Grub Street Productions

David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee met on Cheers and left that series during its seventh season, on March 2, 1989, to form the upcoming production company, which became Grub Street Productions. While they were writing for Cheers, they knew they would want to continue working together once it ended. Casey won an Emmy in 1989, which helped when it came time to form his own production company with his writing partners. It was named after a famous street in London, Grub Street, which became a metaphor for the commercial production of printed matter, and a world or class of impoverished journalists and writers or literary hacks. == Production ==

The Advocate called the production company "hugely successful" and the LA Times described them as a "sitcom factory". Warren Littlefield, president of NBC Entertainment, was quoted as saying: “If they come to us with a show, we want it. When you have people with their track record, you have to believe in them and let them take chances.” Frasier Kelsey Grammer guest-starred on an episode of Wings in 1992 (for which he was nominated for an Emmy) and he enjoyed his week working on the show with the trio so much that he asked them to create a new show for him as he knew Cheers was coming to an end (its final season would air in 1993). They obliged, first pitching a completely unrelated show for the star Other shows Other series produced by Grub Street include The Pursuit of Happiness in 1995 and Encore! Encore! in the 1998–1999 season. Both of those short-lived series also aired on NBC. == Dissolution and possible revival==

After Encore! Encore!, which David Lee said "proved to be a disaster", he began to rethink his career, deciding to work in the theatre, and started to dissolve Grub Street Productions. "My partners and I still work together and it’s very amiable, but the partnership only exists as long as Frasier exists," he said. == References ==