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RadioActive · August 22, 2023 2:05 pm

I was beginning to think this thing would never surface. But now it has. Or at least it will. The long-awaited reboot of "Frasier" will finally start streaming on Oct. 12th. That's the word from star Kelsey Grammer, who has returned to play the character that won him multiple Emmys.

Not sure if the show will be picked up by a streamer here, because the rights belong to Paramount+, which Canadians can legally subscribe to. But that doesn't mean you won't get to sample it. The network has confirmed that the first two episodes of the reboot will also be shown back-to-back on free-to-air CBS on Tuesday, October 17th, so anyone with basic cable or a TV antenna will be able to see it here.

First Look: ‘Frasier’ Revived After 19 Years

Chrisphen · August 22, 2023 3:06 pm

I suspect this'll go over as well as 'The New Gidget' did in the 80s.

mace · August 23, 2023 12:13 am

I will watch the two free episodes, but I am expecting to be disappointed.

Radiowiz · August 23, 2023 12:13 am

Chrisphen wrote:
I suspect this'll go over as well as 'The New Gidget' did in the 80s.

I don't know, but here's the new teaser:

mace · August 23, 2023 12:19 am

That teaser is rather clever.

RadioActive · September 14, 2023 1:20 pm

Finally! A teaser for the new Frasier reboot that actually has video from the show.

mace · September 27, 2023 10:35 am

Some more details have surfaced on how we can view the first two episodes free. They will air on Pluto TV in the U.S. and Canada on Oct 12. CBS will telecast the two episodes Tuesday Oct 17 at 9:15 pm ET/PT. After that, new episodes will be available on Paramount+ every Thursday. [per the Today Show website]

Brad · September 27, 2023 4:28 pm

CHCH will have it. Now they really only mentioned the premiere on the news last week, but I assume it'll be the whole season.

Hansa · October 12, 2023 4:32 pm

Or you can watch it here

Last edited by Hansa (October 12, 2023 4:58 pm)

RadioActive · October 12, 2023 4:48 pm

Thanks for this! Can't wait to see it!

Hansa · October 12, 2023 6:39 pm

Oh, it looks like the video's gone private. It was on YouTube Paramount+ Canada channel.

Last edited by Hansa (October 13, 2023 2:33 am)

RadioActive · October 18, 2023 8:52 am

Don't know how many here watched the reboot preview on CBS/CHCH, but I thought it was pretty good for a second generation of an old show. Not sure I'd want to subscribe to Paramount+ just to see all of them, but I would definitely watch it again.

My only complaint is the continuity in the character of Frasier's son. In the original, he was "Frederick," the typical nerdy little fuss budget that, like his parents, was interested in the arts and more snobbish pursuits. It's hard to imagine that kid grew up into the sports-loving, physical fitness crazy Freddy we saw on the reboot.

paterson1 · October 18, 2023 10:39 am

I enjoyed the two episodes with the second the better one. Can't really see the series not being renewed for a second season. Maybe they will expand a season to more than 10 installments.

Agree with the assessment of grown up Freddie. He has no resemblance physically or personality with the Freddie we knew in the older series. However, there was another boy who played Frasier and Lilith's son just once. This child actor introduced the character and was more like a regular kid. Much more rambunctious, louder, running around. But, only appeared once in the show. If they had stayed with the original, then the character for grown up Freddie in the new series would be more logical.

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Radiowiz · October 18, 2023 10:48 am

Chrisphen wrote:
I suspect this'll go over as well as 'The New Gidget' did in the 80s.

You should actually try watching something before judging it.
It's pretty good. I like the humour in it.

paterson1 · October 18, 2023 12:41 pm

The original Freddie was a child actor named Luke Taristano and he appeared once in 1995 in Frasier. The next year Trevor Einhorn appeared as the son and was in a total of 8 episodes over the rest of the series.

Here is a photo of all of the Freddie's and some background on the new show and the Freddie character from SCREENRANT...
https://screenrant.com/frasier-reboot-frederick-crane-actor-recast-reason/

paterson1 · October 18, 2023 5:05 pm

Well the ratings are in for the new Frasier on CBS last night and they are just okay so far. Numbers will increase when updated. Prime time last night in the US from TV Ratings Guide...
http://www.thetvratingsguide.com/2023/10/tuesday-tv-ratings-101723-frasier.html

ED1 · October 18, 2023 5:44 pm

paterson1 wrote:
Well the ratings are in for the new Frasier on CBS last night and they are just okay so far. Numbers will increase when updated. Prime time last night in the US from TV Ratings Guide...
http://www.thetvratingsguide.com/2023/10/tuesday-tv-ratings-101723-frasier.html

If enough of those viewers become Paramount+ subscribers, then mission accomplished.

Tomas Barlow · October 18, 2023 11:48 pm

I liked it but my significant other won't watch because she liked the supporting cast more than she liked Frasier himself.

mace · October 19, 2023 10:23 am

I watched the two free CBS episodes. Got a few chuckles. Not nearly as good as the original.

g121 · October 19, 2023 11:44 am

Watched episode#1 on the Roku Channel. Thought it was pretty decent for a pilot. Quite liked the lady roommate; didn't connect with Harvard lady.

Dale Patterson · October 19, 2023 3:54 pm

As a big fan of the original show, I found this reboot of Frasier to be quite dismal. It lacked the magic, the charm of the original. Frasier has definitely left the building.

RadioActive · October 20, 2023 8:35 am

A very long but very insightful piece on the new Frasier suggests that it really should be airing on CBS and not exclusively on Paramount+. The author, a veteran TV journalist, argues that it would allow more episodes to be produced, the writers to develop the secondary characters more, create a bigger library for lucrative syndication someday and attract a larger audience than the streamer will ever see.

It's not likely to happen, but as skeptical as I was when I started reading this story, he actually won me over by the end - especially since I liked what I saw and I have no intention of forking over money to P+ just to see this!

Why Frasier Needs Longer Seasons (and a Network Home)

paterson1 · October 20, 2023 9:21 am

The TV Ratings Guide has updated their numbers for Frasier. In their analysis of the ratings, they say that the two shows bombed on CBS...http://www.thetvratingsguide.com/2023/10/tuesday-tv-ratings-101723-frasier.html