Frasier’s making a comeback! Kelsey Grammer set to reprise his role 18 years on after reboot gets green light at Paramount+
The long-anticipated sequel to the hit NBC sitcom Frasier is finally in the works.
The series has been given a greenlight by Paramount+, and will be executive produced by Kelsey Grammer, 67, who will reprise his role as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane.
Talks of a follow-up to the 1993-2004 NBC series first started in 2018, and Paramount+ announced it being in development in February 2021. It has now been ‘formally picked up to series’ according to Deadline.
He’s back! The long-anticipated Frasier sequel has been given a greenlight by Paramount+, and will see Kelsey Grammer, 67, reprise his role as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane; Still from 1993
Though the number of episodes ordered is currently unknown, the publication estimates that it will ‘likely be 10.’
There isn’t much known about the new series aside from the fact that it will follow Frasier in a new city and will feature new characters.
Though the other original cast members are not expected to be series regulars, it’s likely they might make guest appearances.
Dr. Crane: Talks of a follow-up to the 1993-2004 NBC series first started in 2018, and Paramount+ announced it being in development in February 2021. It has now been ‘formally picked up to series’ according to Deadline
Original supporting cast members include David Hyde Pierce, Jane Leeves, and Peri Gilpin as Niles Crane, Daphne Moon, and Roz Doyle.
Sadly, John Mahoney – who played Frasier’s father Martin – passed away, age 77, in 2018 after a four-year battle with throat cancer.
The series is written by Chris Harris and Joe Cristalli. It will be produced by CBS Studios in association with Grammer’s Grammnet NH Productions.
Excited? Though the other original cast members are not expected to be series regulars, it’s likely they might make guest appearances; David Hyde Pierce (L), Jane Leeves (M), and Peri Gilpin (R) who played Niles Crane, Daphne Moon, and Roz Doyle
RIP: Sadly, John Mahoney (third from left) – who played Frasier’s father Martin – passed away, age 77, in 2018 after a four-year battle with throat cancer; (L-R) Dan Butler, Gilpin, Mahoney, Grammer, Pierce, and Leeves
Grammer confirmed in July that they were ‘in the final stages of the final script for the first episode’ and added ‘I cried, so I’m happy.’
The original series amassed 37 Emmy Awards over 11 seasons spanning 1993-2004.
Fans can expect the pretentious Harvard-trained psychiatrist to bring his radio show/podcast to a new city after leaving his Seattle hometown.
The actor told In Depth With Graham Bensinger in 2019: ‘We’ve hatched the plan, what we think is the right way to go…It’s not going to be Seattle. It’s not going to be the same Frasier, it’s going to be the man in his next iteration’
Popular: The original series amassed 37 Emmy Awards over 11 seasons spanning 1993-2004; Still from 1993
‘We’ve got it hatched. We’ve hatched the plan, what we think is the right way to go,’ the actor told In Depth With Graham Bensinger in 2019.
‘It’s not going to be Seattle. It’s not going to be the same Frasier, it’s going to be the man in his next iteration. Hopefully that’ll be something people like watching. But I think it’ll be funny.’
Grammer famously originated the character as a married shrink living in Boston on nine seasons of the classic NBC sitcom Cheers.
Spin-off: Grammer famously originated the character on nine seasons of the classic NBC sitcom Cheers; pictured in 1987
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