Kelsey Grammer lobbies to revive ailing sitcom
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Thespian Kelsey Grammer, whose latest situation comedy, "Back to You," was canceled by Fox after one season, said on Wednesday he has personally lobbied CBS executives to feed his depict a second chance on their web.
Simply the Emmy-winning warhorse of "Cheers" and "Frasier" is determination that his star force may not be enough to save the newsroom comedy, which Fox announced cobbler's last week would not return in the fall.
Grammer, 53, told Reuters that he called CBS Corporation gaffer executive director Leslie Moonves on Monday to suggest a pickup, and that Moonves told him his network was "cerebration about it."
A followup ring the next day to Nina Tassler, the CBS Amusement president, was less encouraging, Grammer said.
"She dismissed it," he recalled.
So did viewing audience and many critics.
Grammer plays a pompous TV news keystone world Health Organization lands back at his old Pittsburgh station with his former co-anchor and paramour, played by "Everybody Loves Raymond" co-star Patricia Heaton. With its big-name cast and producers, it is 1 of the almost expensive comedies on U.S. video.
Grammer, wHO gained fame playing a pompous shrink for 20 eld on "Cheers" and its spinoff "Frasier," said he was surprised by Fox's cancellation, and felt the News Corp-owned meshwork had non given the series sufficiency time to shew itself.
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