"The Show Where Diane Comes Back" is the fourteenth episode of season 3 of American sitcom Frasier. It is notable as being one of a few episodes in which Shelley Long reprises her role as Frasier's love interest and ex-fiancée, Diane Chambers, from Cheers. It also plays on Diane's attraction to Sam Malone, as she is revealed to be having an affair with the actor playing "Stan", the character modeled on Sam. This episode won the 1996 Emmy for Outs...
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"The Show Where Diane Comes Back" is the fourteenth episode of season 3 of American sitcom Frasier. It is notable as being one of a few episodes in which Shelley Long reprises her role as Frasier's love interest and ex-fiancée, Diane Chambers, from Cheers. It also plays on Diane's attraction to Sam Malone, as she is revealed to be having an affair with the actor playing "Stan", the character modeled on Sam. This episode won the 1996 Emmy for Outstanding Editing in a Multi-Camera Series. Shelley Long also received a 1996 Emmy nomination as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance in this episode. Kelsey Grammer has named it as one of his favorite episodes. It was Diane's second appearance in Frasier — previously she appeared in "Adventures in Paradise (2)" at the end, and later she will appear in "Don Juan in Hell (2)," both cases she was a figment of Frasier's imagination.
Diane Chambers, the woman who left Frasier at the altar years before, is in town for the...
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