Will & Grace (1998–2006)

Will and Grace live together in an apartment in New York. He's a gay lawyer, she's a straight interior designer.

Creators:

David Kohan, Max Mutchnick

Stars:

Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally

Nominated for 27 Golden Globes. Another 51 wins & 162 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Eric McCormack	...	Will Truman (188 episodes, 1998-2006)
Debra Messing	...	Grace Adler (188 episodes, 1998-2006)
Megan Mullally	...	Karen Walker (188 episodes, 1998-2006)
Sean Hayes	...	Jack McFarland (188 episodes, 1998-2006)
Shelley Morrison	...	Rosario Salazar (63 episodes, 1999-2006)

Storyline

Will & Grace are best friends. Will is a gay lawyer and Grace is a straight interior designer. They both live in New York. Grace is engaged to a real jerk, but when that relationship falls apart, she moves in with Will. This is only supposed to be until Grace finds a place of her own, but she and Will end up with each other as permanent roommates. Also in the cast are Jack, Will's flamboyant gay friend and Karen, Graces' secretary/assistant who doesn't really need to work because she married money several times.

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Plot Keywords:

gay | new york | lawyer | gay friend | best friend | 

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Taglines:

Where there's a Will there's a Grace

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

NBC

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 September 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Vil i Grejs

Filming Locations:

155 Riverside Drive, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

KoMut Entertainment, Three Sisters Entertainment, NBC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Will's apartment building is at 155 Riverside Drive, Upper West Side Manhattan.

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Goofs

In the earlier series, the deadlock on Grace's office door is backwards. The door opens inwards yet the part of the lock where the key is required is on the inside of the office and the latch that can be opened by hand is on the outside - rendering the lock useless. This is corrected in later seasons.

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Quotes

Jack: Yeah. Oh, look! There he is. There's Bill. Isn't he dreamy?
Karen: Yeah, he's a slice of ice-cream cake. Now, when do I get to French-kiss a girl? Come on, when? When?

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Eva Longoria/Korn (2005)

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Soundtracks

(Theme)
Composed by Jonathan Wolff

User Reviews

Funny, but needs a bit of a facelift.

OK, I feel like a bit of a traitor not totally gushing over every aspect of the show, as it has brought me a LOT of laughs over the years, but something seems to have gone amiss, but it's not too late to turn around.

When the show started, I was still upset about the cancellation of "Ellen" and didn't watch, but when I did I was HOOKED IMMEDIATELY! It was fresh, well-acted and written. Due to work commitments, I have to rely on syndication to watch it and it wasn't until recently that I got to see more recent episodes.

Probably the best episode of the first season was "Will Works Out" where Will is terrified that one of his clients would find out he was gay, and his own internal homophobia shone through when he called Jack a "fag." Jack's line "I'd rather be a fag than afraid." was amazing.

One of the show's strengths was that the cattiness was only on the surface and it really showed that these characters were vulnerable and loved each other. But, lately, the comedy has just become, well, mean.

This show is still great and has a lot of potential, I just wish the characters would be allowed to be human again. The episode where Karen gets rejected by that player restaurant manager (Andy Garcia, I think, but don't quote me on that), was a turning point for her character. We really saw that all Karen's mean-spirited barbs were just bravura to cover her insecurity. She and the recently-married Grace had a great moment at the end. Classic.

Lately, the characters have become somewhat one-note, but this can change. If this show is going to survive (which I REALLY hope it does) the lovability of these characters needs resurrection.

Kudos to the amazing cast, brilliant writers and directors. Also, Shelley Morrison (I hope I spelled that right) deserves note, she is very funny as Karen's somewhat frightening maid/henchwoman Rosario.

To all concerned, please bring "Will and Grace" back to it's former glory. You've created a gem...it just needs a bit of polishing.