'Frasier' Boston Reboot Begins Production With Director James Burrows

Kelsey Grammer is coming back to the small screen as Fraiser Cane in a reboot of the original series set in Boston.

Kelsey Grammer and the Boston skyline.
Photo Credit: *Kelsey Grammer by John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com, Boston Skyline by John Stracke. Collaged For Media Use..*

02/02/2023 2:33 p.m.

The new series began production the week of Wednesday, Feb. 1, Paramount+ announced. Kelsey is executive producing the show as well as starring it, and director James Burrows will direct the first two episodes.

While set in Boston, the series will be filmed in front of a live studio audience in Los Angeles.

Joining Grammer in the cast are:

Jack Cutmore-Scott as Frasier’s son, Freddy
Nicholas Lyndhurst as Frasier’s college friend turned university professor, Alan
Toks Olagundoye as Alan’s coworker and head of the psychology department, Olivia
Jess Salguerio as Freddy’s roommate, Eve
Anders Keith as Frasier’s nephew, David

Chris Harris of "How I Met Your Mother” and Joe Cristalli of “Life in Pieces” co-wrote the show, and executive produce it along with Grammer, Tom Russo and Jordan McMahon.

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