Paramount+’s Frasier revival will pair Kesley Grammer’s (Dr. Death, Boss) psychiatrist with at least one relative. Deadline reports Jack Cutmore-Scott (Tenet, Kingsman: The Secret Service) will portray Grammer’s on-screen son, Freddy Crane, in the new series. The show will be produced by CBS Studios and Grammer’s own Grammnet NH Productions.
The incarnation of the character began back in Frasier Crane’s original series, Cheers, when he and his former wife Lilith, played by Bebe Neuwirth (Jumanji, The Flight Attendant) had Frederick Gaylord Crane in season eight of the 1980s sitcom, according to Deadline. Several actors portrayed the child during Frasier’s tenure well into the character’s teen years. Young Freddy usually butt heads with his scholarly father who he would visit in Seattle from Boston throughout the series.
Cutmore-Scott’s Freddy will be an adult now, per Deadline, who is still very much water to Frasier’s oil. That all may change as Freddy – a college dropout turned firefighter – finds himself a bit lost in life. He seeks out his father for guidance which could open the door for them to reconcile their jilted past.
The new series will see Seattle’s radio psychiatrist leave the west coast and settle in a new city. For his third act, he will forge new relationships and accept to tackle new challenges in the proposed ten-episode season.
In addition to Cutmore-Scott, Deadline reports the series has also cast British actor Nicholas Lyndhurst (New Tricks, Butterflies) as college professor Alan Cornwall. Lyndhurst will be colleague and old friend of Fraiser. Other cast members have not been announced, but we do know original series cast members may appear as guests. One vital character, David Hyde Pierce’s Niles Crane, Frasier’s younger psychiatrist brother, will not be appearing in the series. Grammer provided details on Hyde Pierce’s absence.
“David basically decided he wasn’t really interested in repeating the performance of Niles,” Grammer told People last year. However, Grammar acknowledged how this unfortunate turn of events opened the series’ narrative to new heights.
“In a very funny way, it just took us to a new place, which was what we originally wanted to do anyway, which was a Fraser third act, it’s an entirely new life for him.”
According to Deadline, the series will be written by Chris Harris (The Great Outdoors, Acapulco) and Joe Cristalli (Life in Pieces, Raising Hope). Executive producers include Tom Russo (The Game, Light as a Feather), Jordan McMahon (You’re Not A Monster, The 12 Days of Christmas Eve), and Grammer.