Frasier
NetworkNBC,
Similar'Allo 'Allo!, Best Choice Ever, Catterick,
Executive Stress Fawlty Towers, Here and Now,
HIStory I Dream of Jeannie,
Is It Legal? LA to Vegas, Lost in Space, My Hero, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, Off Centre, Peep Show,
Red Dwarf Sons of Tucson, Taxi, That '70s Show, The Bride of Habaek,
The Cara Williams Show The Fire Next Time, The War at Home, Two and a Half Men, Underworld,
StudioParamount Television Studios,
When Frasier premiered in the fall of 1993 it had massive shoes to fill. That's probably an understatement. Its parent show, Cheers, was a critical and commercial monster in a way that can only happen when there are only three shows for two hundred million people to choose from. It was nominated for almost two hundred Emmys over the course of its eleven-year run, and its series finale aired to 90 million people (40% of the country’s then population) three months before Frasier’s start. So yeah, expectations were pretty high, and Frasier ended up pretty much meeting them all. While never as popular as Cheers (nothing has been as popular as Cheers since Cheers), it was nevertheless a solid commercial hit that carved out its own identity and won more Emmys than its parent show over the course of its own eleven-year run. A lot of that success was rooted in Frasier’s ability as its own, independent show with its own characters and rhythms instead of being Cheers 2.0. Continue Reading →
This Fool
Similar3rd Rock from the Sun, Phil of the Future,
StudioABC Signature,
This Fool's first season saw main character, Luis (Frankie Quiñones), getting out of prison and reuniting with his cousin Julio Lopez (Chris Estrada) at the Hugs Not Thugs program in Los Angeles. For many shows, getting out of the slammer would be the focal point of the drama, the end goal to build an entire season of storylines around. Instead, the series hits the ground running with Luis emerging from incarceration. Then it draws out comedic scenarios from him trying to get his life back on track. Continue Reading →