Update: "Frasier" Sequel Series Made Official at Paramount+

[JamesG]

"Frasier" Reboot Being Explored by Kelsey Grammer & CBS TV Studios
by Nellie Andreeva
July 25, 2018


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, I hear that "Frasier" is envisioned as a reboot, likely set in a new city.



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.

https://deadline.com/2018/07/frasier...os-1202432451/

[Chocolate Moose]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Well, the father's gone.

[MA]

But who is going to play the father?

[JamesG]

From the way it sounds, it looks like it will be with a new cast and new setting.

Reboot, not revival.

[MA]

Maybe Kelsey will be involved as a producer or something.

[CanICallYouDad]

If they don't have Niles it will fail

[robyrob]

they need to update it to keep up with the times like they are doing with all the other "reboots" - so obviously it should be about two senile but snarky old ladies running a laundromat in suburban Des Moines Iowa with their wacky neighbor Habib and his 3 wives always popping over.

[TMC]

Frasier fans are torn over the potential reboot without John Mahoney
Frasier fans see Mahoney, who died in February at age 77, as an essential part of Frasier Crane's life. In the wake of this morning's news that Kelsey Grammer is exploring a potential reboot, Frasier fans expressed skepticism, including one arguing that it wouldn't be practical since radio "doesn't exist anymore."

[CanICallYouDad]

Originally Posted by TMC

Frasier fans are torn over the potential reboot without John Mahoney
Frasier fans see Mahoney, who died in February at age 77, as an essential part of Frasier Crane's life. In the wake of this morning's news that Kelsey Grammer is exploring a potential reboot, Frasier fans expressed skepticism, including one arguing that it wouldn't be practical since radio "doesn't exist anymore."

Radio is bigger then ever

[Chocolate Moose]

this sounds bad.

[TMC]

A Frasier reboot could become a white-collar Roseanne

Kelsey Grammer and Roseanne Barr are both staunch Trump supporters who are close in age (he's about two years younger) in their 60s. So it's not hard to imagine the Frasier reboot that Grammer is said to be developing having Frasier Crane as a Trump-loving, Fox News-watching conservative, says Lili Loofbourow. "This is an unnerving idea," says Loofbourow. "Not simply because reboots are stale, but because Frasier Crane’s journey forward seems pretty predictable: that move to San Francisco, a city that makes escaping the facts of poverty and homelessness impossible no matter how much you pay, would likely have sent Frasier down a long and by now typical slide toward Fox News conservatism. (He would not have taken the Tenderloin in stride!) Plus, the new Frasier would have to be the grim story of how his son Frederick—a Millennial trapped in a society that no longer offers young generations much in the way of benefits, fair wages, or pensions—would have to move in with his Hannity-watching, Trump-supporting dad." Loofbourow says the original Frasier's set-up and tone wouldn't fit in the current climate, especially with John Mahoney's Martin Crane out of the picture. She adds: "In the ’90s, Frasier was a fairly earnest show that incidentally satirized what conservatives believed liberals to be. The joke was of course that Frasier and Niles (David Hyde Pierce) were, in practically every way that mattered, conservative. But they didn’t really know it, so part of the fun was watching their ethical aspirations clash with their bottomless self-interest. But would you really want to watch a version of this show where light and comfortable rivalries have since widened into a lacerating ideological distance?" ALSO: Here are the best Twitter proposals for a Frasier reboot.

[JamesG]

"Frasier" Reboot Update: Kelsey Grammer Says He's Waiting for a "Pitch That Hits It Out of the Park"
by Michael Ausiello
August 2, 2018


Don’t toss those salads or scramble those eggs just yet. Kelsey Grammer says a "Frasier" reboot has a number of hoops to jump through before it becomes a reality.

“We have to make sure it’s going to be a great show,” he told reporters Thursday at the Television Critics Assoc. summer press tour. “If it’s not a great show, and if we don’t hear a pitch that hits it out of the park, it probably won’t happen.”

