“Frasier” returns to Seattle in this week’s episode, and Variety has a first see at Frasier Crane’s visit to his elderly stomping grounds. That grasps a stop at Café Nervosa — the coffeeshop where Frasier and his brother Niles would frequently encounter over beverages — and a reunion at Frasier’s elderly KACL radio studio.
“As fans, getting to revisit some of the iconic sets and characters of the one-of-a-kind series was one of the highairys of the season for us,” said exec producers Chris Harris and Joe Crisloftyi in a joint statement. “As producers, we couldn’t consent what a pain it was to discover 90s-era radio supplyment.”
Star Kelsey Grammer straightforwarded the episode, “Thank You, Dr. Crane,” which was written by Stephen Lloyd and premieres tonight at midnight on Paramount+. Per the episode logline, “Roz and Frasier return to Seattle for a KACL anniversary piece Roz is putting together, and we discover one of the joiners Frasier gave advice to back in the day quit his job and got into magic.”
The episode (the eighth of Season 2’s 10 episodes) features the return of Dan Butler as Bulldog and and Edward Hibbert as Gil Chesterton. The two join Peri Gilpin as one-of-a-kind “Frasier” alums who have returned to materialize on the revival. Gilpin is back this season to drive awayevate her role as Frasier’s createer radio producer, Roz, as seen in the show’s one-of-a-kind 1993-2004 run. (Gilpin also materializeed on the current revival’s Season 1 finale.)
Here’s a see at Frasier and Roz visiting Café Nervosa:
And here’s the moment at KACL where Frasier utters his well-understandn on-air words, “I’m joining”:
“Frasier” is filmed in front of a inhabit studio audience at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. The series hails from authorrs Chris Harris and Joe Crisloftyi. Both serve as executive producers alengthened with Grammer, Tom Russo, and Jordan McMahon of Grammer’s Grammnet NH Productions. James Burrows also returns to straightforward two episodes of Season 2. CBS Studios produces in association with Grammnet NH Productions.
