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  OF 1934</font></b></h4>
  
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  event reported):</font></b></h1>
  
  <h1 style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April&nbsp;24, 2008</font></b></h1>
  
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  Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</font></p>
  
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    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">0-20574</font></b></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other
    jurisdiction<br>
    of incorporation)</font></p>
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    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(IRS Employer
    Identification No.)</font></p>
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  Malibu Hills Road</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Calabasas
  Hills, California 91301</font></b></p>
  
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  principal executive offices) (Zip Code)</font></p>
  
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  telephone number, including area code:</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(818)
  871-3000</font></b></p>
  
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  former address, if changed since last report)</font></p>
  
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  appropriate box below if the Form&nbsp;8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
  provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):</font></p>
  
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  <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;Written
  communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
  230.425)</p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;Soliciting
  material pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14a-12)</p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act (17
  CFR 240.14.d-2(b))</p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act (17
  CFR 240.13e-4(c))</p>
  
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  &#150; FINANCIAL INFORMATION</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="left" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <h2 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 2.02&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL
  CONDITION</font></b></h2>
  
  <h2 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></h2>
  
  <p align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">In a
  press release dated April&nbsp;24, 2008, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
  announced financial results for the Company&#146;s first quarter of fiscal 2008,
  which ended on April&nbsp;1, 2008.</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="font-weight:bold;"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">The full text of
  the press release is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this report and is hereby
  incorporated by reference herein</font></b></font><font size="2" color="black" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></p>
  
  <p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <h2 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SECTION&nbsp;9 &#150; FINANCIAL
  STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</font></b></h2>
  
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  <h2 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 9.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</font></b></h2>
  
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  <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Exhibits</p>
  
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    <h1 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">99.1</font></b></h1>
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    <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
    <h1 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></h1>
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    <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.2%;">
    <h1 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">Press
    release dated April&nbsp;24, 2008 entitled, &#147;The Cheesecake Factory Reports
    Results for First Quarter of Fiscal 2008&#148;</font></b></h1>
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
  caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
  authorized.</font></p>
  
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April&nbsp;24, 2008</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THE CHEESECAKE
    FACTORY INCORPORATED</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ MICHAEL J. DIXON</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Michael J. Dixon</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Senior Vice President and Chief
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press release dated April&nbsp;24,
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    Fiscal 2008&#148;</font></p>
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text: UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT REPORT
  PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
  THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
  OF 1934
  Date of Report (Date of earliest
  event reported):
  April 24, 2008
  THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED
  (Exact Name of
  Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  Delaware
  0-20574
  51-0340466
  (State or other
    jurisdiction
  of incorporation)
  (Commission File
    Number)
  (IRS Employer
    Identification No.)
  26901
  Malibu Hills Road
  Calabasas
  Hills, California 91301
  (Address of
  principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
  Registrant's
  telephone number, including area code:
  (818)
  871-3000
  Not
  Applicable
  (Former name or
  former address, if changed since last report)
  Check the
  appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
  provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
  o
  Written
  communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
  230.425)
  o
  Soliciting
  material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
  CFR 240.14.d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
  CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  SECTION 2
  – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
  ITEM 2.02     RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL
  CONDITION
  In a
  press release dated April 24, 2008, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
  announced financial results for the Company's first quarter of fiscal 2008,
  which ended on April 1, 2008.
  The full text of
  the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is hereby
  incorporated by reference herein
  .
  SECTION 9 – FINANCIAL
  STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  ITEM 9.01     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  (d)
  Exhibits
  99.1
  Press
    release dated April 24, 2008 entitled, "The Cheesecake Factory Reports
    Results for First Quarter of Fiscal 2008"
  2
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
  caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
  authorized.
  Date:
  April 24, 2008
  THE CHEESECAKE
    FACTORY INCORPORATED
  By:
  /s/ MICHAEL J. DIXON
  Michael J. Dixon
  Senior Vice President and Chief
    Financial Officer
  3
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit
  Description
  99.1
  Press release dated April 24,
    2008 entitled, "The Cheesecake Factory Reports Results for First Quarter of
    Fiscal 2008"
  4