Frasier
Season 11 Frasier title screen
Format	Sitcom
Created by	David Angell Peter Casey David Lee
Starring	Kelsey Grammer David Hyde Pierce John Mahoney Jane Leeves Peri Gilpin Dan Butler
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	11
No. of episodes	264 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	24 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Picture format	NTSC (480i) (US broadcasts, shown in PAL or NTSC in international syndication)
Audio format	Stereo
Original run	September 16, 1993 – May 13, 2004
Chronology
Preceded by	Cheers (1982–1993)
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Frasier is an American sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. A spinoff of Cheers, Frasier was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993 to May 13, 2004. David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Jane Leeves, Peri Gilpin and the late Moose rounded out the regular cast. Image File history File linksMetadata Frasier_Logo. ... This article is about a genre of comedy. ... David Angell, a popular television producer, was a victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City. ... Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955 in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is a six-time Emmy and a two-time Golden Globe-winning American actor who is best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane, whom he played for nine years on Cheers... David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959) is a Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning American actor, best known for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the sitcom Frasier. ... This article is about the British actor. ... Jane Leeves (born April 18, 1961) is an English actress best known for her work as Daphne Moon on Frasier. ... Peri Gilpin (born Periwinkle Kay OBrien on May 27, 1961, in Waco, Texas) is an American actress best known for the role of Roz Doyle on the successful U.S. television series Frasier, for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series. ... Daniel Bruce Butler (born December 2, 1954 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American actor who is known for his role as Bob Bulldog Briscoe on the long-running TV series Frasier as well as D-pop on the television show Handsworth High Openly gay, he starred in Terrence McNally... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The following is a complete list of all 265 episodes of Frasier (including the 200th Clip Show), from the pilot, The Good Son, to the finale, Goodnight, Seattle. // Season 1 01 - The Good Son 02 - Space Quest 03 - Dinner at Eight 04 - I Hate Frasier Crane 05 - Heres Looking... This article is about the television network. ... NTSC is the analog television system in use in Canada, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, the United States, and some other countries, mostly in the Americas (see map). ... 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode. ... Label for 2. ... is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the TV series. ... Television content rating systems are a method of giving television viewers an idea of the suitability of a television program for children and/or adults. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... This article is about a genre of comedy. ... Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955 in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is a six-time Emmy and a two-time Golden Globe-winning American actor who is best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane, whom he played for nine years on Cheers... Dr. Frasier Winslow Crane (b. ... This article is about the TV series. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959) is a Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning American actor, best known for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the sitcom Frasier. ... This article is about the British actor. ... Jane Leeves (born April 18, 1961) is an English actress best known for her work as Daphne Moon on Frasier. ... Peri Gilpin (born Periwinkle Kay OBrien on May 27, 1961, in Waco, Texas) is an American actress best known for the role of Roz Doyle on the successful U.S. television series Frasier, for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series. ... Moose is a veteran canine actor. ...

A critically acclaimed series, Frasier won a record 37 Emmy Awards during its run. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee (as Grub Street Productions) in association with Paramount Television. Frasier has been considered one of the most successful spinoff series in television history.^[1] An Emmy Award. ... David Angell, a popular television producer, was a victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City. ... CBS Paramount Television (formerly Desilu Productions, Paramount Television, among other companies) is an American television production/distribution company that was formed on January 17, 2006 by CBS Corporation merging Paramount Television and CBS Productions. ...

Premise

Psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane (Grammer) returns to his hometown of Seattle, Washington, following the break-up of his marriage and his life in Boston (which was covered in the series Cheers). His plans for his new life as a bachelor are complicated when he is obliged to take in his father, ex-police officer Martin Crane (Mahoney), who had to retire and is unable to live by himself owing to an injury caused by being shot in the line of duty. Frasier and Martin are joined by Daphne Moon (Leeves), Martin's eccentric, British, live-in physical therapist and caretaker, and Martin's dog Eddie (Moose). A frequent visitor to their apartment is Frasier's younger brother Niles (Pierce), a fellow psychiatrist who, like Frasier, is pompous, snobbish, and overly intellectual. For other uses, see Psychiatrist (disambiguation). ... Seattle redirects here. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... This article is about the TV series. ... Martin Crane (often called Marty) is a fictional character of the TV show Frasier. ... Daphne Crane (nee Moon) is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Frasier, played by Jane Leeves. ... Dr. Niles Winslow Crane (b. ...

