A revival of Frasier starring Kelsey Grammer within the titular function as soon as once more is formally going forward.
Following the announcement {that a} new present was within the works in 2021, it has now been confirmed to launch on streaming service Paramount+.
US leisure website Deadline first reported the information, with Paramount+ sharing a screengrab of the article on social media, captioned: “OMG Frasier is coming back, exclusively on Paramount Plus!”
According to Deadline, Grammer began expressing curiosity for a brand new sequence in 2018, and has pushed the efforts to get the inexperienced gentle.
Set in Seattle, Frasier launched in 1993 as a spin-off to sitcom Cheers, and options Grammer as psychiatrist turned radio host Frasier Crane.
The new sequence will see Frasier surrounded by new characters in a special metropolis, with unique forged members probably making visitor appearances, Deadline studies.
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In July, Grammer stated in an interview that producers had been “in the final stages of the final script for the first episode of the Frasier reboot and it looks pretty good… I’ve had a couple of runs through it, and I cried, so you know, I’m happy”.
One of the preferred and critically acclaimed sitcoms of its time, Frasier ran for 11 seasons between 1993 and 2004, choosing up dozens of Emmy awards and two Golden Globes for Grammer alongside the way in which.
The sequence noticed Frasier returning to his hometown of Seattle from Boston, the place Cheers was set, and in addition starred John Mahoney as his father, Martin, and David Hyde Pierce as youthful brother Niles.
Source: information.sky.com”