Frasier is back in more ways than one. Kelsey Grammer returns to his Emmy-winning character, and Frasier is home again in Boston on the Paramount+ sequel that is streaming now.
We first met Frasier Crane at a bar called Cheers. That is where he fell in love with Lillith, and they had a son named Fredrick. Things did not work out between them, so he moved to Seattle to do a radio show.
And that is where his story left off. From there, he moved to Chicago to do a TV show, which was a huge success. But he decided to move on.
His dad recently passed away, and he decided to take a trip to Paris with a stopover in Boston to talk in his old Oxford buddy’s class at Harvard. And his life is going to change because of it.
While talking in Alan’s (Nicholas Lyndhurst) class, Olivia (Toks Olagundoye), the head of the Psychology Department, offers him a job. But he turns her down. And she is not going to take no for an answer.
And Fraiser is not going to take no for an answer from his son. Freddy (Jack Cutmore-Scott) dropped out of Harvard to become a fireman, and he thinks his dad is disappointed with him.
Frasier is not, and he wants to get to know his son and his girlfriend, Eve (Jess Salgueiro), better. She works at the bar below, where she lives with Freddy, and she wants to be an actress.
And those acting skills are going to come in handy when Frasier invites himself over for dinner that night.
Frasier is going to try to win his son over. And Olivia and Alan are going to crash the dinner party to win Fraiser over.
And then there is David (Anders Keith), who is Niles and Daphne’s son. He is just like his dad.
At least, I am assuming so because I didn’t watch Frasier. I know. But I did watch the first five episodes of the sequel because the trailer piqued my interest. And I am enjoying it so far.
It has that old sitcom feel with the stuffy Harvard professors, the down-to-earth working-class couple, and David. Poor David.
They all play off of each other brilliantly, and their chemistry is there right from the beginning. And the writing is so witty—something you would expect from the likes of Frasier.
So whether you watched the original series or not, you are going to laugh and love this sequel.
The first two episodes dropped today; new episodes will drop every Thursday.
We’ve been hearing about the Fraiser sequel for five years. And today, Paramount+ released the trailer for the series.
I am the rare sitcom lover who never loved the original show. But I am actually curious about Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) getting to know his son Freddy (Jack Cutmore-Scott), who hates his pompous father.
Fraiser debuts with two episodes on October 12th, and the remaining eight episodes will be released weekly.
Before Kelsey Grammer was being served drinks on Cheers, he was a server on Ryan’s Hope. He looks the same now as he did when he was 24 in that 1979 episode.
It has been almost 30 years since Kelsey Grammer left Cheers to star in the Fraiser spinoff, and it was a wise decision because it went on to be the second-most Emmy-nominated and Emmy-winning show.
Therefore, it makes sense that when the actor wanted to bring it back, someone was going to say yes. So in October, we will be getting new episodes of Fraiser. But with a whole new cast supporting him.
The new series follows Frasier Crane (Grammer) in the next chapter of his life as he returns to Boston with new challenges to face, new relationships to forge and an old dream or two to finally fulfill. Frasier has re-entered the building!
In addition to Grammer, the new series stars Jack Cutmore-Scott as Frasier’s son Freddy; Nicholas Lyndhurst as Frasier’s old college buddy turned university professor Alan; Toks Olagundoye as Olivia, Alan’s colleague and head of the university’s psychology department; Jess Salgueiro as Freddy’s roommate Eve; and Anders Keith as Frasier’s nephew David.
The first two episodes debut on October 12th, with new episodes debuting over the next eight Thursdays.
To hear the updated theme song, Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs, then click here!
Before Kelsey Grammer was a psychiatrist on Cheers, he was the head paramedic on Another World. He looks the same now as he did when he was 27 in that 1982 episode.
