Kelsey Grammer made an appearance on British talk show Lorraine late last week, and teased the potential return of his hit show Frasier, letting slip that there are not one, but six different ideas for what a new series of Frasier could entail.
This all started last year, when Deadline reported that Grammer was in talks with CBS to bring the show back. Then, last month, Grammer was papped walking around London carrying a binder with ‘FRASIER’ printed on the front, in what has to be one of the most obvious ploys to get media attention in a minute.
Kelsey Grammer Spotted in London Carrying 'Frasier' Script: Reboot, Anyone? https://t.co/XnIjQAoyyU
— TMZ (@TMZ) April 17, 2019
This is despite nobody asking for a Frasier reboot, because the last thing the world needs is yet another reboot. Please, someone, have an original idea, I’m begging you, my crops are dying.
Grammer explained:
“That little folder is filled with six different ideas that are all in contention for what may be the new Frasier. A continuation of Frasier. They’re similar, it’s a new life, in a new city.”
He added that Martin Crane would have to be replaced, following actor John Mahoney’s death last year:
“Of course, John Mahoney died so you’d need to replace that energy, perhaps like they did on Cheers with Coach, they found Woody, who had the same kind of sensibility.”
While the show was incredibly popular, and has found new life amongst viewers who were too young when it was originally on air thanks to streaming services, is a show that picks up where they left off in 2004 the best idea?
There are so many more TV shows in production now than there were in 2004, and for fans of older shows, they can watch any and all of them on Netflix or Stan whenever they want. Is there still an audience for Frasier in 2019?
I don’t have all the answers, but as I’ve made clear, I am positively fatigued by the number of reboots coming out of Hollywood right now, and a reboot of a spin-off of a show that started in 1982 probably won’t appeal to younger audiences.