After over a year of speculation, Paramount+ has officially picked up the Frasier reboot and confirms Kelsey Grammer will return to reprise his role.
A Frasier sequel series has officially been picked up by Paramount+. The original Frasier ran from 1993 to 2004. It was a spinoff of the hit series Cheers and followed psychiatrist Frasier Crane after he moved back to his hometown of Seattle, Washington to reconnect with his family and become a radio personality. The show ran for 11 seasons and starred Kelsey Grammer as Frasier, David Hyde Pierce as Frasier’s brother, Niles, and John Mahoney as Frasier’s father.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Frasier’s initial run was a fan favorite and wildly successful, winning multiple Emmys throughout its time on air. A revival has been in talks for a few years now. In 2018, Grammer first spoke of the potential of a new storyline for his character – the same formula, but in a new city – produced by CBS TV Studios. Then, Paramount+ announced that a Frasier reboot was in development at the streaming platform’s launch event in February 2021.
Can A Spin-Off Survive A Reboot, Too? The original Frasier was created by the late David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee. Both Casey and Lee came to the show from Cheers. The Frasier reboot features a new team, including Chris Harris and Joe Christalli as writers, and Grammer himself, along with Tom Russo and Jordan McMahon as executive producers. A lot of the fun of Frasier came from mixing his world from Cheers with his new one in Seattle with his family.
The success of the original Frasier was refreshing and unexpected. Though Cheers was a great show, most spinoffs fail to emulate the success of their originals. However, Frasier may have even surpassed its predecessor. Its approach of completely upheaving Frasier as a character and relocating him, combined with the series’ intelligent humor, made the show an instant hit. Frasier was so successful that it’s still regularly watched and relevant– even today.
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