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The test next season will be whether the damned lovableness of the characters will be enough for Frasier to maintain its strong ratings — it finished sixth last season — in its new slot opposite ABC's Roseanne (which finished fourth) on Tuesdays. "I am not pissed off," Grammer says carefully, contradicting widespread rumors. "I am challenged. I do think it was an unwise move. But I understand why they did it." He claims there is a "backup plan." To go back to Thursdays? "Ah, no," he feints, retreating to the NBC party line. "We're going full ahead with this." "Enthusiastically!" Pierce chimes in. "And if we don't do well, they'll put us on against Home Improvement." The boys have a good laugh over that one.

Both are pursuing Frasier-free projects: Grammer recently completed the NBC movie The Innocent, due next season; Pierce has a small, endearing role as Jack Nicholson's colleague in Wolf. They claim to have no idea what's in store for the series next season.Will Niles and Daphne get closer? Will either brother get closer with Frasier's man-chasing radio producer, Roz (Peri Gilpin)? "Nothing's gonna happen with Roz, or with Daphne," says Grammer. "I don't think it's right. It may seem odd coming from a man of my stature, but I prefer a moralistic tone to the show."

Grammer leads Pierce on a tour of his big backyard. He turns on the fountains by the Jacuzzi so that a big stone lion spits water. "Wow," responds Pierce, who does not appear to be a man who would own a water-spitting stone lion. "Wow." A big dead rat lies at the bottom of Grammer's big pool. Niles would have had a fussy fit. Pierce simply nods at the water, the sky, the pleasures of the brotherhood of actors who currently star in a big fat TV hit.

Originally posted Jun 24, 1994 Published in issue #228-229 Jun 24, 1994 Order article reprints
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