'Will & Grace' To End After Season Three Of Revival

The stars of 'Will & Grace' (image via NBC)

The producers of the hit NBC sitcom Will & Grace have announced the upcoming third season of the reboot will be the show's last.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the decison was made by the cast and creators of the Emmy Award winning series.

“We think of the Will and Grace reboot episodes the way Karen Walker thinks of martinis — 51 is not enough, 53 is too many. That is why, after consulting with the cast, we all have decided this will be the final season of Will and Grace," read a statement from the show's producers.

“In 2016, Bob Greenblatt came to us with the idea of doing a 10-episode reboot of Will and Grace. They say you can’t go home again, but we did. And now, three seasons and 52 episodes later, we’re even more proud of something we never thought we’d get a chance to do again."

"We have had a once-in-a-lifetime experience twice. And for that, we owe a double debt of gratitude to NBC, this show’s supportive and caring home since day one.”

Originally, the four stars reunited for a short video in support of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. The buzz began about a possible reunion and NBC quickly took note.

Initially revived as as a limited series, it picked up steam and the network added more episodes and, eventually, more seasons.

The stars took to social media to share the news.

ANNOUNCEMENT~ to the best fans IN THE WORLD, W&G fans, we wanted to tell you that this will be the last season of the Reboot. The creative team (pictured) got together and we decided it was the right time. We were… https://t.co/MuMUuTFt68

— Debra Messing (@DebraMessing) July 25, 2019

Well, we’re taking this one out like we brought it in: with love, laughs, gratitude... and on our own terms. Season 3 of #WillandGrace (well, season 11!) will be our grand finale... and it’s gonna be FANTASTIC. @WillAndGrace @DebraMessing @SeanHayes @MeganMullally @MaxMutchnick pic.twitter.com/UTcXv2gByO

— Eric McCormack (@EricMcCormack) July 25, 2019

For all “Will & Grace" fans, I am sharing the news that this is going to be our last and final season (which premieres this winter). To everyone who watched the first run and to everyone that encouraged this reboot, we did it all for you. ❤️

Love to you all.
Sean pic.twitter.com/VJHCl5P3iW

— Sean Hayes (@SeanHayes) July 25, 2019

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'Will & Grace' Reel Highlights The Series' Fashion Don'ts Of Its Stars

Sean Hayes (L) and Eric McCormack (R) of Will & Grace

A new highlight reel from the producers of Will & Grace focuses on the fashion 'don'ts' of the shows four stars - Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, and Sean Hayes.

The description of the clip, titled, "The Fashion Police's Greatest Busts," references New York Fashion Week (currently underway) reading, "It's Fashion WEAK whenever someone misses the style mark."

A third season of the revival has already been ordered for next fall.

Will & Grace airs Thursdays at 9:30/8:30c on NBC.

Megan Mullally Belts Out Stunning "Man That Got Away" On 'Will & Grace'

Megan Mullally's "Karen" has the blues on Will & Grace

Watching this week's mid-season premiere of Will & Grace last night, I was pleasantly reminded what a talented singer Megan Mullally is as her "Karen" delivered a stirring rendition of the iconic Judy Garland standard, "The Man That Got Away," from her 1954 film, A Star is Born.

As the divorce with her husband Stan is finalized, Karen becomes melancholy and imagines herself in a dark club at a piano (it's really a laundromat, but, isn't that always the way?).

In addition to the short snippet of the song that made the episode, the producers of W&G have posted Mullally's full performance of the song - and it is quite the moment.

Prior to W&G fame, Mullally spent many nights singing on the Broadway stage in hit musicals like Grease and How To Succeed in Business.

Will & Grace airs Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. on NBC. Check out Mullally's full performance below.

'Will & Grace' Serves Up Guest-Star Mashup Video

Patti LuPone guest starring on 'Will & Grace'

Over the 8 years of its original run (plus the two reboot/revival seasons), Will & Grace has given us not only lots of laughs from the ‘fearsome foursome,’ but tons of great guest stars.

