Film Excess - Free Ukraine - Stop Putin - End the war NOW!!: Frasier - season 6 (1998) - Niles finally begins his divorce in solidly hilarious season

5/21/2019

Frasier - season 6 (1998) - Niles finally begins his divorce in solidly hilarious season

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The beloved sitcom's regular stars are all back in a familial pile on this DVD cover for the 6th season of David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee's Frasier

The season picks up where season 5 ended: Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer (Guardians of the Tomb (2018))), Seattle's eminent radio psychologist, finds himself out of a job for the first time in the show's run. This doesn't last long, however. Frasier's psychologist brother Niles Crane (David Hyde Pierce (A Bug's Life (1998))) goes through a rougher patch, as he finally divorces his never-by-us-seen wife Maris. To make matters worse, the tough lawyer that Frasier finds for his brother to speed the process up, Danny, begins a relationship with Daphne (Jane Leeves (Hercules (1998), TV-series)), the Crane brothers' retired cop father Martin's (John Mahoney (Primal Fear (1996))) live-in physical therapist, - whom Niles himself has been enamored with, more or less since she came to the Crane family in the first season.
Woody Harrelson of Cheers, Frasier's 'parent show', shows up (in episode 13: The Show Where Woody Shows Up), and he and Frasier learn that they don't enjoy each others' company the way they used to; a familiar experience which is used to amusing effect.
Roz (Peri Gilpin (The Outdoorsman (2017))), Frasier's producer colleague, is getting used to her new life as a single mother, and she has an affair with the radio station's randy sports host 'Bulldog' Briscoe in the season's double episode finale.

Martin and Frasier also go through various episodes in their romantic lives, but as usual, it is mostly Grammer and Pierce who shine comedically as the ever-competing Crane brothers.
Creators David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee's (Wings (1990-97), all) sitcom super series Frasier retains its high level in season 6 with several terrific episodes and a very high laugh frequency throughout.

Best episodes:

1: Good Grief - Written by Christopher Lloyd (Modern Family (2009-19)); directed by Pamela Fryman (Man with a Plan (2016-18))
Frasier goes through a sorrow-like phase after losing his job at KACL; and Niles suffers pangs from divorcing Maris. - Hilarious.

2. Frasier's Curse - Written by Jay Kogen (School of Rock (2016-18)); directed by Fryman
Attending the high school reunion becomes a painful event due to unemployment, but Frasier lives it up ... with acapella singing!

7. How to Bury a Millionaire - Written by Lori Kirkland Baker (Wings (1996-97)); directed by Fryman
Niles gets evicted from Maris' mansion, but his difficult person makes his stay at his brother's place short, and he moves on to Shangri-La Apartments.

10. Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz - Written by Kogen; directed by Grammer
Frasier dates a charming pastry chef (Amy Brenneman (Mother and Child (2009))), but when he meets her mother before Christmas, his attempt at seeming Jewish fails.

17. Dinner Party - Written by Jeffrey Richman (Charlie Lawrence (2003, TV-series)); directed by Lee
Frasier and Niles plan a dinner party, but their plans are complicated. All five regular stars shine in this brilliantly scripted episode set exclusively in the apartment.

18. Taps at the Montana - Written by David Lloyd (Amen (1986-87)); directed by Lee
Niles plans a party to get himself back into his building, but the evening turns fatal - twice! A morbid and hilarious episode.

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Frasier - season 5 (1997) - Grammer, Pierce and Co. still bring home laughs aplenty
Frasier - season 4 (1996) - Angell, Casey and Lee's superb therapist sitcom winner retains its level
Frasier - season 3 (1995) - A comedy triumph
Frasier - season 2 (1994) - Seattle's sitcom power team return, resulting in many more laughs and good times
Frasier - season 1 (1993) - The perfect sitcom arrived

Here's a clip from episode 3 (Dial M for Martin) in which Laura Harring (Love Kills (2016)) guest stars

Cost: Unknown
Box office: None - TV series
= Uncertain - but certainly a TV hit
[Frasier season 6 was first shown from 24 September 1998 - 20 May 1999 on NBC, and it spans 24 episodes of an average 22 minutes, totaling approximately 528 minutes, (if the last episode is taken as two, through it is really a double-length episode.) Shooting took place in Hollywood, Los Angeles, with establishing shots from Seattle, Washington. The series' cost grew during its run, and the cost per episode at its closure after 11 seasons was reportedly 5.2 mil. $ (124.8 mil. $ for the 24 episodes), of which 60 % went to its regular stars, of which Grammer commanded an impressive 1.6 mil. $ (amounting to 38.4 mil. $ for the season). Still, with syndication, foreign sales, home video etc., the series was likely a great asset for NBC. The season's rating's lowest (episode 21: When a Man Loves Two Women) was 20 mil. US viewers and its highest (episode 1: Good Grief) was 28.3 mil.. The season rose in its Nielsen ratings ranking from season 5's #10 ranking to the best ranking the series ever attained, #3. The season won 2/7 Emmy noms. The 7th season started showing in September 1999. Grammer at the time also starred in Standing on Fishes (1999) and New Jersey Turnpikes (1999) and gave voice performances in 4 other 1999 titles, including Toy Story 2. 66,531 IMDb users have given Frasier an 8.1/10 average rating.]

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