Kelsey Grammer Explores Renewal Frasier: Report

Up the group? Kelsey Grammer was hoping to revive his iconic series of the 90s, Frasier

The Emmy winner, 63, met writers and producers to explore ideas reboot, Deadline reported on Wednesday, July 25th. The series would present a new character played by Grammer and would take place in another city. ration of the beloved sitcom NBC, which lasted 11 seasons from 1993 to 2004. The project is still in the "very, very early" stages, according to Entertainment Tonight .

Although Grammer now appears to be on board, he revealed to Fox News in December 2016 that a Frasier meeting is unlikely. "No, I'm very happy with what I'm doing now," he told the network at the time. "I look back at the past as a very loving place, but I'd like to keep it that way."

However, the winner of the Golden Globe seemed to have a change of heart when speaking with TV Guide in July 2017. "There were some discussions but it is nothing but discussions, "he explained. "There are so many people who would be lined up to get their cut that even trying to finance a restart of Frasier would be nightmarish."

The beloved series, a fallout of NBC's Cheers won 37 Emmys during his race. It was centered on Dr. Frasier Crane (Grammer), a radio psychiatrist who returned to his hometown of Seattle after the end of his marriage. In the final series, Frasier settles in Chicago with his girlfriend Charlotte ( Laura Linney ) instead of heading to San Francisco to enjoy his career. The show also played David Hyde Pierce Jane Leeves Peri Gilpin and the end John Mahoney .

While Talking to TV Guide Grammer expressed concern that Dr. Frasier's relationship with Charlotte would not go far. "It would be nice to see what happened to him because he never had a chance in love," he notes.

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