A long-running legal battle between both the original executive producers and creators and NBC took place between 20. ĭuring its original run, Will & Grace was filmed in front of a live studio audience (most episodes and scenes) on Tuesday nights, at Stage 17 in CBS Studio Center. The curator Dwight Blocker Bowers stated that the sitcom used "comedy to familiarize a mainstream audience with gay culture" in a way that was "daring and broke ground" in American media. In 2014, the Smithsonian Institution added an LGBT history collection to their museum which included items from Will & Grace. Vice President Joe Biden commenting that the show "probably did more to educate the American public" on LGBT issues "than almost anything anybody has ever done so far".
Since the final episode of the 1998–2006 run aired, the sitcom has been credited with helping and improving public opinion of the LGBT community, with then U.S.
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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. Each main actor received an Emmy Award throughout the series. Will & Grace earned 18 Primetime Emmy Awards and 83 nominations. The show was the highest-rated sitcom among adults 18–49 from 2001 to 2005. It was ensconced in the Nielsen top 20 for half of its 1998–2006 network run.
ĭespite initial criticism for its stereotypical portrayal of gay characters, it went on to become a staple of NBC's Must See TV Thursday night lineup and was met with continued critical acclaim. Will & Grace has been one of the most successful television series with gay principal characters. The show was broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1998, to May 18, 2006, for a total of eight seasons, and returned to NBC on September 28, 2017, and ended on April 23, 2020. 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. Will & Grace is an American sitcom television series created by Max Mutchnick and David Kohan.
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