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He's been a good old drinking buddy at a popular bar in Boston. Also a shrink with a radio talk show in Seattle.

Then there are the stage appearances that never earned much notice. He's even played George Washington in a TV biography. That didn't get much notice either. And
there was his role as a TV news anchor on a sitcom that failed quickly.

But now Kelsey Grammer has become mayor of Chicago in the Starz cable network series “Boss.” And. Arts and Entertainment Editor Bob Sokolsky says this one
just may succeed.

Its concept is familiar. Grammer plays the mayor Chicago, a gritty politician with a fatal disease. He hopes to hold on until he can settle all matters, and neither his
backers nor his evil enemies are aware of his goal.