<p>&#8220;Frasier&#8221; star David Hyde Pierce explained his absence from the recent reboot of the series and said as much as he loved the show he &#8220;really never wanted to go back&#8221; after the original show ended in 2004.</p>
<p>The 64-year-old actor, who famously played Dr. Frasier Crane&#8217;s brother Niles Crane on the popular NBC sitcom, said he realized when they were in talks about the reboot on Paramount+ that chapter was behind him, <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/12/david-hyde-pierce-why-hes-not-in-frasier-reboot-1235662013/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline magazine</a> reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;I never really wanted to go back,&#8221; Pierce <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-12-11/david-hyde-pierce-sondheim-here-we-go-frasier-reboot-julia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s not like I said, &#8216;Oh, I don’t ever want to do that again.&#8217; I loved every moment. It was that I wanted to do other things.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And when we got into real talks about the reboot, I had just started on the &#8216;Julia&#8217; TV show and was working on a musical and going to do another musical, not this one [Here We Are],&#8221; he added. &#8220;And I just thought, &#8216;I don’t want to be committed to a show and not be able to do stuff like this.'&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">David Hyde Pierce On Not Joining The &#8216;Frasier&#8217; Reboot: &#8220;I Wanted To Do Other Things&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/OlPZOs6PWK">https://t.co/OlPZOs6PWK</a></p>
<p>— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) <a href="https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1734270480637665589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;And I also thought, &#8216;They don&#8217;t actually need me,'&#8221; Pierce continued. &#8220;Frasier has moved on to a new world. They have new characters. And I think I&#8217;m right. It&#8217;s doing great. And the new people they have are great.&#8221;</p>
<p>The &#8220;Frasier&#8221; reboot launched in October on the streaming site with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kelsey-grammer-is-unapologetic-about-faith-as-jesus-revolution-soars-teases-frasier-reboot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelsey Grammer</a> reprising his role as the lovable Dr. Frasier Crane, a radio psychiatrist. The original NBC sitcom ran for 11 seasons and scored dozens of Emmy awards.</p>
<p>Grammer previously said he&#8217;s &#8220;thrilled&#8221; with the reboot, saying he&#8217;s &#8220;excited to play Frasier again,&#8221; <a href="https://people.com/tv/kelsey-grammer-shares-frasier-revival-secrets-why-david-hyde-pierce-isnt-returning/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People magazine</a> noted.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been working on it honestly for about six or seven years,&#8221; Grammer said. &#8220;It&#8217;s been on the slow burner. We were like, this is not a bad idea. Maybe this is a good idea!&#8221;</p>
<p>When asked about why Pierce wasn&#8217;t coming back, Grammer previously said, &#8220;David basically decided he wasn&#8217;t really interested in repeating the performance of Niles.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll certainly be responsive about the fact that there was a brother and such,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But the new world for Frasier is one of new friendships — and some new twists and turns he didn&#8217;t know were still in there.&#8221;</p>

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