Forget the Rumors About A 'Frasier' Spinoff...It Ain't Happening!

[Brian Damage]

Kelsey Grammer's representative has denied claims that the star is planning a Frasier reunion.

The speculation began when Grammer posted messages on Twitter suggesting that he was thinking about a spinoff of the sitcom.

However, his spokesperson Stan Rosenfield told TV Guide that Grammer has a team to update his Twitter page for him and clarified that no Frasier project is in the works.

"That's not true at all," he said. "Nothing's happening. Frasier's done... That's what happens when you don't do your own tweets and things get misinterpreted and people who do your tweeting misinterpret something."

One message suggested that Grammer was "thinking" about working on a new Frasier project but Rosenfield said: "Let's call it the very liberal use of the word 'thinking'.

"I'm also 'thinking' of inheriting a billion dollars tomorrow at noon. Neither is going to happen."

http://www.digitalspy.com/ustv/news/...r-rumours.html

[MikeLutton]

dam that sucks i was looking foreward to seeing dr frasier crane again what a letdown im disappointed

[Family Ties Forever!]

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Kelsey Grammer considering Frasier revival
By Kevin Rawlinson

Tuesday, 7 September 2010

Six years ago, when Dr Frasier Crane bid a last farewell with his traditional "goodnight Seattle", the "Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs" theme tune played and fans were told for the final time "Frasier has left the building", they could be forgiven for thinking they had seen the last of the psychiatrist.

But now, Kelsey Grammer, the actor who portrayed him for 20 years, says he is "seriously considering" reprising the role in a spin-off, which he said would also heavily feature the children of Dr Crane and his brother Niles.

In a series of online post over more than a month, he told fans "maybe it is time for a Frasier Reunion very interesting to say the least...get ready everyone", before adding: "I'm now really thinking maybe a spin off of Frasier...how would [you] feel about that with like My Son and Niles sibling...cameos by [members of the] old cast?"

Grammer also wrote: "We could do the reunion...from the new coffee shop I like that idea and we can have the Cheers cast there Kristy would love it."

The actor played Dr Frasier Crane for 20 years, beginning in the sitcom Cheers and ending with the final episode of the critically-acclaimed Frasier in 2004. The character, along with his wife Lileth was one of the ensemble cast of Cheers, which included Woody Harrelson and Ted Danson. The show was set in Boston and originally screened in the 1980s and early-90s.

The actor later appeared as Crane in Frasier, in which his character, a psychiatrist, returns home to Seattle after his divorce to work as the host of a phone-in show. His plan to live as a bachelor is foiled when he ends up caring for his father. The former policeman, played by John Mahoney, is forced into retirement after being shot in the line of duty.

His brother Niles, also a psychiatrist and played by David Hyde Pierce, is a major character and is involved in a long-running storyline charting his romantic pursuit of his father's masseuse, Daphne played by the British-born Jane Leeves.

The show's witty dialogue and the ability of its writers to poke fun at its own relatively high-minded subject matter made it a success both in America and in the UK; it is still repeated on British television. At its height, the series attracted 25 million viewers in the USA.

One of the ideas 55-year-old Grammer offered as a possible new direction for the spin-off was to centre it around social media, adding: "now that would be powerful". The actor, who's character was known for the catchphrase "I'm listening", also suggested that storylines come from messages posted on social media sites by fans, prompting some would-be writers to send in ideas.

"Your son's character could be just like your father's character for some comedy conflict," wrote one. Another proposed that the show "include Roz's Daughter, that would be a triple treat...real chaos.". Ending in similar fashion to the circumstances in which the series began, Frasier was left open to a possible sequel: After signing off from his radio show, Dr Crane left to start a new life in a new city, San Francisco.

A spokesman for Grammer said: "The original tweet was posted in error", but was at a loss to explain the subsequent posts by the actor suggesting a "Frasier reunion" and discussing plot ideas. The spokesman denied Frasier's return was imminent and Grammer refused to comment.

However, Rebecca Marks, executive vice president of entertainment publicity at NBC, which aired the original Cheers and Frasier shows, said that the company has had "no discussions" about a new spin-off. While Grammer has not subsequently recreated the level of success he enjoyed with Frasier, his Broadway appearance as one half of a gay pairing in La Cage aux Folles, has received praise.

The Republican Party-member is also the face of a new US television station, described as: "pro-America, pro-business and pro-military sensibilities".

Earlier this year Grammer filed for divorce from his wife of 13 years, the former Playboy model Camille Donatacci. He is currently going out with British air stewardess, Kayte Walsh who is pregnant with his child.

[Pat]

Thanks for the update

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Kelsey Grammer's representative has denied claims that the star is planning a Frasier reunion.

The speculation began when Grammer posted messages on Twitter suggesting that he was thinking about a spinoff of the sitcom.

However, his spokesperson Stan Rosenfield told TV Guide that Grammer has a team to update his Twitter page for him and clarified that no Frasier project is in the works.

"That's not true at all," he said. "Nothing's happening. Frasier's done... That's what happens when you don't do your own tweets and things get misinterpreted and people who do your tweeting misinterpret something."

One message suggested that Grammer was "thinking" about working on a new Frasier project but Rosenfield said: "Let's call it the very liberal use of the word 'thinking'.

"I'm also 'thinking' of inheriting a billion dollars tomorrow at noon. Neither is going to happen."

http://www.digitalspy.com/ustv/news/...r-rumours.html

[Schmoopie]

A spin-off of a spin-off... Now that would be something to see!

[Ant-Lox]

I don't need anymore. I loved the ending, anything else would be unnecessary.

[Schmoopie]

Originally Posted by Ant-Lox

I don't need anymore. I loved the ending, anything else would be unnecessary.

I can't wait to see the ending, but I know I'm gonna cry even if it's not sad!

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Jane Leeves Uses British Logic To Prevent A ‘Frasier’ ReunionBy: Fraser McAlpine Posted: Monday, June 20th, 2011
Jane Leeves in Hot In Cleveland
Jane Leeves has exposed a fundamental difference in attitude between the Brits and the Americans in her response to the idea that Frasier, the show that made her famous, could ever possibly return to the TV screens.

Her former TV boss, Kelsey Grammer, had been tweeting about the possibility of a reunion, allowing himself a wistful, sentimental moment imagining that the show could now feature on the next generation of the Crane family. But he’s wrong. It’s this kind of mushy thinking that leads to regrettable besmirchments of actually-not-bad franchise ideas, like Night At The Museum 2. Is that what we want for our beloved Frasier?

Thankfully Jane’s cold and aloof British mind has scuppered that thought. What she’d like is for people to be left alone with their fond imaginings of how the characters headed off into the future, and what they may be up to nowadays. She said: “You just want to imagine those characters off in their happy lives, maybe Niles and Daphne have a couple more kids now.” Yeah, the last thing we want is more kids in the Crane home, it’d end up being like the last days of The Cosby Show.

Not that Jane is estranged from her former castmates. She lives next door to Peri Gilpin, who played Roz, and they’re godmother to each other’s daughters. And she came over to see David Hyde Pierce make his West End debut. She’d have been at Kelsey’s wedding too, had she not been filming her new show Hot In Cleveland. So there we have it, cold British logic beats American sentimentality once again.

[Schmoopie]

Who needs a spin off when you have fan fiction? This from a Frasier (Niles/Daphne) fan fiction writing/reading addict!