Controversial Frasier episode pulled off air for years as baffled boss demanded answers

HIT US sitcom Frasier caused contention erstwhile it appeared to chopped an occurrence from its occurrence list, with nary crushed fixed for wherefore the enigma amusement was pulled.

An occurrence of Frasier from 1999 featured histrion Christine Baranski lone ever aired erstwhile earlier it was chopped from the syndication and rerun list.

The episode, titled 'Dr. Nora', featured Baranski arsenic a parody of the arguable radio and TV big Dr Laura Schlessinger and was nominated for an Emmy.

However erstwhile episodes from that play aboriginal aired without the Dr Nora episode, amusement bosses were near baffled arsenic to wherefore it was cut.

The occurrence being pulled from aerial appeared to beryllium astir the aforesaid clip Dr Laura Schlessinger was debuting connected Paramount with her ain show, starring to speculation the occurrence had been pulled to debar immoderate antagonistic publicity oregon attraction for Schlessinger's caller show.

No authoritative crushed was ever fixed for the Dr Nora occurrence being pulled, yet it was aboriginal reported that Schlessinger was upset by the portrayal of her mother.

She reportedly felt it crossed a enactment since her parent wasn’t a nationalist figure.

At the time, Frasier enforcement shaper David Lee expressed vexation implicit the episode’s removal.

He said: "Obviously, idiosyncratic has done this. This is not accidental.

"To me, it’s wide what they’ve done (taken the amusement retired of rotation), and I privation they’d bull to it and explicate to us.

"As enforcement producer, I would similar to cognize wherefore it was done and who did it."

Joe Keenan, the erstwhile shaper and writer of the episode, besides expressed his disbelief.

He shared: "I find it funny that Paramount would yank the Dr. Nora occurrence due to the fact that this is the lone Dr. Laura amusement Paramount has done that radical privation to watch."

Frasier was fixed a revival past twelvemonth connected Paramount+ with Kelsey Grammer returning as Frasier Crane.

Despite the comeback, 1 prima from the archetypal bid has revealed they won't beryllium returning successful the sequel.

Wendie Malick, who played Ronee Lawrence, was Frasier's puerility babysitter and past went connected to wed his dada Martin.

Speaking to TV Insider, Wendie admitted a instrumentality "wouldn't consciousness right" pursuing erstwhile co-star John Mahoney's death.

John, who played Martin Crane, died backmost successful 2018 aged 77.

Wendie said: "I conscionable don’t deliberation it would consciousness right.

"I had specified a transportation to John Mahoney playing his emotion involvement and yet marrying him that I’m not definite that I privation to revisit that.

"That was thing that was specified a beauteous ride, and that play was truthful overmuch amusive and I was honoured to beryllium portion of it.

"Never accidental never, but that’s my gut feeling."