Kelsey Grammer appears to have effortlessly returned to his famous sitcom character Frasier Crane in the first trailer for Paramount+’s revival of the classic NBC series.
“Fraiser is back… and he’s basically the same,” says the trailer below, which shows the snooty psychiatrist in the next chapter of his life, returning to Boston and trying to mend his relationship with his son Freddy (Jack Cutmore-Scott). to improve ).
The series also stars Nicholas Lyndhurst as Frasier’s college friend-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 10-episode first season will premiere on Thursday, October 12th with two episodes and new episodes will be released weekly. The schedule shift puts the streaming series in the middle of the traditional network’s fall season rollout, on a night when it was part of NBC’s must-see TV lineup for several seasons. CBS will also give the show a test airing of two back-to-back episodes on Tuesday, October 17th. “Frasier” originally premiered in 1993 and ran for 11 seasons.
Paramount+ has ordered a 10-episode season, filmed in front of a live studio audience at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles.
The series comes from writers Chris Harris (How I Met Your Mother) and Joe Cristalli (Life in Pieces), who serve as executive producers along with Grammer, Tom Russo and Jordan McMahon.
Missing from the series is actor David Hyde Pierce, who played Crane’s brother Niles in the original series. Jane Leeves, who played Daphne, is also not part of the revival. Bebe Neuwirth, Crane’s ex-wife and colleague Dr. Lilith Sternin, and Peri Gilpin as Crane’s former radio producer Roz, will both return as guest stars. John Mahoney, who played Frasier and Niles’ father Martin, died in 2018.
“Frasier” was the most Emmy-winning series of all time with 37 wins until that record was surpassed by HBO’s “Game of Thrones” in 2016. It still holds the record for most wins for a comedy series. The original series is available to stream on Paramount+.