Frasier and Cheers

The series is about psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane who is a successful psychiatrist in Boston and is moving to Seattle to start a new life. For example, he has his own radio talk show where he gives advice to people who call about their personal and psychological problems, while he himself struggles with his personal relationships in a comical way. He lives with his father Marty (played by actor John Mahoney, who died in 2018), his father’s English nurse Daphne (played by Jane Leeves) and Jack Russell terrier Eddie – his father’s dog who always annoys Frasier. Also, he often competes with his little brother and fellow psychiatrist Niles (David Hyde Pierce) and often doesn’t come up with his radio producer and good friend Roz Doyle (Peri Gilpin).

The sitcom Frasier was itself a sequel to the ’80s comedy classic Cheers in which Kelsey Grammer also played Dr. Frasier Crane and lived in Boston. His character was so popular that Cheers screenwriter David Angell wanted to create a series of his own for Dr. Frasier Crane. Unfortunately, David Angell will not be writing the new episodes for Frasier, as he passed away as a passenger on the first hijacked flight of the September 11, 2001 attacks. It is also unclear which actors from the original series will return in the reboot.

Loyal Fans

Frasier won a total of 37 Emmys and 264 episodes were made. The fact that the series is being rebooted gives a sense of nostalgia to loyal fans – such as our Mashable Benelux editor Georgina Lara Booth who has been Frasier’s biggest fan since childhood. The Frasier series ran for eleven seasons from 1993 to 2004 and is still wildly popular with young and old alike today.