Frasier hosts a popular radio talk show on KACL 780AM (named to honor the show's creators, Angell, Casey, and Lee). His producer is Roz Doyle (Gilpin), a woman with an active romantic life who, while decidedly different from Frasier in taste and temperament, nevertheless becomes a very close friend over the course of the series. A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... KACL (780 AM) is the fictional radio station on the television show Frasier. ... Roz Rozalinda Roz Doyle is a fictional character played by Peri Gilpin in the sitcom Frasier. ...

Plot themes

Numerous running jokes and themes develop throughout the series. Chief among them are the class and familial conflicts between Frasier, Niles, and Martin. The two sons, who possess 'fine' tastes, 'intellectual' interests and rather high opinions of themselves, frequently clash with their more blue-collar, down-to-earth father, and his dog Eddie. A running theme, particularly in the early seasons, is Frasier's and Martin's difficulty in reaching an accommodation with each other and in sharing an apartment. Despite being similar in personality, interests and sensibilities, the relationship between Frasier and Niles is no less turbulent; victims of intense sibling rivalry, their jealousy of each other and petty attempts at one-upmanship (which frequently result in chaos) drive many of the plots. Other developing storylines include Niles' growing love for Daphne (of which she remains unaware in the early seasons, despite its increasingly obvious nature) and the breakdown of his marriage to the never-seen Maris, Frasier's search for love in his own life, and the various attempts of the two brothers to gain acceptance into Seattle's cultural elite. Maris Crane is a character on the American television sitcom Frasier. ...

Cast

The main cast of Frasier (from left to right) David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin, Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, John Mahoney, and Moose

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• Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane. Grammer sang the song heard during the closing credits, "Tossed salad and scrambled eggs", by Bruce Miller and Daryl Phinessee. In the episode "Are You Being Served" it is revealed that Frasier and his brother Niles were named after two lab rats their mother was using in an experiment.

• David Hyde Pierce as Dr. Niles Crane. In Season 2's "The Show Where Sam Shows Up", one of the first things Sam Malone says when he first meets Niles is how he looks exactly like Frasier when he first knew him back in Boston. In his previous series, The Powers That Be, Hyde Pierce played a very similar character, a stuffy milquetoast with a mad passion for the maid. The second choice for the role of Niles was Peter MacNicol.^{[citation needed]}

• John Mahoney as Martin Crane. In a final-season interview, Mahoney said the first offer he received to play Martin Crane consisted of a phone call from Grammer in which he asked, "Will you be my Dad?"

• Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon. Leeves used a mixture of different Northern English accents to portray a stereotypical working class Briton. She is actually from Essex, in the south. Ms. Leeves was also once one of "Hill's Angels", the troupe of female extras on Benny Hill's shows.

• Peri Gilpin as Roz Doyle (named in honor of a producer of Wings, which shares show creators with Frasier). Lisa Kudrow was originally cast as Roz, but was replaced before production began.

• "Moose" and Moose's son "Enzo" as Eddie, the Jack Russell Terrier. Eddie received more fan mail than any other cast member in Frasier.

• Dan Butler as Bob 'Bulldog' Briscoe, the obnoxious host of a radio sports show. Butler was made a series regular for seasons 4 and 5, and served as a recurring guest star in other seasons.

