Will & Grace

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Will & Grace is a hilarious series about two best friends. The twist is that Will is gay Grace is a straight interior designer. More than friends, but less than lovers, the two share a special bond and their personalities easily balance one another's. In addition to the stable Will and Grace, the show features Will's flamboyantly gay friend, Jack and Grace's sarcastic, spoiled, and boozy assistant, Karen.''
Will & Grace is the only series of such length (8 years) to have all of its episodes directed by the same director, in this case the talented James Burrows. Will & Grace is also one of the three series in which all of the main cast memebers won Emmy awards, with the other two shows being The Golden Girls, and All in the Family.''
Throughout its 8-year run, Will & Grace has been nominated for 83 Emmys, 24 Golden Globes, 14 SAG Awards and six People's Choice Awards. Among its 12 Emmy wins, the show won as Outstanding Comedy Series in 2000. In 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006, it had more Emmy nominations than any other comedy series. Additionally, it's been nominated for an American Comedy Award, three GLAAD Media Awards and a Founders Award from the Viewers for Quality Television.
NBC Broadcast History''September 1998-November 1998 Monday 9:30''December 1998-March 1999Tuesday 9:30 April 1999-May 1999 Thursday 8:30''September 1999-May 2000 Tuesday 9:00''October 2000-January 2004 Thursday 9:00 January 2004-April 2004 Thursday 8:32''April 2004-September 2004 Thursday 9:00''September 2004-December 2005 Thursday 8:30''January 2006-May 2006 Thursday 8:00moreless
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S 8 :  Ep 19 Aired 4/6/06
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  • A once great, groudbreaking show that is ever rapidly sinking to mediocrity.

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    By jekyll, Nov 26, 2011 Report Abuse
    Will & Grace was once upon a time a groundbreaking show. Not one, but two male, homosexual main characters, complimented by two straight female women. The show was never too "stereotypish" with its leads, and really used Will and Grace to show that gay and straight people have the exact same romantic dreams and difficulties. Thrown into the mix were Jack, Will's man-crazy best friend, and Karen, Grace's ber-rich assistant who was clueless to how normal people lived and was very liberal with her useage of alcohol and medications. For a good 5 years, this one one of the finest half-hours on television.
    Sadly, the writers painted themselves into some corners with Grace's nuptuals and the ill-conceived concept to have Will and Grace nearly end their friendship over a ditched plan to share a child together. The plots were not well-received, and then they had to scramble to get the characters out of those plot threads. They also started to rely more and more on guest stars as comedic crutches, and even worse, Jack and Karen's quirks, once used to slam home jokes to great effect, became jokes on their own. Eventually, they became charicatures of themselves, to the point where nearly every line from Karen's mouth was somehow related to boozing and popping pills. This overkill has greatly dulled their effectiveness as supporting characters of late. Will and Grace themselves have also crossed the line from "romantically unlucky/picky" to "slightly pathetic and mildly unbelievable."
    Sadly, the audience, including myself, have pretty much abandoned this show, and the network rerun I saw last week did nothing to win me back. I can't grade this show too harshly due to several years of excellence, but they've been no better than a 6/10 the past two years. 2005/06 will be their final year. Here's hoping they can find a way to recapture the magic of the first years, and not leave us with a bad taste in our mouths.moreless

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  • One of the last great sitcoms

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    By mykey1093, Jan 02, 2011 Report Abuse
    These days there are some terrible sitcoms being produced. It seems that Will & Grace was one of the last few truly great TV sitcoms.
    The cast had great chemistry and director James Burrows continuously drew terrific performances from Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes over an incredible 8-year run. Statistics speak for themselves - between this talented foursome they garnered 5 Emmy Awards and 23 nominations. Not to mention the 2000 Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. The plot lines were simplistic, but the clever jokes and the sheer enthusiastic guest stars (Debbie Reynolds, Matt Damon, Alec Baldwin, Cher and Madonna, to name a few) were second to none.
    Sure, Season 6 was a bit of a downer, but apart from that this series was almost always spot on.moreless

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  • I still can't believe it's over...

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    By possessedringo5, Nov 09, 2010 Report Abuse
    Probably my third or second favorite show. It's just so addicting to watch! Once I started I couldn't stop watching it. The plots are always to absorbing and all the characters are hilarious. That's enough to be a good show.

    But I think the main concept that makes it so good is the creativity. It's not just another show of two friends who will end up falling in love at the end. The thing is, is that they can't! That's just a creative twist so it's always addicting to find out how their relation will end up.

    Totally a show to see!moreless

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  • Amazingly funny show!

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    By xoxlisa02xox, Nov 09, 2010 Report Abuse
    Will and Grace was such a good show. and i love that i can still watch it everyday. i watch it on Lifetime and sometimes on the CW. plus i have some season dvds. this show was so funny. i loved it because it wasnt just a show about gay people. its about friendships. a lot of my guy friends are gay and we act just like that. just love this show. JUST JACK!!!moreless

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  • worst sitcom ever!

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    By AndreiPopescu, May 11, 2010 Report Abuse
    "will & grace" is surely the worst sitcom i have ever seen! so boring i could go to sleep every night watching it. i watched almost an entire season and i didn't laugh even once. not even once! not even a smile! really stupid jokes, expecially gay jokes; do you have to be gay to watch this series? i think it is disgusting! maybe that is just my opinion, but i found the show really, really unpleasant. there is one think i liked: when they tried to do those live episodes. that didn't work out well, expecially because the actors are weak, but it was a cool ideamoreless

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