Patti LuPone, Rosie O’Donnell, Blythe Danner, Ellen DeGeneres, David Schwimmer, Matt Bomer and Adam Rippon have all dropped by the hit NBC series to take part in the hilarity.

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The gay agenda is alive and well. 🙏 @mattbomer & @adaripp join #WillAndGrace tomorrow night! 😍

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Plus, we’ve gotten cameo spots by music icons like Elton John, Janet Jackson, Madonna, JLo, Britney Spears and the one-and-only Cher.

With so many guest stars, the series has shared this awesome mash-up of celeb visitors over the years.

The comedy champ is still going strong having already been confirmed for a third revival season for fall of 2019.

The current second revival season returns on January 31, 2019.

Who is your favorite W&G guest star? I'll go first - the fabulous Blythe Danner (as Will's mother) always made us giggle. Totally brilliant.

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Oh Marilyn, we've missed you. 😍 #WillAndGrace

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We’ve been dressed for the #MetGala since 2001.

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🎵 Waiting For The Fall 🎵 #WillAndGrace

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Go Behind The Scenes Of Upcoming Season 10 Of 'Will & Grace"

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ET gives us our first preview of the upcoming season season 2 (really season 10 if you’re counting) of NBC’s Will & Grace.

Not only do the ‘Fab Four’ - Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally - chat on what we can expect, but we get our first look at former Friends star David Schwimmer, set for several appearances this season as Grace’s new boyfriend, “Noah.”

"Just playing at the level of this cast, who are at the top of their game, it was kind of like this great, wonderful gift," says Schwimmer, who knows a little something about sitcom ensembles at the “top of their game.”

The first thing we learn is all four are looking at big changes in their personal lives this season.

“Grace” looks to be jumping into the political arena, while “Will” heads to the classroom as a teacher. “Karen” is divorcing her husband, “Stan,” as Sean Haye’s “Jack” is prepping for his walk down the aisle with fiancé, “Estefan.”

And mixed into all those storylines are guest stars Chelsea Handler, Alec Baldwin, Jon Cryer, Minnie Driver and hunky Matt Bomer. And don't forget “America’s sweetheart” and Olympic bronze medalist, Adam Rippon, set to make a cameo.

But wait - there’s more!

The show shared an exclusive scene from the new season that apparently takes place after the wedding of Grace’s dad (played by Alan Arkin) and Will’s mother (the always brilliant Blythe Danner).

The scene opens with Jack and Karen having a hilarious kiki over drinks, remember the senior couple exchanging marriage vows.

“The look on Will and Grace’s face when his mother and her father said, ‘I do’ was priceless,” laughs Karen. “It was like, it was like…what was it like? Oh, it was like that.”

Cut to shell-shocked Will and Grace sitting stoically at the bar. Watch below.

Will & Grace premieres Thursday, Oct. 4 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.

RT to save a life.

Here's an exclusive scene from the new season of #WillAndGrace! pic.twitter.com/tyP7bjTWke

— Will & Grace (@WillAndGrace) September 15, 2018

More Guest Stars Announced For Upcoming Season Of 'Will & Grace'

The cast of 'Will & Grace' (image via Facebook)

The fall television season is ramping up and as Will & Grace is prepping for reboot Season 2 (really the 10th season) of the NBC hit sitcom, and what we know so far is love is in the air for EVERYBODY:

• Will is the lucky guy who will get a new boyfriend in the form of hunky Matt Bomer who’s character is described as “a smooth-talking, self-satisfied TV news anchor. #Squee!

• Chelsea Handler is set to play a high-powered lesbian client of Grace who begins to date her sister.

What an amazing time shooting our latest episode last night. Can’t wait for you guys to see it. @nbcwillandgrace #WillAndGrace

A post shared by Sean Hayes (@seanhayes) on Aug 2, 2018 at 7:38am PDT

• Grace gets some dating action as well with former Friends star David Schwimmer scheduled for a five-episode arc as a her new boyfriend

This was not planned. @eric_mccormack @_schwim_ #WillandGrace

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• Taking romance to another level is Jack who announced last season he planned on getting hitched to new boyfriend Estefan (Brian Jordan Alvarez).

