<P> The character debuts in the Cheers third - season premiere , `` Rebound ( Part 1 ) '' ( 1984 ) , as Diane Chambers 's love interest , part of the Sam and Diane story arc . Intended to appear for only a few episodes , Grammer 's performance for the role was praised by producers , prompting them to expand his role and to increase his prominence . Later in Cheers , Frasier is married to Lilith Sternin ( Bebe Neuwirth ) with a son , Frederick , and resides in Boston . After Cheers ended , the character moved to his spin - off series Frasier , the span of his overall television appearances therefore totaling twenty years . In the spin - off , Frasier moves back to his birthplace Seattle after his divorce from Lilith , who retained custody of Frederick in Boston , and is reunited with a newly created family : his estranged father Martin and brother Niles . In the series finale , Martin 's and Niles 's newfound marital bliss convinces Frasier to depart for Chicago to pursue a promising romance of his own . </P>
<P> The character debuts in the Cheers third - season premiere , `` Rebound ( Part 1 ) '' ( 1984 ) , as Diane Chambers 's love interest , part of the Sam and Diane story arc . Intended to appear for only a few episodes , Grammer 's performance for the role was praised by producers , prompting them to expand his role and to increase his prominence . Later in Cheers , Frasier is married to Lilith Sternin ( Bebe Neuwirth ) with a son , Frederick , and resides in Boston . After Cheers ended , the character moved to his spin - off series Frasier , the span of his overall television appearances therefore totaling twenty years . In the spin - off , Frasier moves back to his birthplace Seattle after his divorce from Lilith , who retained custody of Frederick in Boston , and is reunited with a newly created family : his estranged father Martin and brother Niles . In the series finale , Martin 's and Niles 's newfound marital bliss convinces Frasier to depart for Chicago to pursue a promising romance of his own . </P>
when did kelsey grammer join the cast of cheers
when did kelsey grammer join the cast of cheers
Cheers third - season premiere , `` Rebound ( Part 1 ) '' ( 1984 )
Cheers third - season premiere , `` Rebound ( Part 1 ) '' ( 1984 )