Kelsey Grammer Returns to Small Screen for 'Boss'

The former 'Frasier' star is heading back to TV, teaming up with Oscar-nominee moviemaker Gus Van Sant in a show which is said to be inspired by Shakespeare's 'King Lear'.

November 20, 2010

AceShowbiz - Kelsey Grammer is heading back to TV in a new show directed by "Milk" moviemaker Gus Van Sant. The former "Frasier" star is swapping comedy for a tense political drama called "Boss", which will mark Oscar-nominee Van Sant's first small screen venture.

Grammer will star as the fictional Mayor of Chicago, Illinois who is diagnosed with a degenerative mental condition that only he and his doctor know about, according to Deadline. The show is said to be inspired by Shakespeare's "King Lear".

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In the early 1980s, Kelsey Grammer began his television career by portraying Stephen Smith in NBC's "Kennedy". Later on, he guest-starred in "Medium".

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