After two decades, the character Dr. Frasier Crane returns in a new sitcom, “Frasier,” for Paramount+.
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About 10 years ago as a fledgling TV writer and “Frasier” super fan, Cristalli started a Twitter account with “random jokes" about the show and character made famous by Kelsey Grammer in the sitcoms “Cheers” and “Frasier.” A few years later, Cristalli read that Grammer was interested in reviving the character. He had his agent send a sample script and examples from his “Frasier”-centric Twitter feed to Grammer's team. He was eventually hired alongside “How I Met Your Mother” writer Chris Harris to be co-showrunners of a new “Frasier" series, debuting Oct. 12 on Paramount+.
They also reference the original series sparingly and smartly — which is an act of restraint that Cristalli said Harris helped him to understand. The show is a throwback in that it's a multi-cam comedy taped in front of a live audience. Most comedies these days are single-cam and filmed without an audience.
“It’s such a comfort because he didn’t have to do the show," said Cristalli."He didn't have to help out. But he read the scripts, he was in the auditioning process, he was pitching jokes and genuinely laughing and enjoying himself. It just made everybody more relaxed because it’s a lot of pressure to bring back something this iconic.”“What I tell them is, ‘When we rehearse, Kelsey is at 50%.
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