TV comedy ‘Frasier’ given revival

LOS ANGELES: Hit 1990s television comedy Frasier, starring Kelsey Grammer as a snobbish radio adviceshow host, will return to TV screens.

Grammer yesterday said he would reprise his role in the revival that will focus on ‘‘the next chapter in the continuing journey of Dr Frasier Crane’’.

Frasier, a spinoff from the series Cheers, was one of the most successful shows of the 1990s, winning five Emmys.

It told the stories of Frasier Crane, who returns to his Seattle hometown to care for his father, and his pretentious psychiatrist brother, Niles Crane.

No mention was made yesterday of who else would be cast in the revival.

The series, to be produced by CBS Studios, will be aired on the new streaming service Paramount+.