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Will & Grace

American sitcom (1998-2006, 2017-2020)

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Genre: Sitcom
Created by: David Kohan Max Mutchnick
Showrunners: David Kohan Max Mutchnick
Directed by: James Burrows
Starring: Eric McCormack Debra Messing Megan Mullally Sean Hayes Gary Grubbs Leslie Jordan Shelley Morrison Michael Angarano
Theme music composer: Jonathan Wolff
Composers: Jonathan Wolff (seasons 1–7), Jonathan Wolff & Paul Buckley (season 8), Scott Icenogle & Lior Rosner (seasons 9–11)
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English
Number span no of episodes: 246 ( list of episodes )
Executive producers: Max Mutchnick David Kohan James Burrows Jhoni Marchinko Jeff Greenstein Alex Herschlag Dave Flebotte Jon Kinnally Tracy Poust Gary Janetti Greg Malins Bill Wrubel John Quaintance Suzanne Martin Adam Barr
Cinematography: Tony Askins, Gary Baum
Editors: Peter Chakos, Peter D. Beyt
Camera setup: Multi-camera
Running time: 22 minutes
Production companies: KoMut Entertainment 3 Sisters Entertainment, (1998–2006) 3 Princesses and a P Productions, (2017–2020) NBC Studios , (1998–2004) NBCUniversal Television Studio , (2004–2006) Universal Television , (2017–2020)
Network: NBC
Release: September 21, 1998 ( 1998-09-21 ) –, May 18, 2006 ( 2006-05-18 )

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Will & Grace is an American television sitcom created by Max Mutchnick and David Kohan. Set in New York City, the show focuses on the friendship between best friends Will Truman (Eric McCormack), a gay lawyer, and Grace Adler (Debra Messing), a straight interior designer. The show was originally broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1998, to May 18, 2006, for a total of eight seasons, before returning to NBC on September 28, 2017, and permanently ending on April 23, 2020. Will & Grace has been one of the most successful television series with gay principal characters.

Despite initial criticism for its stereotypical portrayal of gay characters, the show went on to become a staple of NBC's Must See TV Thursday night lineup and was met with continued critical acclaim. It was ensconced in the Nielsen top 20 for half of its 1998–2006 network run. The show was the highest-rated sitcom among adults 18–49 from 2001 to 2005. Will & Grace earned 18 Primetime Emmy Awards and 96 nominations. Each main actor received an Emmy Award throughout the series. In 2014, the Writers Guild of America placed the sitcom at number 94 in their list of the 101 best-written TV series of all time.