Shrink back? Kelsey thrills Frasier fans as reboot seems to be happening

KELSEY Grammer sent Frasier fans into a frenzy when he stepped out yesterday clutching a script with the title of the TV series emblazoned across the front.

The American actor – who played psychiatrist Dr Frasier Crane for a total of 20 years in both Frasier and Cheers – held the pages close to him as he made his way to rehearsals for Man Of La Mancha, the musical he will star in in London later this month.

But the star, pictured, seemed to have more than one project on his mind, clearly bringing the script along with him to work on in his breaks.

The front of the file featured the ‘Frasier’ logo used at the start of each episode. Next to this was the word GRAMMNET – the name of Grammer’s production company, known for various shows featuring the thespian over the years.

The appearance of the script appears to not only confirm that the show is set for a comeback, but that at least one new episode has been written – the first since the series ended in 2004.

The last show – titled Goodnight, Seattle – saw the sitcom seemingly end for good.

But rumblings of the iconic comedy returning to screens have been rife over the past year or so, particularly since the likes of Will & Grace and Roseanne (later re-branded as The Conners) were resurrected successfully.

Grammer, 64, all but confirmed that scripts were being written in an interview last month, hinting at the plot that’s in the pipeline.

Speaking to the newspaper Metro, the actor teased that the reboot would mirror the storyline that Frasier was based around when it first aired in 1993.

This centered around Frasier’s relationship with his father, Martin Crane, played by the late John Mahoney.

‘Whether he’s got six children and a wife in the islands somewhere, he needs to come back to probably resolve things with his son Frederick, which mirrors the show in the first place,’ Grammer said.

He also told This Morning recently that he hoped they would bring the show back, but ‘we’re sort of shopping for the right idea’.

Kelsey added: ‘Will & Grace have done a continuation now, and it’s basically the next day from when they were last on air, and I don’t think that’s appropriate for Frasier.

‘We hope somebody wants to write the cheque, but no one has come up to us yet.’

It seems the cheque may have now been written, however, as Metro reports that ‘stories are being pitched and writing rooms are being booked’.