Editing Frasier (section)

=== Creation ===
During the eighth season of ''Cheers'', Grammer made a deal with former ''Cheers'' producers David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee (who were moving on to produce ''[[Wings (1990 TV series)|Wings]]'') that they would do a new series together once ''Cheers'' ended.<ref name="Behind The Couch" /> Once it became clear during the 10th season that the 11th would be the last, the group began working on their next series together.<ref name="Behind The Couch" />

Grammer did not originally want to continue playing Frasier Crane, and Angell, Casey and Lee did not want the new show to be compared to ''Cheers'', which they had worked on before ''Wings''. The three proposed that the actor play a wealthy, [[Malcolm Forbes]]-like [[paraplegia|paraplegic]] publisher who operated his business from his apartment. The main show featured a "street-smart" Hispanic [[live-in nurse]] who would clash with the main character.<ref name="Behind The Couch" /> While Grammer liked the concept, [[Paramount Television]] disliked it, and suggested that the best route would be to spin off the Frasier Crane character.<ref name="Behind The Couch" /> Grammer ultimately agreed to star in a ''Cheers'' spin-off, but the producers set the new show as far from Boston as possible to prevent NBC from demanding that other characters from the old show make [[fictional crossover#Television series|guest appearances on the new show]] during its first season. 

The creators did not want Frasier in private practice, which would make the show resemble ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]''. From an unused idea they had for a ''Cheers'' episode, they conceived the concept of the psychiatrist working in a radio station surrounded by "wacky, yet loveable" characters.<ref name="Behind The Couch" /> After realizing that such a setting was reminiscent of ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'', the creators decided to emphasize Frasier's home life, which ''Cheers'' had rarely explored.{{r|casey20061206}} Lee considered his own experience with "the relationship between an aging father and the grown-up son he never understood"{{r|allinthefamily}} and thought it would be a good theme for ''Frasier''. Although Frasier had mentioned on ''Cheers'' (in two episodes) that his father, a research scientist, had died,<ref name="ComedyFan2010">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0539919/|title='Cheers' Two Girls for Every Boyd (TV Episode 1989)|author=ComedyFan2010|date=June 9, 2014|work=IMDb|access-date=June 15, 2015|archive-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108043620/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0539919/|url-status=live}}</ref> Angell, Casey and Lee did not realize this was the case, as they were not working on ''Cheers'' during the season those two episodes were filmed. The creative team was already well into the development process when Grammer pointed out the discontinuity; they decided to overlook it, initially [[retroactive continuity|retconning]] the character's backstory. In a second-season episode, the discrepancy was resolved, as Frasier revealed he had lied to the ''Cheers'' gang about his father.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ashurst |first1=Sam |title=7 Shows That Addressed Their Own Continuity Errors |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a858716/tv-continuity-errors-shows/ |website=Digital Spy |date=June 5, 2018 |access-date=7 November 2022 |archive-date=November 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107051704/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a858716/tv-continuity-errors-shows/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

One element of the original concept that was carried over was the live-in health-care provider for Frasier's father. Grammer points out that very little of the Frasier Crane of ''Cheers'' carried over to ''Frasier'', as his family history was changed (though this was later adjusted); the setting, his job and even the character himself changed from the ''Cheers'' predecessor, having to be more grounded as the central character of the show so the other supporting characters could be more eccentric.<ref name="Behind The Couch" />