TV series 'Frasier' latest '90s hit to get a revival

Paramount Global

25/02/2021 24:51

LOS ANGELES, Feb 24 (Reuters) - The hit 1990s TV comedy
series "Frasier," starring Kelsey Grammer as a snobbish radio
advice-show host, is coming back to television.
    Grammer said on Wednesday he would reprise his role in the
revival that will focus on "the next chapter in the continuing
journey of Dr. Frasier Crane."
    No further details were given.
    "Frasier," a spin-off from the TV series "Cheers," was one
of the most successful shows of the 1990s, winning five Emmy
Awards for best comedy series.
    It told the stories of Frasier Crane, who returns to his
Seattle hometown to care for his elderly father, and his
pretentious psychiatrist brother, Niles Crane.
    No mention was made in Wednesday's announcement of whether
co-stars David Hyde Pierce (Niles Crane) or Jane Leeves, who
played caregiver Daphne Moon, would be joining the revival.
Actor John Mahoney, who played the down-to-earth father, died in
2018.
    "There has long been a call from fans for its return, and
that call is now answered," David Stapf, president of CBS
Studios  VIACA.O , said in a statement.
    The series, to be produced by CBS Studios, will be aired on
the new streaming service Paramount+, but no date was given.
    "Frasier" made its debut in 1993 and concluded in 2004.
    The return of "Frasier" is the latest in a series of
revivals and reboots of hit TV shows from two or three decades
ago, including "Sex and the City," "Dexter," "Roseanne," "Gossip
Girl," "Murphy Brown," and "Will & Grace."

 (Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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