Legendary 33-Year-Old Sitcom Is Still Dominating Streaming Despite Paramount Cancelling Its Sequel Way Too Soon

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Kelsey Grammer looking worried as Dr Frasier Crane in Frasier season 10

Published Jan 27, 2026, 10:27 AM EST

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The Frasier revival is no more, but audiences still can't get enough of streaming the original series. Premiering in 1993, the sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer ran for eleven popular seasons before wrapping up in 2004.

22 years later, Frasier currently stands as the ninth most popular show on Paramount+ in the U.S. The sitcom has regularly been appearing in the streamer's daily top 10 chart in recent weeks, and it's now beating Neighborhood in terms of popularity.

Despite continuing to strike a chord with American audiences, Frasier is still falling behind other popular shows, including crime dramas and other sitcoms. As of writing, the show trails other Paramount+ offerings like Taylor Sheridan's Tulsa King, Criminal Minds: Evolution, The King of Queens, and Everybody Loves Raymond.

David Hyde Pierce as Niles Crane and Kelsey Grammar as Frasier Crane in Frasier

Created by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee, Frasier follows Grammer's Dr. Frasier Crane as he works as a radio psychiatrist. After almost two decades off the air, Paramount revived the show under the same name in 2023, with Grammer's eponymous character moving from Chicago to Boston to reconnect with his son.

The original show's continued success on streaming follows the sequel's cancellation in January 2025. Running for two seasons, the revival earned only mixed reviews from critics and evidently wasn't a strong enough performer in terms of viewership to justify a Frasier season 3. The creators were allowed to shop the series elsewhere, but there have been no announcements regarding any acquisitions.

Frasier remains one of the most legendary sitcoms of the 1990s. Recapturing this same magic with the sequel show was certainly a tall order, and the revival's cancellation speaks to why iconic series of the era, like Friends and Seinfeld, haven't attempted a return.

That being said, other pre-2000s sitcoms have attempted revivals with varying degrees of success. Fuller House, for example, a Full House revival, ran for five seasons, and The Conners, a sequel to Roseanne, ran for eight seasons. Other revivals, however, like That '90s Show and Night Court, were met with similar fates to Frasier, running for two and three seasons, respectively.

Frasier's recent success on Paramount+ seems unlikely to move the needle on a third season of the revival. Hope is not totally lost for season 3, but given how much time has passed and the lack of clear interest so far, it may be a long shot. For now, audiences are evidently enjoying revisiting this '90s classic.