FRASIER Reboot Has Been Canceled by Paramount+ After 2 Seasons; Will Be Shopped to New Networks by CBS Studios
Paramount+ has announced that the rebooted sitcom Frasier has been canceled after two seasons. The streamer has opted not to renew the Kelsey Grammer-led comedy for a third season. Producer CBS Studios remains committed to the series and plans to shop it to other outlets.
Though it would make the most sense for the series to return to its original home, CBS Studios’ sibling CBS, the network, which is eying a planted spinoff of The Neighborhood among other comedies in development, has no current shelf space available.
Possibilities include Prime Video and Hulu, which both carry the library of Frasier‘s original run. Seasons 1 and 2 of the revival, along with the original library episodes, will remain available on Paramount+.
Paramount+ ordered Frasier to series in 2022 with James Burrows directing the first episode. Season 1 premiered a year later and Season 2 dropped in September.
Despite its well known title and Grammer reprising his popular title role, Frasier could not break through in a major way on Paramount+, which has become known as a drama destination and the home of the Taylor Sheridan and Star Trek universes.
The new Frasier follows Frasier Crane, a character Grammer originated on NBC’s Cheers and then reprised on the network’s spinoff Frasier, in the next chapter of his life after he returns to Boston to face new challenges, forge new relationships, and – with hope – finally fulfill an old dream or two.
The series also stars Jack Cutmore-Scott as Frasier’s son, Freddy; Nicholas Lyndhurst as Alan, Frasier’s old college buddy turned university professor; Toks Olagundoye as Olivia, Alan’s colleague and head of the university’s psychology department; Jess Salgueiro as Eve, Frasier and Freddy’s neighbor; and Anders Keith as Frasier’s nephew, David.
While the cast was comprised of new actors, there were plenty of familiar faces who made appearances including Bebe Neuwirth, reprising the role of Frasier’s ex-wife Lilith, Peri Gilpin as Roz Doyle, Dan Butler as Bob “Bulldog” Briscoe, Edward Hibbert as Gil Chesterton and Harriet Sansom Harris as Frasier’s delightfully devilish agent, Bebe Glazer.
David Hyde Pierce opted not to reprise the character of Niles Crane in the new spinoff series, much to the chagrin of longtime fans of the original Frasier.
I am a huge fan of the original series, and I meant to watch this new show, but hadn’t gotten around to it yet. The problem with shows these days is that networks and streamers will pull them without the numbers, and it just isn’t reflective of how viewers take in shows anymore.
I will still get to the new episodes, and I will binge them. And as long as the writing is on par with the original, it will be a show I stick with. I hope it finds a new home, and in the meantime, I’ll go check it out.
via: Deadline