Kelsey Grammer hoping for Diane’ to return in next season of ‘Frasier’

Addie Morfoot Contributor The 40th edition of Sundance proved that despite corporate consolidation, there is still a market for independently made documentaries. While there haven’t been many sales so far, there has been strong buyer interest in two celeb-focused docs — “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” and “Will & Harper,” featuring Will Ferrell — and healthy interest in others. “The market didn’t have a pulse six months ago,” says Submarine Entertainment sales agent Josh Braun, who came to the festival with nine documentaries seeking distribution, including “Daughters,” “Gaucho Gaucho” and “Union.” “So there was a reason to be a little bit fearful coming into Sundance.

gave 1980s TV junkies a thrill with a surprise group appearance set against the unmistakable “Cheers” backdrop midway through the star-studded Jan. 15 fête. While stationed at their usual spot around the cozy Boston bar, Grammer and his former colleagues collectively presented Hulu’s “The Bear” with the awards for Best Directing for a Comedy Series and Best Writing in a Comedy Series.

Following the success of Air, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are reuniting again on the kidnapping thriller Animals, with Damon starring and Affleck directing. Connor McIntyre penned the script with revisions by Billy Ray. The film will be produced by Affleck, Damon and Dani Bernfeld of Artists Equity and Brad Weston and Collin Creighton of MakeReady, who developed the project in partnership with Fifth Season.

by the tragic death of Adam Harrison, the son of series star Rick Harrison.“Filming begins in February (previously scheduled and moving forward) on new episodes and Adam’s death will in no way impact Rick’s involvement with the show,” Harrison’s rep, Laura Herlovich, exclusively told The Post on Tuesday. “Adam never appeared on the show and even as the family are grieving his loss, I don’t anticipate it will impact next season,” she said.A spokeswoman for the History Channel echoed Herlovich’s comments about the upcoming season of “Pawn Stars.”“We have new episodes of ‘Pawn Stars Do America’ beginning to air on Wednesday, Feb. 21,” she said.

Dominic Fike is opening up about the challenges of working on a show that focuses so much on drug addiction — especially as someone who struggles with it IRL.

William Earl administrator The second season finale of “Reacher” just dropped on Prime Video, but fans are already looking ahead to more adventures from the giant hobo with a heart of gold. The good news: “Reacher” has already been renewed for a third season, although the creative team has been mum about which of Lee Child’s novels will be adapted next. While chatting with Variety earlier in the season, series star Alan Ritchson spoke about the show’s biggest challenge: Because Reacher is a wanderer, his adventures rarely include the same characters.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large As the possibility of a third season of “Big Little Lies” picks up steam, HBO and Max content chairman/CEO Casey Bloys is ready for it. Bloys confirmed to Variety that he has heard “a little bit about the idea. I think it could be great.” “Big Little Lies” stars and executive producers Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman have teased the prospect of a new season of the series — which last aired in 2019 — while speaking to reporters in recent weeks.

Salford Quays will be lit up in February as The Christie Charity’s Night of Neon returns next month. The family-friendly 5k walk is taking place on February 3 and will see participants light up the night in dazzling fluorescent colours.

Cheers reunited for a special tribute at this year’s Emmys.To coincide with the 75th edition of the awards ceremony, this year’s event in Los Angeles honoured some of the most beloved shows in TV history.Among the celebrated shows was Cheers, which host Anthony Anderson described as “one of the greatest sitcoms of all time” in his introduction.After Anderson’s opening speech, the curtain lifted to show cast members Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer, Rhea Perlman and John Ratzenberger stood around a replica of the show’s famed Boston bar.“This feels really nice to be here in front of all of you, thank you,” Danson said. Check out footage of the moment below.Shortly after, George Wendt joined the cast on stage with the envelope to present the award for Best Directing for a Comedy Series.

Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name.And for the cast of “Cheers,” that was especially true at the Emmys 2024.Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger and George Wendt reunited Monday night as part of a special tribute at the awards ceremony honoring some of the most beloved shows in TV history.Host Anthony Anderson introduced the reunion, calling “Cheers” “one of the greatest television shows of all time” before the cast appeared onstage inside a replica of the iconic Boston bar.“This feels nice to be here in front of you,” Danson said, before Ratzenberger added that the event was a “long overdue class reunion.”The cast gathered to present the Best Directing for a Comedy Series and Best Writing in a Comedy Series statuettes. Both awards went to Hulu’s “The Bear.”“Being together brings back some great memories of a show we’re all very proud of,” said Grammer.In addition to “Cheers,” “The Sopranos,” “All in the Family,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Ally McBeal,” “Game of Thrones,” “Martin,” “The Carol Burnett Show,” “I Love Lucy,” and more received special tributes at Monday night’s ceremony, which was broadcast on Fox.“It was really about, ‘How can we celebrate 75 years of television differently?’” the show’s executive producer Jesse Collins told the Associated Press before the ceremony.“The core of it,” said Dionne Harmon, another executive producer, “is really celebrating television and to honor the shows of yesterday while we honor the shows of today.”Anderson also opened up about the reunions before the telecast kicked off.

Kelsey Grammer, who has been musing about a return for Shelly Long‘s Diane on his Paramount+ Frasier reboot, told Deadline today at the Emmys how it would go down.

Shanola Hampton doesn’t think audiences are really prepared for what’s about to go down in the Found season finale.

Hunter Ingram When GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis takes the Emmys stage Jan. 15 to accept the Television Academy’s Governors Award on behalf of the advocacy organization, she will have a concise message: There is plenty of progress to celebrate and plenty more to be done. The award, which honors a person or organization that has made a profound and long-lasting contribution to television, puts GLAAD in good company with previous recipients, including the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, Debbie Allen and Tyler Perry and his Perry Foundation.

Creed frontman Scott Stapp has stated that he has “hope” that the band will write new material in a new interview.Stapp appeared as a guest on SiriusXM radio show Trunk Nation on Thursday (January 11), discussing the upcoming Creed reunion tour with host Eddie Trunk. A question about the possibility of new music from the band prompted Stapp to reflect on the band’s writing process in the past.“[Guitarist] Mark [Tremonti] and I were together a couple days ago doing something like, some secret thing I can’t share,” he stated, as transcribed by Blabbermouth.

sang the iconic “Frasier” theme song, “Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs,” during Tuesday’s episode of “The Kelly Clarkson Show.” “Y’all know how this goes,” Grammer, 68, said before singing the opening line: “Hey baby, I hear the blues a-callin’ tossed salads and scrambled eggs.” Clarkson, 41, then joined by harmonizing with the “Cheers” alum while her studio band played the jazzy tune. At the song’s conclusion, the “Breakaway” songstress smiled from ear to ear. “Thank you for jamming out with me,” Clarkson gushed to the Golden Globe winner, adding that the experience was “a dream come true” for her.“You have no idea.

“Cheers” alum Shelley Long to make an appearance on his “Frasier” reboot.Long, 74, famously played waitress Diane Chambers on the hit ’80s sitcom while Grammer, 68, appeared on both the NBC series and his own 1993 spinoff as Dr. Frasier Crane.Grammer said he “would like to see Diane come back” when he dropped by “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on Tuesday.The “X-Men: The Last Stand” alum added that Frasier should be able to “put something to bed” with Diane and “end up with a nice thing between them.”In the Boston-set “Cheers,” the pseudo–intellectual Diane and the pompous psychiatrist Frasier were engaged for a period of time before breaking up.

Kelly Clarkson and Kelsey Grammer teamed up to perform a live rendition of the Frasier theme song on US TV last night (January 9) – watch the video below.Grammer joined the singer for the ‘Kellyoke’ segment during yesterday’s edition of The Kelly Clarkson Show, which saw the pair duet on the iconic ‘Tossed Salads And Scrambled Eggs’.The actor sang the tune that soundtracked the closing credits of the original Frasier series from 1993 to 2004.“Ya’ll know how this goes,” said Grammer to introduce his performance with Clarkson. Backed by a live band, the duo then traded verses and sang together.At the end of the special ‘Kellyoke’ session, Clarkson told Grammer: “I love you! This is like a dream come true for me, ya’ll.

Kelsey Grammer doesn’t have any plans for any of the Cheers characters to pop up in the new Frasier sitcom. However, the actor who plays Dr. Frasier Crane does think that Diane Chambers, played by Shelley Long, deserves some closure.

Fans have been waiting about two years for another season of Severance, and we finally have hope that it could be coming soon!

Nick Offerman is taking home his first Emmy Award on Saturday night, winning the gold statuette for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Bill in HBO’s The Last of Us.