MUMBAI: Academy Award nominated actress Laura Linney You Can count On Me has signed a deal with Paramount for its sitcom Frasier. In India the show airs on Star World.

Linney will appear in a four episode arc as a potential love interest for Dr. Frasier Crane played by Kelsey Grammer. The first episode in which Linney appears is called Match Game. It will air in the US on NBC on 23 March.

Paramount issued a release saying that Linney portrays Charlotte, a fraudulent matchmaker, whose attempt to set up Frasier with sophisticated women proves unsuccessful. When Frasier exposes her as an incompetent matchmaker, the two discover that they may be the perfect match.

Linney is the latest in an ongoing string of loves for the ever-hopeful title character. Over the course of 11 seasons, Frasier has been romantically linked to innumerable suitors, portrayed by film stars like Bridgette Wilson Sampras, Jean Smart and Jeanne Tripplehorn.