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‘Frasier’ review: Rebooted and relocated to Boston, but did they leave the comedy in Seattle?

Kelsey Grammer returns as Frasier Crane in a reboot of "Frasier."

Frasier Crane is back in Boston. Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name.

If only the “Frasier” revival for Paramount+ conjured anything close to the effervescent wit of the Seattle-set original, which ran for 11 seasons on NBC from 1993 to 2004. Or even the comedic zing of “Cheers,” where the character first sprang to life in 1984 as an unlikely but winning addition to the cast, the

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