After nearly two decades away, Frasier Crane returned to the small screen in 2023, with Kelsey Grammer respiring his most well-known character for the Frasier revival that can be streamed with a Paramount+ subscription . Rather than taking place in Seattle like the original Frasier did or in Chicago, which is where he was headed at the end of the first Frasier ’s series finale, this new series sees him returning to Boston, i.e.
his stomping grounds from the Cheers days. And yet, outside of a wink-wink reference to the Cheers bar in the new Frasier ’s first episode, the streaming series has yet to touch on anything Cheers -related, though there is still hope for that happening someday. Prior to Frasier Season 2 debuting on the 2024 TV schedule , I had the privilege of interviewing showrunners Chris Harris and Joe Cristali, as well as nearly the entirety of the main cast, as well as Peri Gilpin, who’s recurring as Roz Doyle this season .
In addition to Harris and Cristalli explaining the “organic way” they brought Roz back following her appearance in the Season 1 finale, the latter man also told me the following when I inquired about if there has been any serious discussions about tying the new Frasier to Cheers : Absolutely. I grew up watching Cheers..
. We would love to and Kelsey would. Things just haven’t lined up yet.
We do have at least a few toeholds into some stories we think would be wonderful to tell with those characters that only those characters could te.
