SEASON FIVE
Events
· Martin turns sixty-five.
· Roz is impregnated by Rick, a twenty year-old Café Nervosa waiter.
· Frasier and Roz celebrate their 1000th show.
· Frasier dates Samantha, a high-powered attorney.
· Frasier and Sam break up.
· Martin breaks up with Sherry when he realizes she isn't interested
in remarrying.
· Frasier re-signs with Bebe.
· Niles files for divorce when he finds out Maris is having an affair
with Dr. Schenkman, their marriage counselor.
· Lilith's husband leaves her (for a man), and she comes to Seattle
hoping to seduce Frasier. Instead, she ends up sleeping with Niles.
· Frasier and Roz are nominated for a SeaBea.
· Niles and Daphne have a mock "first date."
· Roz gives birth to her daughter, Alice May Doyle.
· Finale: Frasier impetuously makes a stand against the new station policy
of on-air talent reading advertisements, leading to his being fired.
When Kenny Daly, the new station manager, protests to the station owner,
he is also fired. When Frasier protests to the station owner, the owner
decides to switch KACL's format from talk to all-salsa radio, causing the
firing of all the on-air talent.
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
Won
AMERICAN COMEDY AWARD
· Funniest Supporting Male Performer in a TV Series: David Hyde Pierce
BMI FILM & TV AWARDS
· BMI TV Music Award: Bruce Miller, Daryl Phinnessee
EMMY
· Outstanding Comedy Series
· Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Kelsey Grammer
· Outstanding Supporting Actor in A Comedy Series: David Hyde Pierce
GOLDEN SATELLIE AWARD
· Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Comedy, or Musical: Kelsey
Grammer
· Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical
TELEVISION CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS
· Individual Achievement in Comedy: David Hyde Pierce
VIEWERS FOR QUALITY TELEVISION AWARDS
· Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series: Kelsey Grammer
· Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Comedy Series: David Hyde
Pierce
Nominated
ART DIRECTORS GUILD
· Excellence in Production Design Award (Television Series): Roy Christopher,
Richard Fernandez
CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA (Artios)
· Best Casting for TV, Comedy Episodic: Jeff Greenberg
EMMY
· Outstanding Casting for a Series: Jeff Greenberg
· Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Jane Leeves
GOLDEN GLOBE
· Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy:
Kelsey Grammer
· Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
· Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series,
or Motion Picture Made for TV: David Hyde Pierce
SCREEN ACTOR'S GUILD AWARD
· Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Kelsey
Grammer
· Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: David Hyde
Pierce
· Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Dan Butler,
Peri Gilpin, Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, John Mahoney, David Hyde Pierce
VIEWERS FOR QUALITY TELEVISION AWARDS
· Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Comedy Series: John Mahoney
· Best Quality Comedy Series
· Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Comedy Series: Peri Gilpin
· Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Comedy Series: Jane Leeves