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‘Frasier’ Reboot Being Explored By Kelsey Grammer & CBS TV Studios
Deadline ^ | July 25, 2018 | Nellie Andreeva

Posted on 07/25/2018 4:38:02 PM PDT by EdnaMode

Another beloved sitcom is plotting a possible return. I have learned that Frasier star and executive producer Kelsey Grammer is fielding interest to put together a new Frasier series.

Unlike the slew of recent revivals of comedy series with the original cast and original creative auspices, including Will & Grace, Roseanne and Murphy Brown, I hear that Frasier is envisioned as a reboot, likely set in a new city, with the title character, played by Grammer, as a possible link to the Emmy-winning 1993 series.

Psychiatrist Frasier Craine already made a cross-country move once. He was introduced on the Boston-set NBC hit Cheers before getting his own spinoff series, Frasier, on which he returned to his hometown of Seattle to start a new life as a radio host and to reconnect with his father and brother.

I hear Grammer is currently meeting with writers who are pitching different concepts for the potential followup series. If the producers settle on a writer and a premise, the project could move beyond exploratory stage. Reps for Grammer and CBS TV Studios declined comment.

Frasier, created by the late David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee, is one of the most celebrated comedy series of the 1990s and 2000s. The show, produced by Grammer’s Grammnet Prods. and CBS TV Studios’ predecessor Paramount Network Television, ran on NBC for 11 seasons, from 1993 to 2004, and starred Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, Jane Leeves, Peri Gilpin, and the late John Mahoney.

Frasier set a record for the most Emmy Awards won by a scripted series at the time, 37, including five consecutive Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series.

With Paramount Network TV/CBS Studios, where his Grammnet was once based, Grammer produced such successful series as Medium, Girlfriends and spinoff The Game. As an actor, following his 20-year stint as Frasier Craine on Cheers and Frasier, Grammer has largely stayed on the drama side in TV, most recently with a starring role on the upcoming Fox legal drama Proven Innocent.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: frasier; grammer; kelseygrammar; kelseygrammer; nbc; reboot
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To: EdnaMode

Style Celebrity News Thursday 26 July 2018
Kelsey Grammer: Being a Republican is like having a target on your back


21 posted on 07/25/2018 5:12:29 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: boycott

Springsteen covered this back when it was “57 channels and nothing’s on”.

Only the numbers have changed, not the quality.

But you can go listen to a Jordan Peterson talk, or a Rogan interview, or any of a fairly large number of intelligent commentaries/discussions.


22 posted on 07/25/2018 5:14:13 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: blueunicorn6

LOL, we just saw that episode on Cozi TV this past week. :-)
Enjoying the show in repeats much more than when first seen on regular broadcasts of the series. Believe we’ve seen every one of their many seasons - watching on Cozi TV Network and on ROKU with their Daily Motion app.

They went out on a high note. Do hope they give this serious thought. Not many reboots live up to expectations. And once soured, viewers become non existent. The cast and the writers made the show. The cast has moved on, and a fraction of the original writers has moved on as well.


23 posted on 07/25/2018 5:19:22 PM PDT by V K Lee ("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
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To: EdnaMode
Frazier was one of the best. The best screen writing by far compared to anything else on TV.
24 posted on 07/25/2018 5:26:35 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: trisham

Mahoney was only 53 when Frasier aired? DAMN he looked a lot older than that!


25 posted on 07/25/2018 5:26:57 PM PDT by TalBlack (It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
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To: boycott
200 TV channels and nothing on TV.

I watch TCM and some HGTV home repair stuff and that's about it. It costs a fortune, is absolutely worthless and filled with commercials. it's time to pull the plug on the TV.

26 posted on 07/25/2018 5:40:30 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Papa Johns is being changed to Politically Correct Pizza! Look for our new signs.)
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To: EdnaMode

I’m sorry.. I would watch this.


27 posted on 07/25/2018 5:41:03 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: EdnaMode

A year too late. Wouldn’t be the same without Martin.......;(


28 posted on 07/25/2018 5:59:40 PM PDT by Dawgreg
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To: blueunicorn6

I thought it was the best comedy show ever written. Nothing slap stick about it. The comedy wasn’t “in your face”, and IMO there has never been another comedy show on that level. Adored David Hyde Pierce as Niles Frasier’s brother.


29 posted on 07/25/2018 6:14:58 PM PDT by mupcat
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To: EdnaMode

I would definitely watch this. Frazier was a great show and Kelsey Grammer is definitely a based patriot.


30 posted on 07/25/2018 6:24:43 PM PDT by WMarshal (Because we're America, Bitches!)
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To: mupcat
Yes, Frasier became adept at screwball comedy; fast talking past others snd mistaken understanding leading to compromising situations.

-PJ

31 posted on 07/25/2018 6:27:13 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: EdnaMode

If Grammar is playing Frazier then it’s technically not a “reboot” is it?

I thought a “reboot” is when new, younger actors play old characters. (eg. Chris Pine’s Star Trek reboot movies)


32 posted on 07/25/2018 6:32:28 PM PDT by rhinohunter (Dear Mr. Trump: I'm still not tired of winning)
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To: rhinohunter

Good point. Continuation or sequel is more accurate.


33 posted on 07/25/2018 6:41:31 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: WMarshal

Watching now... repeats of Frasier. Funny show ...helps me regain some sanity after watching news.


34 posted on 07/25/2018 6:43:19 PM PDT by 4integrity
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To: MayflowerMadam

My favorite sitcom of all time. I am embarrassed to admit I have watched reruns 5 times. A truly intelligent, sophisticated and hilarious show. I would love to see it returned.


35 posted on 07/25/2018 6:50:34 PM PDT by DanielleLavender (Not Unexpected)
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To: dsrtsage

All those young women he likes keep him young.


36 posted on 07/25/2018 6:54:50 PM PDT by BBell (shoot shot shoot shot shoot shot gimme a tissue!!!)
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To: MayflowerMadam

I always enjoyed Frasier, wish Kelsey the best of luck and I’d tune in if available online.

Really liked the actor who played his father as well. A great gem of a character.

The Bulldog character was so over the top annoying I cringed whenever he entered a scene.


37 posted on 07/25/2018 7:05:47 PM PDT by warsaw44
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To: EdnaMode

The show is a classic. Please leave well enough alone Kelsey!


38 posted on 07/25/2018 7:11:34 PM PDT by llevrok (Established 1950.)
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To: MayflowerMadam
Mahoney was gay,too. Also the actors who played Niles and Bulldog. (At least that’s what I heard when I was living in CA.)

Yeah and the Bulldog character was a skirt chaser. Ironically, in real life, the skirt chaser was Gil - the food critic.

39 posted on 07/25/2018 7:16:10 PM PDT by TheCipher (To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature Congressman. - Mark Twain)
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To: MayflowerMadam
Mahoney was gay,too. Also the actors who played Niles and Bulldog. (At least that’s what I heard when I was living in CA.)

Mahoney was British? Mahoney was gay?

Wait. That sounds about right. Seems like every other famous male Brit is a homo.

England lost too many real men in WWI and WWII. Much of the leftover breeding stock was apparently effeminate Soy Boys. Way too many queers from England.

Mahoney had colon cancer and throat cancer. I've noticed this has happened to other gay actors like Graham Chapman of Monty Python fame. These sorts of cancers occur often with homosexuals.

40 posted on 07/25/2018 7:29:52 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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