Grammer went on to tell reporters that “NBC may not be interested” in the potential reboot, adding that it “may go somewhere else.”

https://tvline.com/2018/08/02/frasie...mer-interview/

[TMC]

Jane Leeves talks joining The Resident, says she would "jump at the chance" to return for a Frasier revival

The British actress says she was "surprised" that The Resident wanted her to play a brilliant orthopedic surgeon, a role that would add "a bit of humor" to the medical drama. "I love this character," she says. "She’s assertive without being aggressive, and her greatest joy is being able to fix her patients." As for a potential Frasier revival, Leeves says: "Of course I’d jump at the chance to work with any of those people again. Peri (Gilpin) is my best friend — she’s with me right now."

[Jamey Greek]

Originally Posted by TMC

Jane Leeves talks joining The Resident, says she would "jump at the chance" to return for a Frasier revival

The British actress says she was "surprised" that The Resident wanted her to play a brilliant orthopedic surgeon, a role that would add "a bit of humor" to the medical drama. "I love this character," she says. "She’s assertive without being aggressive, and her greatest joy is being able to fix her patients." As for a potential Frasier revival, Leeves says: "Of course I’d jump at the chance to work with any of those people again. Peri (Gilpin) is my best friend — she’s with me right now."

How will she be allowed to do both shows?

[JamesG]

Kelsey Grammer Wants Original "Frasier" Co-Stars for Reboot, Has “Stepping Point” In Mind as Series Marks 25th Anniversary
by Rosy Cordero
November 3, 2018


Kelsey Grammer has not settled yet on a premise worthy of a "Frasier" reboot, but he’s still on the hunt. The Emmy Award-winning actor provided an update and revealed more details about a possible third act for his most famous character, Dr. Frasier Crane, during a panel celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the hit NBC series as part of the USC Comedy Festival Vol. 4 held in Los Angeles on Saturday.

It featured stars and producers remembering the late John Mahoney and sharing stories about the acclaimed series, including how David Hyde Pierce led to Frasier getting a brother.




“No, there’s been no premise that has come along that has the necessary fire,” Grammer said about the potential reboot that was first reported by Deadline in July. Grammer has been spearheading the effort at CBS TV Studios, meeting with potential writers.

“A lot of us are quite committed to the concept that you would never try to redo what we once had,” he added during the panel that also included co-stars Pierce, Jane Leeves, and Peri Gilpin, co-creators/executive producers Peter Casey and David Lee, director/exec producer James Burrows and writer/producer Anne Flett and Joe Keenan.




Grammer made it clear that he would like his "Frasier" cast mates to join him on the potential new series.

“There has been some discussions; nothing is planned; There is nothing set in stone. In my own personal approach to what I’ve discussed with other people is that I wouldn’t want to do it without these guys,” he said, looking at Pierce and Leeves who were sitting next to him.




Grammer admitted the reboot would “have to have a different foundation” since it’s been 14 years since the show ended its 11-season run in 2004. And while the perfect premise eludes him, he knows he wants “a new life with a new continuation for all of them but that they’re still together.”

While Grammer has been meeting with potential new writers pitching reboot concepts, there also could be original creative auspices coming back. “I have a personal interest because I’m out of work next year,” Casey quipped when asked about the possible Frasier followup.




Grammer is not sure what Frasier Crane’s been up to over the past 14 years, since the end of the show. But he does have something vaguely in mind for the continuation should a new show come to fruition.

“Whatever happens, in my mind, should be that he sorted out something that he hadn’t had sorted out previously. That would be the stepping point, so we’ll see.”









The panelists also took a trip back in time to reminisce about their time with actor John Mahoney, who died in February. Leeves was overcome with emotion as she remembered the man who played Frasier’s feisty dad Martin and what he meant to the cast.

“John was kind of the moral center for us all,” she said. “Whenever we had a problem or if something didn’t feel right, John always had the right answer for everything. He was wickedly funny, at other people’s expense a lot of the time. He was very special.”




Originally, Martin and Frasier’s relationship was supposed to be the driving force behind the series and there was no brother, according to creators Peter Casey and David Lee. The pair said things changed after a casting director shared a photo of Hyde Pierce, who looked like a younger Kelsey Grammer.

“After the guys offered me the part, I read the script and thought it was terrible,” said Hyde Pierce. “It was the pilot script and I thought they had written two of the same character, how dumb. But I was wrong.”

https://deadline.com/2018/11/frasier...ry-1202495638/