After two seasons on Paramount+, the revival of “Frasier” will not make any progress, Variety has learned. CBS Studios will sell the series, which debuted in October 2023, on other platforms.
The series, led and executive produced by Kelsey Grammer, is a revival of the original series “Frasier,” a spinoff of “Cheers,” which aired for 11 seasons from 1993 to 2004 and won 37 Primetime Emmys. The revival’s first season didn’t bring home any statues, but it did earn three nominations.
Despite being produced by CBS Studios, it doesn’t seem likely that the revival will go to CBS as they already have several comedies including ‘The Neighborhood’, ‘Poppa’s House’, ‘George & Mandy’s First Marriage’, ‘Ghosts’ and the just-announced spinoff of “The Neighborhood” in development. The original did airs on NBC, which could rebuild a comedy block to try to bring back Must-See TV. They currently have comedies “Lopez vs Lopez”, “Happy’s Place”, “Night Court” and “St. Dennis Medical.”
In 2023 Grammer said Variety he wanted a new and “crazy” version of the famous sitcom and hoped to get “at least 100 more episodes.” He added: “Adequate foundation has been laid between these people; they are wonderful characters. I want to see where they go. And I want to see what happens to Frasier.”
In addition to Grammer, the comedy also stars Jack Cutmore-Scott, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Toks Olagundoye, Jess Salgueiro and Anders Keith.
Joe Cristalli and Chris Harris serve as showrunners with Tom Russo and Jordan McMahon as executive producers. Legendary director James Burrows returned to direct multiple episodes of the revival, which is produced by CBS Studios and Grammnet NH Productions and distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution outside the Paramount+ markets.
The first two seasons and the original “Frasier” are available to stream on Paramount+.