Recurring guest stars: Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955 in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is a six-time Emmy and a two-time Golden Globe-winning American actor who is best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane, whom he played for nine years on Cheers... Dr. Frasier Winslow Crane (b. ... David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959) is a Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning American actor, best known for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the sitcom Frasier. ... Dr. Niles Winslow Crane (b. ... The Powers That Be was a United States television show created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman. ... Caspar Milquetoast was a comic strip character created by Harold Webster in 1924 for his comic strip The Timid Soul, published in the New York World. ... Peter MacNicol (born April 10, 1954 in Dallas, Texas) is an Emmy Award winning American actor. ... This article is about the British actor. ... Martin Crane (often called Marty) is a fictional character of the TV show Frasier. ... Jane Leeves (born April 18, 1961) is an English actress best known for her work as Daphne Moon on Frasier. ... Daphne Crane (nee Moon) is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Frasier, played by Jane Leeves. ... Northern English is a group of dialects of the English language. ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... Languages Cornish, Dgèrnésiais, English, French, Irish, Jèrriais, Manx, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Llanito Religions Anglican, Presbyterianism, Roman Catholicism - Related ethnic groups British-Americans, Anglo-Celtic Australian, Anglo-African, Belongers, English Canadians, Channel Islanders, Cornish, English, Anglo-Irish, Ulster-Scots, Irish, Manx, New Zealand European, Scottish, Welsh British... For other meanings of Essex, see Essex (disambiguation). ... Alfred Hawthorn Hill (21 January 1924 – 19 April 1992), better known as Benny Hill, was a prolific English comic, actor and singer, best known for his television programme, The Benny Hill Show. ... Peri Gilpin (born Periwinkle Kay OBrien on May 27, 1961, in Waco, Texas) is an American actress best known for the role of Roz Doyle on the successful U.S. television series Frasier, for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series. ... Roz Rozalinda Roz Doyle is a fictional character played by Peri Gilpin in the sitcom Frasier. ... Lisa Marie Diane Kudrow (born July 30, 1963) is an Emmy Award- and SAG-winning American actress best known for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the hugely popular sitcom Friends. ... Moose is a veteran canine actor. ... Eddie (Crane) (born May 15, unknown year) is Frasiers fathers dog in the American television sitcom Frasier. ... The Jack Russell Terrier is a type of small, principally white-bodied, terrier that has its origins in fox hunting. ... Daniel Bruce Butler (born December 2, 1954 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American actor who is known for his role as Bob Bulldog Briscoe on the long-running TV series Frasier as well as D-pop on the television show Handsworth High Openly gay, he starred in Terrence McNally... Bob Bulldog Briscoe is a fictional character, played by Dan Butler, on the American NBC sitcom Frasier. ...

Main article: Minor characters on Frasier

• Edward Hibbert as Gil Chesterton, food critic at the radio station.
• Bebe Neuwirth as Lilith Sternin, Frasier's ex-wife (also on Cheers).
• Trevor Einhorn as Frederick Gaylord Crane, Frasier's son. The character was first played in Season 3 by child actor Luke Tarsitano. The following season, Einhorn took over for the rest of the series. The writers had Frasier say that he missed Frederick in the pilot episode so that the audience wouldn't view him as deserting his son.
• Tom McGowan as Kenny Daley, the station manager.
• Patrick Kerr as Noel Shempsky, a geeky station employee.
• Harriet Sansom Harris as Bebe Glazer, Frasier's amoral agent.
• Marsha Mason as Sherry Dempsey, Martin's lady friend
• Saul Rubinek as Donny Douglas, Daphne's fiancé
• Jane Adams as Mel Karnofsky, Niles' girlfriend and (for a few days) wife.
• Millicent Martin as Gertrude Moon, Daphne's mother.
• Anthony LaPaglia as Simon Moon, one of Daphne's brothers. Although not noticed by the average American viewer, aside from her mother, none of Daphne’s relatives nor her ex-boyfriend have Manchester accents, despite supposedly being from there. They mostly have Southern English (i.e. London) accents, while her brother Nigel's is Cockney. When three of Daphne's brothers appear in the series finale, none of the actors playing them are English. LaPaglia is from Australia, Richard E. Grant from Swaziland and Robbie Coltrane from Scotland. Interestingly, John Mahoney actually is from Manchester.
• Brian Stokes Mitchell as Cam Winston, Frasier's upstairs neighbor and nemesis.
• Wendie Malick as Ronee Lawrence, Martin's girlfriend and eventual wife.

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Records

• The series won 37 prime-time Emmys during its 11-year run, breaking the record long held by The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Grammer and Pierce each won four, including one each for the final season. The series holds the record for the most consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series, winning five from 1994 to 1998.

• Grammer played Frasier for 20 years, tying the James Arness portrayal of Marshall Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke in terms of character longevity in prime-time American television. The record for all of television is held by Helen Wagner, for her portrayal of matriarch Nancy Hughes on the soap opera As the World Turns. Wagner has been playing the role since the show's first episode in 1956.

• Grammer was briefly the highest-paid television star in history, reaching a salary of $1.6 million per episode for the last two seasons; his record was surpassed by Ray Romano within a year.

