David Hyde Pierce

  • EntertainmentThe Wrap

    David Hyde Pierce Isn’t Returning for ‘Frasier’ Reboot on Paramount+

    "David basically decided he wasn't really interested in repeating the performance of Niles," Kelsey Grammer said

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  • EntertainmentDeadline

    ‘Frasier’ Sequel Series With Kelsey Grammer & David Hyde Pierce Eyed By Paramount+

    Frasier‘s long-in-the-works return to TV is getting closer to reality. Paramount+ is eying a 10-episode order for a followup to the Emmy-winning NBC series produced by Frasier studio CBS TV Studios, sources said. Frasier star and executive producer Kelsey Grammer, who has been leading the efforts to revive the iconic series over the past two […]

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  • EntertainmentThe Wrap

    Julia Child Series Starring Sarah Lancashire Gets Series Pickup at HBO Max

    HBO Max has given an eight-episode series pickup to “Julia,” the scripted series based on the life of world-renowned celebrity chef Julia Child. The series, which stars “Happy Valley’s” Sarah Lancashire as Child and “Frasier” alum David Hyde Pierce as Child’s husband, is set to resume production in the late spring. The hourlong series from Lionsgate Television is described as an exploration into “an evolving time in American history – the emergence of a new social institution called public telev

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  • NewsMandi Bierly

    Why 'Frasier' Never Cast Maris

    Though producers wanted viewers to think they were stealing a trick from 'Cheers' and Niles' wife would remain unseen, they had initially intended to cast her.

  • NewsMandi Bierly

    The All-Timers: An Oral History of the Classic 'Ski Lodge' Episode of 'Frasier'

    With a total of 37 Emmys, Frasier is not only the most decorated TV series of all time, comedy or drama — it was the first to win Outstanding Comedy Series five years in a row, a feat only Modern Family has matched — it remains one of the most timeless. First airing on Feb. 24, 1998, it begins with Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) trading Peri Gilpin’s pregnant Roz a big-screen TV for the free ski weekend she’s just won, and ends in a sex farce so hysterical, the studio audience’s laughter needed to be