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In 1982, Cheers captivated millions of American households as it introduced them to the weekly mishaps of Sam Malone and the eccentric people in his Boston bar. During the third season of the series, Kelsey Grammer made his debut as Frasier Crane, a snooty and intelligent psychiatrist who soon became a regular at the bar. When the series ended in 1993, the fan-favorite shrink was given his own spin-off series, which followed him back to his hometown of Seattle.

Where Cheers had been a series that revolved around relatable problems of typical working men and women, Frasier instead highlighted the eccentricities and elitism of Crane. Alongside his equally snobby brother, Niles, the series followed Frasier as he clashed with his working class retired cop father, Martin, and navigated the world of Seattle alongside more grounded friends. Naturally, some of his old friends from Boston made appearances throughout the series, reminding fans of Frasier's beginnings.

In 2024, it will be 40 years since the character of Frasier Crane first debuted on TV. Appearing in the season 3 premiere of "Cheers" back in 1984, the character went on to become the protagonist of his own show, which ran from 1993 to 2004 and doubled down on Kelsey Grammer's remarkable knack for playing the lovably pretentious psychiatrist. Now, the character is once again back as part of the "Frasier" revival series that just hit Paramount+, and he's very much returned to his roots.

Whereas the original "Frasier" saw the titular psychiatrist return to his native Seattle, the new series is set back in Boston — home of the Cheers bar where his character first appeared. In the years between the original "Frasier" and this new series, the good doctor has been living in Chicago, but returns to Boston after his marriage ends and he feels compelled to become more involved in his son Freddy's (Jack Cutmore-Scott) life.

Philip Perlman, whose Emmy-winning daughter Rhea got him a job on a bar stool on the long-running sitcom Cheers, setting in motion a late-blooming second career as a character actor, has died. He was 95. Perlman, who also showed up in several films with Rhea’s husband, Danny DeVito, died April 29 at his home in Los Angeles after a long illness, his daughter said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Philip Perlman appeared on more than 30 episodes of the hit NBC comedy Cheers, on which Rhea made an indelible mark — and reeled in four Emmy Awards

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