8 TV Shows You Had No Idea Were Rewritten By Real Life Events
2. An Entire Episode Of Frasier Was Re-Purposed Because Kelsey Grammer Was In Rehab
Frasier isn't really Frasier without, well...Frasier. Nevertheless, the season four episode Head Game was completely re-purposed to owing the fact actor Kelsey Grammer was off behind treated for addiction problems.
Anyone who has seen the show will know its framework is The Frasier Crane Show, a fictional broadcast from which Frasier can make wry observations and interact with the episode's various characters. Instead of this usual formula, the episode was written so that Niles fills in for Frasier on the show.
The episode begins with Frasier explaining the situation to Niles, a scene which was filmed many weeks later, when Grammer was released from rehab and able to return to work.