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Will & Grace

Will & Grace was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1998 to May 18, 2006 for a total of eight seasons. Will & Grace remains the most successful television series with gay principal characters...

episodes summarizes the evolving storylines of the American television sitcom

Situation comedy

A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...

 throughout its eight-year run on NBC

NBC

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 from 1998 to 2006. The show earned sixteen Emmy Award

Emmy Award

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s, and 83 nominations. Will & Grace is set in New York City

New York City

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 and focuses on Will Truman

Will Truman

William Pierce "Will" Truman is a fictional character on the American sitcom Will & Grace, portrayed by Eric McCormack. He is a gay lawyer who lives in the Upper West Side of New York City with his best friend, Grace Adler.-Fictional character history:...

, a gay

Gay

Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....

 lawyer

Lawyer

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, and his best friend Grace Adler

Grace Adler

Grace Elizabeth Adler-Markus is a fictional character on the American sitcom Will & Grace, portrayed by Debra Messing. She is a Jewish interior designer , living in New York City with her gay best friend Will Truman...

, a straight

Heterosexuality

Heterosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the opposite sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, heterosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, physical or romantic attractions to persons of the opposite sex";...

 Jewish woman who runs her own interior design

Interior design

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 firm. Also featured are their friends Karen Walker, a rich socialite

Socialite

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, Jack McFarland

Jack McFarland

John Philip "Jack" McFarland was a fictional character on the American television sitcom Will & Grace, played by Sean Hayes.-Character personality:...

, a struggling gay actor/singer/dancer who also has had brief careers as a choreographer, cater-waiter and nurse, and Rosario Salazar

Rosario Salazar

Rosario Inés Consuelo Yolanda Salazar McFarland is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Will & Grace. She is played by actress Shelley Morrison...

, 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

Must See TV

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 Thursday night lineup, where it was ensconced in the Nielsen

Nielsen Ratings

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 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

James Burrows

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Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD Release			Viewers (Millions)
			Season premiere Season premiere In North America, a season premiere is the first episode of a new season of a given television show. It often airs in September or October, after several months of reruns.-Evaluating the changes:...	Season finale Season finale A season finale is the final episode of a season of a television program...	Region 1 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...	Region 2 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...	Region 4 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...
	1	22	September 21, 1998	May 13, 1999	August 12, 2003	August 30, 2004	September 5, 2007	12.3
	2	24	September 21, 1999	May 23, 2000	March 23, 2004	August 30, 2004	September 5, 2007	12.0
	3	25	October 12, 2000	May 17, 2001	September 7, 2004	August 30, 2004	October 3, 2007	17.3
	4	27	September 27, 2001	May 16, 2002	August 16, 2005	August 30, 2004	October 3, 2007	17.3
	5	24	September 26, 2002	May 15, 2003	August 29, 2006	March 7, 2005	October 3, 2007	16.8
	6	24	September 25, 2003	April 29, 2004	May 1, 2007	August 15, 2005	November 21, 2007	15.2
	7	24	September 16, 2004	May 19, 2005	December 4, 2007	January 30, 2006	November 21, 2007	10.0
	8	24	September 29, 2005	May 18, 2006	September 16, 2008	August 7, 2006	November 21, 2007	8.7