Genuine question as a person who’s watched Frasier at least a dozen times, what’s making people hopeful that it’ll be any good?
I ask because the sequels to fan loved shows and movies over the past decade have all fallen short, seemed like cash grabs, don’t capture what made the original good or fun, etc. I really can’t think of any that worked out for me (viewership numbers aside). Am I being pessimistic unnecessarily? Are people being too hopeful? Idk. I’ve been burned before and am going in with that expectation.
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On top of all the negatives you mentioned, too much time has passed. Frasier was a spinoff from Cheers. A lot of the characters from Cheers made at least one appearance on Frasier over the years. But, Frasier has been off the air for nearly 20 years. Cheers for 30. The continuity is broken and basically means having to either A.) Introduce the character to a new audience who are not familiar with either Frasier and/or Cheers, or B.) Reintroduce the character to an audience who is and has high expectations given the quality of the old show. Kind of like you said, I do not envy the writers and I expect the reboot to be a flop. Hopefully I’m wrong.
These are great points I didn’t think of until now. Frasier’s best episodes revolved around the strong cast. Coming in 20 years later with a 99% new cast seems destined to not hold up well. The Crane Boy just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
I get that time marches on, but at a certain point, will the story actually reflect that, or will the disappearance of everyone simply be waved away with a line of dialogue? You’re right, the writers have an uphill battle on their hands.
It may be even better than the original, it may be worse than the original, it may have some good moments and be overall mid, but the point is we get more Frasier, and even if it is terrible, it doesn’t sully the previous 11 seasons of glory.
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Fraiser was a spinoff of a great sitcom that ended up being one of the greatest American sitcoms. As they have pulled it off before we hope they can again
In regards to this it worries me they’re trying the live audience sitcom format again. The last one I tried was that 90s show and I realized either live audience sitcoms should stay a thing of the 20th century, or I guess I aged out of it. On the other hand watching a non live audience format of Frasier might be too weird in a different way.
Back in Frasier’s day it made sense to spinoff a sitcom with another similarly filmed sitcom, I’m just feeling it’s a thing of the past and won’t hold up to modern comedy.