Add the necessary tossed-salad-and-scrambled egg party here because of that long gestation Frasier the revival may finally be about to come out.
TVLine has exclusively learned that Paramount + – will be the streamer that will be coming soon before known as CBS All Access – circles the years-in-the-making project, in which Kelsey Grammer played his iconic role as Dr. Frasier Crane would repeat. (Frasier is, of course, a property of Paramount.)
A Paramount + representative did not respond to TVLine’s request for comment. A spokesman for CBS TV Studios, meanwhile, declined to comment.
News of the potential new iteration first broke in July 2018. At the time, it was revealed that the revival would find Grammer’s Seattle-based psychiatric reorganization to another city. The following month, Grammer stressed that the quality threshold was understandably high given the history of the original series (Frasier garnered 37 Emmys during its 11-season run).
“[We] should make it a great show, ”he noted at the time. “If it’s not a great show, and if we don’t hear a pitch that gets him out of the park, it probably won’t happen.”
Alongside Grammer, the comedy starred David Hyde Pierce as Niles Crane, Frasier’s younger brother; Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon, Frasier’s live-in housekeeper and Niles’ ultimate love interest; Peri Gilpin as Roz Doyle, the producer of Frasier’s radio show; and the late John Mahoney as Martin Crane, Frasier’s father.
According to sources, the hope is that Pierce, Leeves and Gilpin would all be involved in the revival in some capacity. If the project is green (and an insider claims it’s still very much into it as stage), we’re told filming could begin as early as this summer (after Grammer finished production of Season 1 of his upcoming, self-titled ABC multi-camera comedy starring Alec Baldwin).
As previously reported, CBS All Access will be rebranded as Paramount + on March 4. The new service will combine original content with shows from CBS and cable channels MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount Network and Nickelodeon.
Paramount + recently ordered a revival of the wildly popular Nickelodeon comedy iCarly, featuring original stars Miranda Cosgrove (Carly), Jerry Trainor (Spencer) and Nathan Kress (Freddie), ready to return.