Frasier! Great character, great show.
shareCheers was great but not all the time. Frasier was way more consistently funny, cept' those last few years were hit and miss.
shareWhen I heard they were spinning off Frasier from Cheers into his own series, I had huge doubts that it would succeed. He was a 3rd tier character who was only moderately engaging.
I was totally wrong. It turned into must-watch TV for my wife and I. We missed it badly when it finally wrapped up.
I've read online reports that Grammer is hoping to revive it. With John Mahoney gone and the character re-located to Chicago(?) at the series finale, will it do as well I wonder?
Very excited about the 2nd go around with Fraiser. The way Grammer last talked about it, it sounded like they were doing a lot more than just putting a pilot together. He said something like "we're still getting the scripts together" which sounded like they were writing up a whole season.
Back in the day I thought for sure a Fraiser spinoff would crash and burn. I had no idea they would completely re-invent the character. They didn't really do that kind of thing with spinoffs back then.
"I had no idea they would completely re-invent the character. They didn't really do that kind of thing with spinoffs back then."
There are some precedents.
They reinvented Lou Grant back in the 70s. His sitcom character was reinvented as a drama... an award-winning drama at that.
Similarly, the character of Trapper John was spun off from the drama-comedy MASH into a straight up drama series of his own. Different actor though.
However, the less said about Joey, the better...
Frasier by far. One of my all-time favourite shows and my comfort TV.
Cheers was great in its day and some episodes hold up wonderfully, but even as shows from the '80s go, much of the humour has not dated well. Still an iconic landmark show, though.
Cheers.
shareFraiser. I have literally never stopped watching Frasier since it first aired. I can't watch Fraiser enough times. It's my go-to comfort television.
I like Cheers and certainly still watch it from time to time. But on the whole, I find the show a little downer and depressing and the relationship arcs tiresome.
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