'Will & Grace' Trailer Ramps Up Excitement

'Will & Grace' Trailer Ramps Up Excitement

NBC offered a sneak preview of its planned revival of the sitcom "Will & Grace" at the network's upfront presentation in New York on Monday, and by the looks of things the series' creators are going into this comeback with self-awareness intact.

A sort of meta nesting doll addressing the show's return, the five-minute teaser opens with Eric McCormack's Will and Debra Messing's Grace coming out of a meeting at NBC about the series' revival.

Appearing to have second thoughts about returning to the series, Messing is ushered by McCormack onto the set where "Will & Grace" was shot from 1998 to 2006, which in a flash of sitcom lighting comes to life complete with Megan Mullally's Karen and Sean Hayes' Jack bantering and in character as if the show's 11-year absence never happened.

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Debra Messing's latest TV gig was the recently cancelled The Mysteries of Laura.