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Awards

Emmy Awards

• Comedy Series (1994-98)
• Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Kelsey Grammer (1994, 1995, 1998, 2004)
• Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: David Hyde Pierce (1995, 1998, 1999, 2004)
• Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
  • Jean Smart (2000, 2001)
  • Laura Linney (2004)
• Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
  • Derek Jacobi (2001)
  • Anthony LaPaglia (2002)
• Directing in a Comedy Series
  • James Burrows (1994)
  • David Lee (1995, 1997)
• Writing in a Comedy Series
  • David Angell, Peter Casey, David Lee (1994)
  • Chuck Ranberg, Anne Flett-Giordano (1995)
  • Joe Keenan, Christopher Lloyd, Rob Greenberg, Jack Burditt, Chuck Ranberg, Anne Flett-Giordano, Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo (1996)
  • Jay Kogen (1999)
• Editing: Ron Volk (1994, 1996, 1998, 1999 with Scott Maisano, 2001-04)
• Sound Mixing (1996, 2002, 2004)
• Art Direction (2004)

Grammer has been Emmy-nominated for playing the same character on three different shows: Cheers, Frasier and a guest appearance on Wings. 2003 was the first year that Grammer didn't receive an Emmy nomination for this series. David Hyde Pierce's streak remains unbroken. An Emmy Award. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This is a list of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winners: 1974: Alan Alda - M*A*S*H 1975: Tony Randall - The Odd Couple 1976: Jack Albertson - Chico and The Man 1977: Carroll OConnor - All in the Family 1978: Carroll OConnor... This is a list of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winners: // Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy 1974: Rob Reiner, All In The Family Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy-Variety/Variety/Music Series 1974: Cloris Leachman, The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1975-76: no information Outstanding... Winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: Outstanding Guest Actor, Comedy Series 1989: Colleen Dewhurst, Murphy Brown 1990: Swoosie Kurtz, Carol and Company 1991: Colleen Dewhurst, Murphy Brown 1992: no information 1993: Tracey Ullman, Love and War 1994: Eileen Heckart, Love and War... Jean E. Smart (born September 13, 1951[1][2][3]) is an Emmy Award-winning American film and television actress. ... Laura Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning American actress, active in movies, television, and theatre. ... Winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Outstanding Guest Actor, Comedy Series 1989: Cleavon Little, Dear John 1990: Jay Thomas, Murphy Brown 1991: Jay Thomas, Murphy Brown 1992: no information 1993: David Clennon, Dream On 1994: Martin Sheen, Murphy Brown 1995: Carl Reiner... Sir Derek George Jacobi, CBE (IPA: ) (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor and director, knighted in 1994 for his services to the theatre. ... Anthony LaPaglia (born 31 January 1959) (pronounced ) is an Australian actor, best known for his role as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series Without a Trace, a role which won him a Golden Globe Award. ... Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series is a Primetime Emmy Award given out during the primetime Emmys telecast. ... James Burrows is a prolific Jewish-American television director who has been working in television since the 1970s. ... David Angell, a popular television producer, was a victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City. ... Joe Keenan, born 14 July 1958 in Cambridge, Massachusetts is an American screenwriter, television producer and novelist. ... Christopher Lloyd is an American TV screenwriter and producer of Wings (TV series), Frasier, and Out of Practice. ... Starship Dave is an upcoming comedy film co-written Bill Corbett (formally of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fame) and Rob Greenberg. ... Jack Burditt is an Emmy Award-winning American producer and screenwriter who has worked on many successful television shows. ... Linda Morris is an American producer and writer. ... Vic Rauseo is an American producer and writer. ... Jay Kogen is an American comedy writer. ... Wings is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from April 19, 1990 to May 14, 1997. ...

Critical reaction

In a retrospective review in The Radio Times Guide to Television Comedy, Mark Lewisohn called the show a "comedy masterpiece", noting the following (although the first bullet point is correct for the quote, more locations were eventually included in the show such as Niles Crane's apartment):^[2] Mark Lewisohn (born 1958) is one of the worlds foremost experts on The Beatles. ...

• From just three studio-bound locations - Frasier's fine apartment 1901 in Elliott Bay Towers, with its panoramic view of Seattle; the KACL studio; and the perfectly named Café Nervosa, where Frasier, Niles and the others meet for coffee - truly great comedy was wrought. In the commentary, the art director of the show mentions that no one could really be that close to the space needle to have the view from Frasier's apartment. The picture from the view had to be taken from a mountain.
• [T]he producers remained determined to keep Frasier adult and sophisticated: the scripts were literate, the plots tight and the one-liners extremely funny and incisive. The writers were never afraid to use classical references in the lines or make jokes about subjects that many of the viewers wouldn't have experienced.

