Frasier has acquired the reboot remedy in a sequel sequence on Paramount+.
Created by Chris Harris and Joe Cristalli, the revival sequence picks up as Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) strikes again to Boston – the setting the place the character was initially launched in Cheers earlier than he acquired his personal spin-off, Frasier, set in Seattle.
Whereas some veteran forged members return like Bebe Neuwirth and Peri Gilpin, the sequence largely includes a new ensemble, together with Nicholas Lyndhurst as college professor Alan, Jack Cutmore-Scott as Frasier’s son Freddy, Anders Keith as Frasier’s nephew David, Jess Salgueiro as Freddy’s roommate Eve and Toks Olagundoye as Olivia.
Why is Niles not within the Frasier reboot?
‘Frasier’. Credit score: Paramount+.
David Hyde Pierce, who performed Frasier’s youthful brother Niles within the unique present, turned down the chance to seem within the revival.
Chatting with Individuals about his absence, Grammer mentioned: “David mainly determined he wasn’t actually interested by repeating the efficiency of Niles.”
His absence from the forged, nevertheless, took the present into a brand new course, based on Grammer. “In a really humorous manner, it simply took us to a brand new place, which was what we initially needed to do anyway, which was a Frasier third act,” he added. “It’s a wholly new life for him.”
For the reason that unique Frasier got here to an finish in 2004, Pierce has starred in The Good Spouse and acclaimed HBO sequence Julia.
Might Niles return sooner or later?
Whereas Paramount has but to announce whether or not Frasier will return for a second season on the time of writing (October 12), the present has a transparent hyperlink to Niles which may make any small look simple to drag off – if Pierce ever decides to seem.
The sequel sequence options Niles and Daphne’s son David (Anders Keith), who’s finding out in Boston and shares lots of his father’s traits. As such, it leaves a handy gateway for Niles to return if the chance arises.
In a four-star assessment of the reboot, NME wrote: “Sure, the genius that’s David Hyde Pierce’s Niles is sorely missed, however Frasier continues to be as tasty as a tossed salad and scrambled eggs.”