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Excited About That ‘will & Grace’ Reboot? Not So Fast

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Debra Messing Responds To ‘will & Grace’ Revival Talk Update

... actress responded to a fan’s tweet about NBC’s rumored 10-episode order for 2017 by writing, “Sadly Leslie was wrong. Nothing beyond talks.”. Sadly Leslie was wrong. Nothing beyond talks. __link__/NDm Ko H 2 Iql. — Debra Messing (@Debra Messing) January 2, 2017. Co-star Megan Mullally also seemingly responded to the revival news by sharing a photo of the cast on social media with a cryptic caption hinting at successful talks: “self-explan. — Megan Mullally (@Megan OMullally) January 1, 2017. PREVIOUSLY: NBC has read your letters, heard your prayers and graciously accepted that Megan Mullally –themed martini glass you send to its offices every Christmas. And now, finally, “ Will & Grace ” is set to receive the revival treatment. Actor Leslie Jordan, who played Karen Walker’s frenemy Beverley Leslie throughout the series, confirmed on Thursday that the beloved sitcom is indeed returning for 10 episodes, more than a decade after the series ended in 2006. The Huffington Post reached out to NBC, but the network declined to comment for this story. “It’s ...

Why The Will & Grace Reboot Is Likely To Succeed

... waters, launching with new episodes of a classic sitcom (along with all the old ones) would be a great marketing hook. Will & Grace star Debra Messing even seemed to hint at such an idea last month during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter about the prospect of the revival. “Now there are platforms where you can do six or ten episodes,” she told the publication. “I don't believe we would ever come back to network [TV] again. I think that the logistics of all of our lives — there would just be way too many things to hammer out.”. Meanwhile, beyond the financial aspects of the new Will & Grace, the fact that the show is the first big multi-camera comedy in decades to get a series revival (with the original cast) by a broadcast network means other networks will be closely watching to see how it performs in the ratings. NBC no doubt used the same logic as Fox execs when mulling revivals of X-Files and Prison Break: Given how dramatically same-day viewing of TV has fallen over the last decade, and how tough it is for new shows to get noticed during the age of Peak TV, an already-established series from the pre-Netflix era has a significant ...

Date Set For 'will & Grace' Revival, New Star Trek Delayed, Grammy Performers Announced And More In Entertainment News

... The show has streamed on Crackle since its debut in 2012. Seinfeld will also film two new stand-up specials for Netflix to be released later this year. In addition, Netflix says Seinfeld will "help develop scripted and non-scripted comedy programming" on the platform. Terms of the deal haven't been announced. "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" features Seinfeld chatting with guests in classic cars and coffee shops. RINGLING BROS. FINAL SHOW SELLS OUT. Officials with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey say the iconic traveling circus' final show at the newly renovated Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island is sold out. An announcement was made last week that the "Greatest Show on Earth" would be shutting down this spring after touring for nearly 150 years. The circus will be at the arena in Uniondale for 16 performances ...

To A Vastly Different America

... top of it, about how adults behave and how they perform for themselves and one another: Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes illustrated the larger-than-life expectations put on us, if we were going to survive: Cartoonish, sexually asexual, generous with the slapstick. Infantilized and femme. Any gay man will admit to you in private that what the straight world wants from us is, basically, to be a kind of Kardashian: Quiet baby voices, firm healthy rumps, a love of shopping and the good life, the ability to drink our own weight and score good drugs, and always — always — pick up the phone when it’s time to hear about your life, the straight life, the pains and pleasures of men who don’t have to do complicated hateful math whenever they look at you. The men who may or may not find you attractive, but will never find you, or your desire, terrifying enough to commit murder — without consequence. As, okay fine, Tori Amos would say — in a song about the way straight ...

Debbie Reynolds' 'will & Grace' Episodes To Air In Marathon

... Opting out of the annual Grace Adler Design Christmas party, ultimate “Fanilow” Will spends the night waiting in line for tickets to a special Barry Manilow concert — only to have his weak bladder force him to make a quick pit stop and entrust Grace to hold his place. Episode 204: ‘Whose Mom is it Anyway?’ — Grace becomes jealous because Will is receiving all the attention from her mother. Jack and Rosario must convince the I. N. S. that their marriage is not a sham. Episode 815: ‘The Definition of Marriage’ — The big day has finally arrived. Grace and James are getting ready for their green card wedding. To Grace’s dismay, Karen takes it upon herself to ignore her wish for a low-key wedding ceremony and decides to arrange a huge affair instead. Episode 508: ‘Marry Me a Little (Part I)’ — After Grace impulsively accepts a marriage proposal from Leo, there seems to be a million roadblocks between her and an actual wedding, not the least of which is her best friend Will’s unease about the whole idea. Episode 509: ‘Marry Me a Little More (Part II)’ — After Grace impulsively accepts a marriage proposal from Leo, there seems to be a million roadblocks ...

Will & Grace Is Coming Back At The Perfect Time, Unfortunately

... to its depiction of two gay men, Will & Grace gets an inordinate amount of credit for being as “woke” as a 1990 s sitcom can be. And yet even its 2016 viral-video incarnation was characterized by broad and sloppy humor at the expense of those perceived as outsiders, including people who were at that time undecided voters in the Rust Belt and Karen’s Latina maid Rosario. Will & Grace had legitimate achievements, to be sure, but it’s worth noting that its selective attitude towards its characters’ humanity feels most suited to harsh times. The show’s white gay men could sometimes be narcissistic but were also undergoing a journey towards self-actualization. Meanwhile, just about everyone else came in for harsh mockery. The show seemed to see itself as a uniter, an equal-opportunity offender—and yet its protagonists always got to demonstrate their own will and grace in the face of life’s obstacles, while anyone ...

Will & Grace Is Back. But Has Gay Life On Tv Left It Behind

... & Grace will seem outmoded, even naff. Because I’m frightened of serious subjects, I shall be going for option two. Will & Grace will, in its new incarnation, most likely seem terribly old-fashioned – not least in that aspect that was its most groundbreaking at the time. When it began, Will & Grace’s representation of gay life – through Will and Jack – was extraordinary, especially in a network sitcom. In straight-acting Will and camptastic Jack, two facets of gay male identity were in people’s living rooms in primetime, as if that were entirely normal. That in itself seemed like a victory. They were just sitcom characters, as archetypal and larger-than-life as any straight ones. Unapologetic and, even when they were miserable, happy. (Of course they were happy – they lived in a sitcom). That the once-groundbreaking Will & Grace now seems like an antique in ...