'Will & Grace' Revival Gets a Second Season Before First Season Starts
by EG
Are you ready for more “Will & Grace”?
NBC has picked up the sitcom for a 13-episode second season, ahead of the debut of the show’s revival this fall.
Additionally, Season 1 has been expanded and will now be 16 episodes, rather than 12.
The Season 2 renewal announcement was made Thursday at the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., by NBC boss Bob Greenblatt.
The hotly anticipated revival will reunite original cast members Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes, and Megan Mullally, who will also all be back for Season 2.
Original series creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan will serve as showrunners and executive producers on the revival series. James Burrows, who directed the entire eight-season run of the original “Will & Grace,” is back as director and executive producer on the revival. Universal Television is the studio. “Will & Grace” ran on NBC from 1998 to 2006, spanning over 200 episodes.
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Of the four regular cast members, only Eric McCormack had a regular series gig when the Will & Grace revival was announced. McCormack stars in the Netflix series Travelers.