The hit American sitcom Fraiser can only be described as a phenomenon. (at least by people who have lost their thesaurus in a freak boating accident, but by chance managed to save the page that includes words from 'Phenakistoscope' to 'Philharmonic').  The series has run for over a decade, and has become the most honoured comedy in American network television history, winning an astonishing 30 Emmys. 

But Fraiser's run of success is set to come to an end.  The series is now entering it's 11th and final series.  The final series will begin in America next month, and will come to it's conclusion next May. 

Kelsey Grammer, who plays the snobbish phychiatrist Fraiser Krane - a character which was first seen as a small part in the sitcom Cheers in 1984, has said that he fears the final series of Frasier is not experiencing the media coverage that you might expect.  This is put down largely to the fact that it is being eclisped by the news that the sitcom Friends is also now beginning its 10th anf final season. 

Grammer said: "I think, arguably, I've created a memorable television character, and hopefully, I may find another one. It will be tough to say goodbye to Frasier. Rarely does an actor have the opportunity to portray a character he really enjoys for that long a time."

It was decided by the cast, producers and writers at the end of the 10th series that they were shortly to call it quits. 

"It all sort of came together," Grammer says. "People wanted to do other things and our NBC contract ends with this coming season."

Note- "Phenakistoscope,  noun;- A scientific toy in which a disk bearing figures in successive attitudes of motionis rapidly revolved so as to convey to the observer by means of a mirror the impression of continuous motion."  I discovered this definition by virtue of still owning a dictionary, a fact I attribute largely to the fact that I avoid Boating wherever possible.