Was Frasier really better than Cheers?

Frasier and Cheers were really different shows. Fasier had more drama, as Cheers had very little. A little better character development on Frasier, too. Cheers was probably a little funnier, but the overall writing on Frasier was better. The acting, too. Lastly, Kelsey Grammer was a standout on both shows.

boston legal as a would be my definite favorite as a spin off from the practise...it's really a matter of opinion which is better I guess but for me they're worlds apart...

After I had my baby and was on maternity leave nary a day went by that I didn't watch a Frasier rerun. That show was fantastic and every episode makes me laugh, and there have been a few that have made me cry too. (when Niles finally confesses his love to Daphne)
I never found Cheers very funny and Shelly Long and Kirsty Alley were just annoying.

Frasier was definitely better than Cheers. Cheers had some good years but was too uniform; I found the bar set a bit boring after a while. Frasier was witty, hilarious and every episode was a delight to watch.

Nothing is funnier than "Frasier." Cheers, in spite of the name, was depressing.

Hands down, Green Acres.

Not sure if the original was Petticoat Junction or The Beverly Hillbillies. I think it was the former - in which case there were two spinoff shows that easily outdid the former.

Loved both Cheers and Frasier and faithfully watched both. Being a Bostonian I can tell you that even after all these years the Bull & Finch Pub, the exterior of which was used for the Cheers bar, is probably still close to the top of attractions people want to visit. Cheers was an every man kind of comedy. You always pulled for the underdog - speaking of which my favorite Norm entrance line of all time was "it's a dog eat dog world and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." My favorite will-they-won't-they relationship of all time was Sam and Diane and as inevitably happens the show lost something after Shelley Long's departure.

On the Frasier side, we saw the moderately privileged and got to laugh at all their insecurities and foibles. The writers ran farce so well - coming in and out of doors with many mistaken identities - they made it an art form. If you haven't seen it, the first I think it's 7 minutes of the Valentine's Day episode when Niles decides to iron his pants, cuts his hand, faints from the blood, and sets Frasier's coach on fire is probably David Hyde Pierce's finest comedic scene ever. And I found the worship from afar nature of Nile's love for Daphne to be very compelling.

So toss a coin, both great in their own ways.

The Bionic Woman was better than The Six Million Dollar Man.

Mettlemod forgot to list Phyllis as one of the spin-offs to The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

I hated Cheers for one reason - Carla. She was the most obnoxious, repulsive, unfunny character ever found on a sitcom. Why anyone would go to that bar knowing they'd have to put up with her was beyond me. As for me, I bowed out after season one.