characters. Frasier and Niles were brothers who clearly loved each other. Despite that, or because of that, Frasier thought Niles was a fool and Niles thought Frasier was a pompous ass. They bickered like a married couple and had the subsidiary relationship with their blue-collar father, who provided grounding for their highbrow attitude. That formula worked consistently for eleven seasons because of incredibly well-written scripts and a gifted cast that acted within that construct.
