Kelsey Grammer says Frasier is ready to return in 2020

Pour the sherry, Frasier fans. In the same year that the Friends cast is supposedly reuniting and Bayside fans are getting a whole new generation of Saved By The Bell to follow, TV’s favourite shrink, Frasier Crane, may be checking back in.Apparently those tossed salads and scrambled eggs are callin’ again because Kelsey Grammer says the Frasier reboot is closer than ever to happening, and at this point all he needs is a network to move ahead.“We’ve got a couple of TV things coming up, a possible Frasier reboot,” the 64-year-old said on the Oscars red carpet on February 10. “We’re getting a script now and we’ve pitched the idea, we’re putting it out there.”[video_embed id='1893709']RELATED: Paul Reiser reveals why he agreed to the 'Mad About You’ reboot[/video_embed]Considering all of the love for revived series like Mad About You and Will & Grace, it wouldn’t be surprising if a network picked up a new version of Frasier sooner rather than later. Especially since, according to Grammer, the plan is to have all of the original cast members on board again. Well, except for John Mahoney, who passed away in 2018. According to Grammer, his death would need to be dealt with within the storytelling, but it will absolutely be addressed.

He was my father. I loved him. pic.twitter.com/3mGcyEMxoy

— Kelsey Grammer (@KelseyGrammer) February 7, 2018

Grammer has been teasing a revival for two years now. He previously revealed this new iteration wouldn’t take place in Seattle like the OG version, and would instead explore the character during the next phase in his life—potentially in New York.“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,” he said in a previous interview.As fans probably remember, Frasier was a spinoff of Cheers. When it debuted in 1993 it shot to the top of the ratings and ran for 11 successful seasons. Jane Leeves, Peri Gilpin and David Hyde Pierce co-starred along with Mahoney. Bebe Neuwirth also made several appearances as Frasier’s ex-wife Lilith. At the end of the series, Frasier left his gig in Seattle for a new job in San Francisco where his potential soulmate Charlotte (Laura Linney) lived.Since then, Grammer—a six-time Emmy winner who is making his Canadian stage debut in Toronto next month—has tried to launch many new TV shows and played a variety of fresh characters, but none of them have been as successful as Frasier Crane. The actor had short, one-season runs with comedies Back to You (alongside Patricia Heaton) and Hank, and dramas Partners (opposite Martin Lawrence), Boss, and last year’s midseason entry Proven Innocent. But nothing has captured fans’ hearts in quite the same way.“It’s ready to go” Grammer revealed late last year. “We just gotta sort of staff it and find somebody that wants to give us money for it.”After all, those eggs aren’t going to scramble themselves.[video_embed id='-1']Before you go: These loud talking Huskies argue just like human siblings would[/video_embed]