Will & Grace is an American television sitcom that aired for eight seasons on NBC from 1998 to 2006, and will resume for twelve episodes on September 28, 2017. The show earned sixteen Emmy Awards, and 83 nominations. Will & Grace is set in New York City and focuses on Will Truman, a gay lawyer, and his best friend Grace Adler, a straight Jewish woman who runs her own interior design firm. Also featured are their friends Karen Walker, a rich socialite; Jack McFarland, a struggling gay actor/singer/dancer who also has had brief careers as a choreographer, cater-waiter and nurse; and Rosario Salazar, Karen's maid with whom she has a love-hate relationship.
Will & Grace is the most successful series portraying gay principal characters, despite initial criticism for its particular portrayal of gay people, as it went on to become a staple of NBC's Must See TV Thursday night lineup, where it was ensconced in the Nielsen Top 20 for half of its network run. Every single episode of the series was directed by one of the show's executive producers James Burrows.
In January 2017, NBC announced that Will & Grace would be back for a 12-episode limited series during the 2017–18 season. All four cast members (Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally) have already confirmed their return to the revival.