Frasier was voted by sitcom writers, producers and actors as the greatest sitcom of all time in the Channel 4 show The Ultimate Sitcom, broadcast on 2 January 2006. This article is about the British television station. ... is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Episodes

Main article: List of Frasier episodes

The season 4 episode "Head Game" only featured Frasier for the first few minutes, with the rest of the episode centered around Niles. This role was written for Frasier, but Grammer was being treated for his addiction problems, so it was re-written for Niles instead. This is also the reason why Niles fills in for Frasier on his radio show, because the show is integral to the plot. The following is a complete list of all 265 episodes of Frasier (including the 200th Clip Show), from the pilot, The Good Son, to the finale, Goodnight, Seattle. // Season 1 01 - The Good Son 02 - Space Quest 03 - Dinner at Eight 04 - I Hate Frasier Crane 05 - Heres Looking...

During season 8, Jane Leeves' pregnancy was disguised by a storyline involving a severe over-eating disorder; later, her pregnancy leave was accounted for by having Daphne go to a health spa to cope with her weight problem. Daphne lost 9 lbs 12 oz at the spa, an inside joke referencing the birth weight of Leeves' daughter, Isabella.

Production

The show is set in Seattle, Washington, but only one episode, "The 1,000th Show", was filmed there.^[3] The remainder was filmed on Stage 25 (location), Paramount Studios, and at various locations in and around Los Angeles. Seattle redirects here. ... The Paramount Pictures logo used from 1988 to 1989. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ...

Two of the three creators of the show, Peter Casey and David Lee

No building or apartment in Seattle really has the view from Frasier's residence. It was created so the Space Needle would appear more prominently. According to the Season 1 DVD bonus features, the photograph used on the set was taken from atop a cliff, possibly the ledge at Kerry Park, a frequent photography location. Only once was there an exterior shot facing Frasier's apartment building, in Season 4 episode "The Impossible Dream". Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 506 pixelsFull resolution (922 × 583 pixel, file size: 55 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 506 pixelsFull resolution (922 × 583 pixel, file size: 55 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company... Space Needle from Volunteer Park The Space Needle is a tower in Seattle, Washington. ... Kerry Park is a 1. ...

The radio station callers' lines were spoken by anonymous voice-over actors while filming the show in front of a live audience. This gave the cast something to which they could react. During post-production, the lines were replaced by celebrities, who literally phoned in their parts without having to come into the studio. The end credits of season finales would show headshots of all the celebrities who had "called in" that season. A voice-over is a narration that is played on top of a video segment, usually with the audio for that segment muted or lowered. ... Post production is the general term for the last stage of film production in which photographed scenes (also called footage) are put together into a complete film. ...

Cheers connections

• Every regular cast member of Cheers appeared in at least one episode, except for Kirstie Alley (Rebecca Howe) and the late Nicholas Colasanto (Coach).
• Lilith Sternin (Bebe Neuwirth) was the lone character of Cheers, other than Grammer, to become a consistent recurring character on Frasier.
• Kelsey Grammer has said that "The Show Where Diane Comes Back" is one of his favorite episodes. On Cheers, Shelley Long did not like the Frasier character and lobbied hard to get Grammer removed from the show. The producers disagreed, noting that the audience liked him. When Long's character, Diane Chambers, appeared on this show, Grammer said it was an opportunity for them to make peace.
• John Mahoney appeared in an episode of Cheers, as Si Phlembeck, an over-the-hill advertising executive hired by Rebecca to write a jingle for the bar. Grammer and Mahoney shared a few lines. The plot of an episode of Frasier is somewhat similar to the Cheers episode.
• In the eighth season Cheers episode "Two Girls for Every Boyd", Frasier tells Sam Malone (Ted Danson) that his research scientist father had died. In the Season 2 episode "The One Where Sam Shows Up", when Sam meets Martin, he brings up the discrepancies. In an example of retconning, Frasier explains it away by saying he had just had a fight with his father on the phone and he was very angry with him at the time. In "The One Where Woody Shows Up", Woody Boyd upon meeting Martin says he remembers hearing about him - probably from Sam talking about his experiences in Seattle when he returned to Boston.
• Robert Prosky played the father of Cheers regular Rebecca. He appeared in Season 4 as a J.D. Salinger-like writer who strikes up a friendship with Martin.
• Peri Gilpin was in a Cheers episode titled "Woody Gets an Election", playing a reporter who interviews Woody when he runs for office.
• Niles' wife Maris is never seen (at least her face) or heard from. The same device was used for Vera, Norm Petersen's wife in Cheers. This method is used again when Martin meets the woman he has been watching from across the street via his telescope.
• After Cheers had finished filming, the bar was taken down and the sets for this show were built over it. The producers made certain there were no stools in the coffee shop to distance it visually from the Cheers bar.
• Frasier's mother, who in Frasier is always remembered as a sensitive, intelligent woman and a wonderful mother, appears in an episode of "Cheers" (played by Nancy Marchand) when she threatens to kill Diane Chambers with a gun she has with her if the relationship with Frasier is not ended immediately.