• AND, Grace’s father (Martin Adler) and Will’s mother (the deliciously delightful Blythe Danner) shared their own plans to stroll down the aisle, which would effectively make besties Grace and Will sister and brother (awkward?).

• More guest stars! Self-declared “America’s sweetheart” and out Olympic bronze medalist Adam Rippon continues conquering hearts and minds as he’s set to cameo as a - you guessed it - figure skater.

• The brilliant Minnie Driver will return as Karen’s foe for life, Lorraine Finster.

• And co-creator Max Mutchnick has tweeted a tease of the return of ‘Anatasia Beaverhausen,’ Karen’s infamous alter-ego.

Anastasia Beaverhausen is in the haus!!! @MeganMullally @WillAndGrace #willandgrace pic.twitter.com/9SfCXAlVWM

— Max Mutchnick (@MaxMutchnick) August 21, 2018

We’ll keep you posted on new developments as they’re announced.

The 10th season of Will & Grace premieres on NBC October 4.

(h/t NewNowNext)

'Will & Grace' Blooper Reel Is 7 Minutes Of Hilarious Outtakes

That's right, honey! A decade after their unforgettable eight-season run from 1998 to 2006, comedy's most fabulous foursome returned to their infamous Will & Grace roles as Will, Grace, Jack and Karen in this TV season's biggest reboot.

With the legendary James Burrows at the helm (directed every original Will & Grace episode), the show's stars (Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally) were once again delivering razor-sharp jabs and dirty martinis.

The newly-released DVD collection of Will & Grace - The Revival (Season One) includes all 16-episodes plus deleted scenes, exclusive behind-the-scenes featurettes with the cast's reflections on the “profoundly emotional” return and 7 minute hilarious blooper reel.

Hidden scripts, not-even-close misses on lines, and f-bombs are all there.

Plus, we've got two more seasons ordered!

Check out the hilarious outtakes below.

Video: Will & Grace Stars Chat On "Profoundly Emotional" Return Season

The cast of 'Will & Grace'

In a bonus video from the new DVD, Will & Grace (The Revival) Season One, the stars of the show chat on the experience of coming together again after an 11 year hiatus to the incredible reception from the audience.

Sean Hayes was admittedly surprised by the reaction. “It’s like, wow, people still really enjoy the show and want more of it,” said Hayes. “And we’re so thrilled to supply that, you know?”

The roller-coaster ride continued as production began. Everything was “a moment.”

“We’re done shooting the first scene, and it’s all very electric in the room, and there were so many laughs from the audience,” says Megan Mullally.

Debra Messing on taping the first new episode: “It was profoundly emotional. I think we were all surprised by it. There really is nothing that compares to the experience of a live taping.”

“It was fantastic to be front of them again,” said Eric McCormack. “We felt like rock stars and we had so much fun. And the material’s so good - these writers are on fire.”

“I’m excited and proud of what we’re producing,” he added.

The new DVD collection contains all 16 episodes from the latest season (which would technically be season 10 for the show) as well as a blooper reel and a special behind-the-scenes look at the taping of the first new episode.

Thanks to the overwhelming response, NBC has already ordered TWO more seasons of the hit sitcom.

Look for new episodes this fall and check out the gang below as they look back on the first new season of Will & Grace.

Will & Grace Pride Mash-Up: "You Are Exactly Who You Are Supposed To Be"

Sean Hayes in 'Will & Grace'

"You are exactly who you are supposed to be."

You could say that's one of the ineffable messages of Pride Month.

And underscoring yet again the impact Will & Grace has had on LGBTs and allies alike, this one minute video gets to the center of what has made the show such an enduring success.

Humor with heart.

The newly-released mash-up from the iconic sitcom in honor of Pride Month reminds us why the Will & Grace reboot been an amazing revival for NBC and the LGBT community.

