FRASIER reboot canceled by Paramount+ after 2 seasons; It will be purchased to new networks by CBS Studios

Paramount+ has announced a reboot of the sitcom Frasier it was canceled after two seasons. The streamer has decided not to renew the Kelsey Grammer-comedy driven for the third season. Producer CBS Studios remains committed to the series and plans to purchase it to other outlets.

While it would make more sense for the series to return to its original home, CBS Studios’ sister network CBS, which is eyeing a spinoff of The neighborhood among other comedies in development, it currently has no available shelf space.

Possibilities include Prime Video and Hulu, both of which carry the library of FrasierIt’s the original ride. Seasons 1 and 2 of the revival, along with episodes from the original library, will remain available on Paramount+.

Paramount+ has ordered Frasier to the series in 2022 with James Burrows directing the first episode. The first season premiered a year later, and the second season ended in September.

Despite the well-known title and Grammer reprising his popular starring role, Frasier failed to break through significantly on Paramount+, which has become known as a drama destination and home to Taylor Sheridan and Star Trek universes.

The new Frasier follows Frasier Crane, a character Grammer originated on NBC Greetings and then picked up by the network’s spin-off Frasierinto the next chapter of his life, after returning to Boston to face new challenges, form new relationships, and hopefully finally realize an old dream or two.

The series is also the protagonist Jack Cutmore-Scott as Frasier’s son Freddy; Nicholas Lyndhurst as Alan, Frasier’s old college friend turned college 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.

Although the cast was made up of new actors, there were many familiar faces that made an appearance Bebe Neuwirthreprising her role as Frasier’s ex-wife, Lilith, Peri Gilpin as Roz Doyle, Dan Butler as Bob “Bulldog” Briscoe, Edward Hibbert like Gil Chesterton and Harriet Sansom Harris as Frasier’s delightfully diabolical agent, Bebe Glazer.

David Hyde Pierce has decided not to reprise his character Niles Crane in the new spin-off series, much to the chagrin of longtime fans of the original Frasier.

I’m a huge fan of the original series and wanted 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 simply doesn’t reflect how viewers watch shows anymore.

I’ll still get to the new episodes and binge them. And as long as the writing is on par with the original, it will be a show I’ll stick with. I hope it finds a new home and in the meantime I’ll go and have a look.

via: Deadline