How to watch the Frasier reboot as season 2 announced

Dr Frasier Crane is back on the small screen almost 20 years after the character was last seen by fans on his way to Chicago.

Paramount+ brought the iconic character back for a new series in 2023 and after a successful first outing, the streamer revealed that a second series has been green-lit in February 2024.

Read more: Frasier: The story so far

Kelsey Grammer's TV favourite has had a long history on the small screen, and with endless remakes, reboots and revivals coming to television it seemed only inevitable that his beloved character would be given another chance to shine.

Here is everything you need to know about the return of Frasier, including its cast, plot and trailer.

How to watch the Frasier reboot

The first season of the Fraiser reboot is available to stream on Paramount+ in full now, having debuted in October 2023. A release date for the second season has yet to be announced.

Frasier first appeared onscreen as a guest character on Cheers, he was introduced in the show's third season before soon becoming a regular fixture of the sitcom until it ended in 1993.

The character's popularity led to him getting his own spin-off which ran from 1993 to 2004 for 11 seasons.

What are the reviews like?

A new season of Frasier has landed. Is it sweeter than one of the character's beloved fine wines or has this new batch of episodes been scrambled on their way to the screen? Thankfully, we've got a batch of reviews that'll help us find out.

The Evening Standard seemed quite happy to return to Dr. Crane's therapist chair, suggesting "it's like he's never been away." The same outlet went on to explain that the show isn't "breaking any new ground, but this reboot stays true to what made Frasier popular and funny, and manages to age the character and his concerns without jumping the shark."

Meanwhile, The Independent took a more middling approach, calling Grammer's return an "unsettling collision of Nineties sitcom tropes and present-day sensibilities." However, The Telegraph was into it, labelling these new episodes "a brilliant mingling of physical and psychological comedy."

Evening Standard: Welcome back! It’s like this weapons-grade narcissist has never been away (4-min read)

The Independent: Kelsey Grammer clings to the last vestige of his Nineties classic (3-min read)

The Telegraph: Fear not, Craniacs, TV's funniest fusspot is as hilarious as ever (4-min read)

What is Frasier reboot about?

When Frasier originally ended in 2004 its titular character was on his way to Chicago to start a new chapter in his life, but the reboot sees the psychiatrist heading back to Boston.

Ready to start the next chapter in his storied professional and personal life, the character faces new challenges, form new relationships and also attempt to fulfil his one or two of his old dreams.

Who is in the cast?

As mentioned, Kelsey Grammer reprises his role as Frasier in the reboot, a role he first portrayed in hit sitcom Cheers back in 1984.

Grammer is joined on the programme by Jack Cutmore-Scott, who portrays his son Freddy, and Only Fools and Horses star Nicholas Lyndhurst takes on the role of Frasier's college friend Alan.

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Other cast members include Toks Olagundoye as Olivia, Alan’s colleague, Jess Salgueiro as Freddy’s roommate Eve, and Anders Keith as Frasier’s nephew David.

Is there a trailer for the Frasier reboot?

"For the first time in my life, I can say that Frasier Crane wants for nothing..." We know what you're thinking - Frasier Crane? Content? It can't be true. Well, we're sure it won't last too long.

The long-awaited first full trailer for the Frasier reboot gave us our first proper look at the character's new life back in Boston where he swaps his familiar fancy wines for good old beers and tries valiantly to reconnect with his estranged and largely disinterested son Freddy.

Watch it below:

The first season of Frasier reboot is available to stream on Paramount+ now.