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0:00TOS salads scrambled eggs no Niles David
0:04Hyde Pierce reportedly won't be a part
0:06of the Frasier Revival keep watching to
0:08find out why Niles crane from frasia is
0:11one of the most iconic characters in the
0:13history of sitcoms thus far in his
0:15career David Hyde Pierce has earned a
0:17whopping 11 Emmy nominations and four
0:19wins and every single one of them was
0:22for playing Niles in fact in a Reddit
0:24poll in 2020 Niles was picked as a fan
0:27favorite Frasier character in a
0:28landslide henan writing for the website
0:31Joe gave a unique perspective on what
0:33makes Nile such a great character he
0:35points to Nile's snobbery his
0:37vulnerability his hilarious ongoing fuse
0:40with his brother Frasier and ps's talent
0:42for physical comedy writing about the
0:44season 6 episode three Valentine's which
0:47features a hilarious opening scene with
0:49pi as the only human performer henan
0:51said few other actors could flourish in
0:53a six-minute scene completely on their
0:55own or at least without any other human
0:58presence and without a word of dialog
1:00but hide Pius managed to turn it into a
1:02masterclass it's very hard to imagine
1:05exactly what kind of show frasia would
1:06have been without Niles but apparently
1:09not impossible after years of
1:11speculation the Fraser fandom was
1:13finally treated to the news that the
1:14iconic sitcom would be returning while
1:17grammar is on track to return as
1:18everyone's favorite CH character it
1:20looks like fans shouldn't be hopeful for
1:22more Niles the Fraser reboot has been
1:24discussed for some time and David Hyde
1:27Pierce had been very non-committal about
1:29whether or not he would be willing to
1:30take part in it in an interview with the
1:32guardian in April PS said it's happening
1:35but I don't know in what form and I
1:37don't know when so I don't know where
1:39I'll be and what I'll be doing I'm
1:41certainly interested to see what they
1:42come up with then in October deadline
1:45reported that the reboot had officially
1:47been picked up by Paramount plus with
1:49Kelsey gramar as the only original cast
1:51member expected to return as a series
1:53regular in a recent interview with
1:55people gramar explained why Pi opted not
1:58to return for the show's reval
2:00he said David basically decided he
2:02wasn't really interested in repeating
2:04the performance of Niles the actor also
2:06confirmed that the new series would take
2:08place in a new city and focus on new
2:10supporting characters he continued in a
2:13very funny way it just took us to a new
2:15place which was what we originally
2:17wanted to do anyway which was a Frasier
2:19third act it's an entirely new life for
2:22him he uses the phrase third act to
2:24refer to the fact that the upcoming
2:26series will be the third to feature the
2:27character of Fraser crane following
2:29cheers and Frasier details are
2:31ultimately slim on the Frasier Revival
2:33and it remains to be seen how the
2:35absence of David Hy Pierce's Niles is
2:37addressed in a June interview with
2:39vulture PS maintained that he loved his
2:41time on the series calling it valuable
2:44which is why he doesn't feel the need to
2:46return the actor said because it's so
2:48valuable to me I also wouldn't do it
2:50just to do it P then went on to point
2:53out how Frasier a spin-off of Cheers
2:55didn't bring back characters from the
2:56original series for the sake of it PS
2:59said before saying there may or may not
3:00be a way to F Niles into the Revival
3:03series they didn't bring along the
3:04cheers gang to make a new show they
3:06popped in from time to time and it was a
3:08blast since wrapping up his time on
3:10Frasier Pi has kept himself busy with
3:12the flurry of RS he returned to his wet
3:15heart American summer roll for Netflix's
3:17two sequel series and lent his talents
3:19to The Good Wife for a guest appearance
3:21he was also recently seen in HBO Maxis
3:24Julia where he played the husband of
3:26celebrity chef Julia Child PS has also
3:28spent his POS Fraser years dominating
3:31the stage starring in curtains and the
3:33stage adaptation of its Wonderful Life
3:35Pi has also gone on to direct several
3:37Productions including Broadways it
3:40should have been you while it may Sting
3:41fans Not to see Frasier and Niles chew
3:44into one another psa's decision to sit
3:46out the sequel seems to be coming from a
3:48place of genuine respect for the series
