You could say Joe Cristalli tweeted his role as an executive producer and co-showrunner on the new B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� sitcom into existence.

About 10 years ago as a fledgling TV writer and B次元官网网址淔rasierB次元官网网址� super fan, Cristalli started a Twitter account with B次元官网网址渞andom jokesB次元官网网址� about the show and character in the sitcoms B次元官网网址淐heersB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淔rasier.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淚t was stupid and nobody cared about it. I think I had maybe 3,000 followers at its height,B次元官网网址� he recalled in a recent interview.

At this point, B次元官网网址淔rasierB次元官网网址� had been off the air for 10 years, but Cristalli used it as B次元官网网址渁n outlet to practice writing because I was such a super fan and I just loved the style of joke-telling, so I would work on it.B次元官网网址�

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 B次元官网网址淔rasierB次元官网网址�-centric Twitter feed to GrammerB次元官网网址檚 team. He was eventually hired alongside B次元官网网址淗ow I Met Your MotherB次元官网网址� writer Chris Harris to be co-showrunners of a new B次元官网网址淔rasierB次元官网网址� series, debuting Oct. 12 on Paramount+.

This B次元官网网址淔rasierB次元官网网址� stars Grammer in the title role of the high-brow psychiatrist, as he moves back to Boston. His son Freddy is now grown, working as a firefighter, and Frasier realizes he needs to prioritize their relationship (much in the way the character set out to connect with his retired police officer father, played by John Mahoney, in the original). He also begins a new career as a professor at Harvard.

Writing for the character is a fun challenge, said Harris, because B次元官网网址渨hen you think of Frasier Crane speaking, you think of flowery language.B次元官网网址� Because of time constraints, every line canB次元官网网址檛 be in Frasier-speak. B次元官网网址淲e save those moments for certain times,B次元官网网址� said Harris.

They also reference the original series sparingly and smartly B次元官网网址� which is an act of restraint that Cristalli said Harris helped him to understand.

B次元官网网址淚 put in a very specific reference to something in (B次元官网网址楩rasierB次元官网网址�) season four, and I remember Chris very gently saying, B次元官网网址楧o you think maybe we should do jokes that everyone will laugh at?B次元官网网址橞次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淭here are analogies and callbacks to the old show, but we try not to do any of them shamelessly,B次元官网网址� Cristalli said. B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e not going to just throw a recliner or a Jack Russell in, like weB次元官网网址檙e trying to do them subtly and elegantly. So if you catch them, great, but weB次元官网网址檙e not hanging everything on those jokes. I love (the references) B次元官网网址� but Chris makes a very good point. We want other people to like this show besides me.B次元官网网址�

The show is a throwback in that itB次元官网网址檚 a multi-cam comedy taped in front of a live audience. Most comedies these days are single-cam and filmed without an audience.

Harris hopes the show is a success and provides a much-needed boost for the multi-cam format.

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(B次元官网网址淭axi,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淔riends,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淲ill & GraceB次元官网网址�), who worked with Grammer on both B次元官网网址淐heersB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淔rasier,B次元官网网址� signed on to direct two episodes.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 such a comfort because he didnB次元官网网址檛 have to do the show,B次元官网网址� said Cristalli. B次元官网网址淗e didnB次元官网网址檛 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 itB次元官网网址檚 a lot of pressure to bring back something this iconic.B次元官网网址�

Burrows shared his advice to the new actors on B次元官网网址淔rasierB次元官网网址� (including Jack Cutmore-Scott as Freddy and Anders Keith as David, FrasierB次元官网网址檚 nephew and the son of Niles and Daphne).

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Cristalli said Grammer slowly morphs into the character.

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For the showB次元官网网址檚 theme, composers and father-son duo Bruce and Jason Miller were brought in to update the original B次元官网网址淭ossed Salads & Scrambled EggsB次元官网网址� song. Bruce Miller composed the original B次元官网网址滷rasierB次元官网网址� theme. Grammer also sings this version.

The composers first did a B次元官网网址渉ipperB次元官网网址� version B次元官网网址渢hat had movement to it, and energy,B次元官网网址� Bruce Miller said. Grammer listened and suggested the sound reflect how the character is older now, and looking for calmness at this stage in his life. They went back and used a small band, which is the version that viewers will hear.

This B次元官网网址淔rasierB次元官网网址� also has a bar, but itB次元官网网址檚 not THE Its name, MahoneyB次元官网网址檚, is a tribute to John Mahoney, who died in 2018. Just as the Martin character was different than his sons, this set captures that juxtaposition. ItB次元官网网址檚 conceived as a place where both firefighters and academics gather.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 an older bar, something you would find near Cambridge,B次元官网网址� said set director Glenda Rovello.

B次元官网网址淭hereB次元官网网址檚 a sweet line where Frasier is in MahoneyB次元官网网址檚 and remarks, B次元官网网址業 may have spent too much time in a particular bar,B次元官网网址� which I made sure the boys kept because it was a wonderful tribute,B次元官网网址� Burrows said.