Frasier

A surprising casting selection raises hopes for the upcomingFrasierreboot star Kelsey Grammer . Remakes , reboots and revivals have existed for a long clock time , but the 2010s and the 2020s are incredibly crowded with them , and with good reason . Famous TV designate such asThat ' 70s Show , The Fresh Prince Of Bel - Air , andRoseannecome from the gilded age of serialized television comedies . More than two decade is enough time to set off a sense of nostalgia in new and old lover alike .

While remakes can experiment with young actor , most reboots and revitalization need the original actors to make sense . For instance , Fuller House , being a revival of an ensemble show , can get aroundMary - Kate and Ashley Olsen ’s absenceby focusing on the rest of the plaster cast , introduce new characters , and skirt around Michelle ’s whereabouts , but a show that ’s concentrate around its titular lineament , likeFrasier , has no choice but to bet on the agonist ’s return . Kelsey Grammer is on board to reprise his iconic role , but the same ca n’t be said about the rest of the originalFrasiercast . luckily , one actor will arrive to make up for it .

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Frasier 1993 TV Show Poster

Nicholas Lyndhurst Is Incredible Casting For Frasier

TheFrasierreboot will follow to Paramount+ with original principal Kelsey Grammer and UK sitcom iconNicholas Lyndhurst bring together as a newFrasiercharacter . While Nicholas Lyndhurst ’s resume does n’t have any famous roles in American TV , he ’s a sitcom legend in the United Kingdom due to his piece of work inButterflies , Only Fools And Horses , andGoodnight Sweetheart . Lyndhurst ’s credits also includeDavid CopperfieldandNew Tricks , but he ’s most fondly remembered as the uninstructed but well - meaning Rodney Trotter inOnly Fools And Horses , which aired from 1981 to 2003 , as well asGoodnight Sweetheart ’s sentence - traveling Gary Sparrow , whose popularity earned him a return in the 2016 specialMany Happy Returnsafter the original serial ' 1993 - 1999 run .

Nicholas Lyndhurst ’s employment proves that he has mastered the sitcom formatting . Considering his most democratic part , it will be interesting to see the dynamical betweenKelsey Grammer ’s Frasierand Nicholas Lyndhurst ’s nameless fibre , as Frasier Crane is used to butting heads with his brother , David Hydes ' Niles Crane , while Lyndhurst ’s Rodney Trotter is synonymous with his own brother , David Jason ’s Derek Trotter . Grammer and Lyndhurst’sFrasiercharacters may not be related , but the sibling dynamic might still be there .

Frasier’s Revival Needed A Casting Boost (But Still Has Issues)

With so little information about the reboot disclosed so far , Frasier ’s lack of come back actor has become the independent discussion . Their absence raises headache about how end the reboot will be link up to the original serial and how well it will respect its stock . Nicholas Lyndhurst ’s casting last adds something else to look frontwards to , and if not nostalgic , his role can at least takeFrasierin a brand - new counselling . However , theFrasierreboot still needs to elaborate its cast of characters , and it now has to live up to the degree of Nicholas Lyndhurst . Besides , even with a star - studded dramatis personae , the reboot will eventually require to address what happened to all of Frasier Crane ’s friends and relative .

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Kelsey Grammer and Nicholas Lyndhurst in the Frasier Reboot

Sitcom Brothers Frasier and Niles with Rodney and Del Boy

Frasier Original Cast

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