Kelsey Grammer is revealing the surprising twist that turned "Frasier" into one of television's most successful sitcoms.The actor recently appeared on "Planet Tyrus," where he revealed he nearly starred in a different show after "Cheers" before one conversation changed everything.Grammer spent nine seasons portraying the Boston psychiatrist on "Cheers," where the character evolved from Diane Chambers' love interest to one of the bar's most memorable regulars.KELSEY GRAMMER SUSPECTS HE 'MAY HAVE' LOST HOLLYWOOD ROLES DUE TO CONSERVATIVE VIEWSKelsey Grammer starred as Dr.Frasier Crane on NBC's "Frasier" for 11 seasons, from 1993 to 2004.
(Gale Adler/Paramount)"It’s funny, I had visions," the star explained."I’d been offered another show.
They said, ‘We want to do a show with you when "Cheers" is over.’ They said, ‘We think you could actually carry a show on your own.’ I said, ‘Great.’ So we actually started doing it with the same writers that ended up on 'Frasier.' We wrote a completely different story, and they wrote a script.I thought it was kind of funny."Kelsey Grammer as Dr.
Frasier Crane and Ted Danson as Sam Malone.(NBCUniversal via Getty Images)"I went out for dinner with John Pike, who was the president of Paramount at the time," the 71-year-old shared.
"...I said, 'Have you read the script?' He said, 'Yeah.
And I think a sitcom should be funny....
This is what you guys have come up with? I don't like it.I think you should play Frasier.'""It was John Pike who said, 'Play Frasier.’"WATCH: KELSEY GRAMMER SHARES THE KEY TO ACHIEVING THE 'AMERICAN DREAM'Grammer was listening."I said, ‘OK, I see what you’re saying.
Build an audience.I am kind of funny in the character.
He can’t be married anymore, and he can’t have kids,’" Grammer said."He did have a son....
My thing about sitcoms is if there's a child in it, the child growing up every year becomes the most interesting thing about the show....
Becoming a young woman or becomin...