasons.

> [@hajario](#):
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> Incorrect. They had at least one tv. They were watching it when Cliff’s mom was on Johnny Carson.

Similarly, though the topic was only “sporty” in the loosest possible sense, [the people at the bar watched a talk show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAb1W6FJ2qo) where Frasier and Lilith (the character’s second appearance, wearing her hair in a markedly different style than earlier, hence Frasier’s surprised reaction) debated psychiatry.

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