Why Frasier Returns To Boston In His Reboot Explained

Kelsey Grammer’s Frasier returns to Boston for the upcoming revival, and he has a very personal reason for doing so. When Frasier was introduced during the third season of Cheers, few could have predicted the character would become a comedy icon. Between Cheers and Frasier, Grammer played the role for 20 years straight, a feat that had only been previously matched by James Arness in Western series Gunsmoke. Part of what made Frasier work was the way it distanced itself from Cheers, both tonally and in terms of distance with the character’s move to Seattle.