Cheers to that: Kelsey Grammer wants Shelley Long’s Diane to appear on ‘Frasier’ reboot
nypost.com“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.
Grammer’s character then moved to Seattle for his spinoff where he lived with his father, Martin Crane (the late John Mahoney), and his brother, Dr.
Niles Crane (David Hyde Pierce).Frasier returned to Boston to reconnect with his adult son Freddie, (Jack Cutmore-Scott), in the revived Paramount+ show, which debuted late last year.“When I first got the role, the key to Frasier for me was that he loved her with his whole heart, that he loved with all of his being.
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