Mumbai: OTT platform Paramount+ has announced that the series Frasier, starring and executive produced by Kelsey Grammer, starts production this week. Shooting in front of a live studio audience in Los Angeles, the new series follows Frasier Crane (Grammer) in the next chapter of his life as he returns to Boston, Mass., with new challenges to face, new relationships to forge and an old dream or two to finally fulfil. Frasier has re-entered the building!

Frasier became a hugely popular show on NBC when it ran from 1993-2004. It had been created as a spin-off to the sitcom Cheers where Grammer's character was first introduced.

The first two episodes of the new series will be directed by director and television creator James Burrows.

In addition to Grammer, the new series stars Jack Cutmore-Scott as Frasier's son, Freddy; Nicholas Lyndhurst as Frasier's old college buddy turned university professor, Alan; Toks Olagundoye as Alan's colleague and head of the university psychology department, Olivia; Jess Salguerio as Freddy's roommate, Eve; and Anders Keith as Frasier's nephew, David.