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Appearances outside of Frasier

In the Simpsons episode "Brother from Another Series", David Hyde Pierce guest stars as Cecil Terwilliger, brother of Sideshow Bob, a recurring over-cultured villain voiced by Kelsey Grammer. The episode also alludes to Niles' wife, Maris Crane, and makes use of subtitle slides Frasier employs. Sideshow Bob and his brother Cecil Terwilliger are slated to reappear in a future episode of The Simpsons, entitled "Funeral For A Fiend", with Grammer and Hyde Pierce reprising their respective roles and John Mahoney as their father. it was referenced in the sitcom 30 rock of there being a african american version of the show. The Simpsons. ... Brother from Another Series is the sixteenth episode of The Simpsons eighth season and originally aired February 23, 1997. ... This following is a list, by episode, of one-time fictional characters from the American animated television comedy series The Simpsons. ... Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, better known by his stage name Sideshow Bob, is a recurring fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons, who is voiced by Kelsey Grammer, and first appeared briefly in the episode The Telltale Head, although his first major appearance was in Krusty Gets Busted. Sideshow... Simpsons redirects here. ... Funeral for a Fiend is an upcoming episode of The Simpsons nineteenth season. ...

The cast (minus Kelsey Grammer) performed a "mock-audition" of Star Trek: Voyager during the Star Trek 30 Years and Beyond primetime special on October 6, 1996, alongside Kate Mulgrew as Voyager character Captain Janeway ^[4]). Grammer had previously played Captain Morgan Bateson in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Cause and Effect", but had to bow out after being admitted to rehabilitation in 1996. (Grammer was originally to play the role of the ship's captain). The primetime special was hosted by Ted Danson, who played Sam Malone on Cheers. Mulgrew also has a connection to Cheers, having played Sam's love interest in three episodes.^[5] Though not appearing in the skit, fellow Frasier semi-regulars Bebe Neuwirth, Patrick Kerr (Noel Shempsky) , and Dan Butler (Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe) have also guested on various Star Trek series over the years. The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ... is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Kate Mulgrew (born April 29, 1955) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor, most famous for her roles as Mary Ryan on Ryans Hope and Captain Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager. ... Kathryn Janeway (Born: May 20, 2332 in Bloomington, Indiana), played by Kate Mulgrew, is a Starfleet officer in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ... Cause and Effect is considered by many fans to be one of the best episodes of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... Ted Danson (born Edward Bridge Danson III on December 29, 1947) is an American actor most notable for his television work, and specifically, for his role as central character Sam Malone in the sitcom Cheers, and his role as Dr. John Becker on the series Becker. ... Sam Mayday Malone was a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Ted Danson. ...

DVD Releases

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Other merchandise

VHS

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CDs

One Frasier CD has been released featuring a number of songs taken from the show.

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Books

Several books about Frasier have been released, including the following:

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NBC broadcast history

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• September 1993-May 1994 - Thursdays 9:30pm

• September 1994-May 1998 - Tuesdays 9:00pm

• September 1998-May 2000 - Thursdays 9:00pm

• October 2000-May 2004 - Tuesdays 9:00pm

Nielsen ratings

See also

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References

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External links

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• Frasier at the TV IV
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• Goodnight Seattle - the Unofficial Frasier Page - contains cast and character profiles, episode guide, fan fiction, trivia, merchandise and more
• "frasier online A fan site with a lively discussion forum
• Frasier at the Internet Movie Database