Take, for example, the clip from the latest season between Will and guest star Ben Platt:

Will: “My coming out was pretty typical - my mom cried, my dad drank…”

Ben: “I told my parents when I was 8. They both threw me a coming out party on the same weekend.”

Will: “That’s not a coming out story. How’s James Franco supposed to win an Oscar playing that???”

While it gets a good laugh, the brief scene combines comedy and light with a subject many experienced as painful.

The quick video tribute offers coming out moments from Will and Jack, as well as the infamous “television kiss” between the two dashing urbanites.

Eric McCormak (L) and Sean Hayes (R)

We’re also treated to moments of pride by parents on the show, something most of America had never seen before W&G.

And why? Because as Jack tells us, “That’s what we do in the community - we ‘gay it forward.’”

Because Pride Month isn't just about a party, or history, or a slogan.

“The minute you forget what we went through to get here, is the minute it could all be taken away.”

Well done, NBC.

Happy Pride, folks.

(h/t The OUTFront)

Podcast: "Will & Grace" Finale; New Documentary On The Life Of Sir Ian McKellen "Playing The Part;" MGM Resorts Releases Gender-Flipped Love Songs

In this week's podcast:

• MGM Resorts released a new collection of wedding songs for LGBTs from Kesha, Bob Dylan and more.

• The finale of Will & Grace aired this week with some surprise couplings.

• A new documentary of the life and legacy of Sir Ian McKellen - Playing The Part.

• Natti Vogel's new music video "Brown Rice" starring Matthew Wilkas explores the pressures of Instagram fame

• Maryland’s state legislature moves closer to banning so-called "conversion therapy."

• Anchorage, Alaska, says “no” to transgender discrimination.

All that and more on this episode of The Randy Report.

If you enjoy catching up on LGBTQ headlines in 15 minutes with The Randy Report podcast, please share it with your friends.

I like to think of my newsmagazine podcast as "the 60 Minutes of gay news" - only shorter.

Final Episode Of New Will & Grace Season Airs This Week

Hard to believe we've already come to the end of the new season of Will & Grace.

In the tease below, it looks like Jack is having more romantic troubles with his cub cop.

The last episode of the season airs this Thursday at 9PM on NBC.

WILL & GRACE Creator Donates Copies Of Gay Bunny Book To Indiana School Libraries

Talk about a story with a "hoppy" ending!

Earlier this month, I reported that John Oliver, host of HBO's Last Week Tonight, announced his team had written and published A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, a children's book spun from the news that Vice President Mike Pence's family had penned and illustrated their own children's book, Marlon Bundo's: A Day in the Life of the Vice President.

Jill Twiss, a writer on Oliver's Last Week Tonight show penned the charming book with illustrations by E.G. Keller.

Marlon Bundo is the actual pet rabbit of the Veep's daughter and both books follow Marlon as he hops around D.C.

But in the Last Week Tonight tome, Marlon Bundo falls in love with another male rabbit named Wesley, which probably irked the Veep as he's known for his notoriously anti-LGBT positions and policies.

The LWT book sold-out and became a #1 bestseller on Amazon.

But wait - there's more!

This week, Max Mutchnick, one of the creators of Will & Grace, has purchased and donated a copy of A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo to every elementary school in the Pence's home state of Indiana.

Along with the books, Mutchnik sent a letter which read, in part:

"I would like to donate this copy of A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo to your library. After hearing about the book, I brought it home and read it to my twin daughters. It's a poignant story about how love and community can rise above intolerance."

You can check out A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo on Amazon here. Maybe there's a child in your life that could benefit from some good, wholesome storytelling :)

I was blown away by the new John Oliver children’s book, “A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo.” With Easter upon us, I wanted to not only support the brilliance of John Oliver, but also celebrate the Gayest Bunny of Them All: The Easter Bunny. So I decided to buy a copy of Oliver’s “Bundo” (written by Jill Twiss) for every public grammar school in Indiana. All 1,121 of them. Here’s why: Mike Pence has had an enormous platform in Indiana, and as it relates to gay people, he’s used it to spread a message of intolerance. By donating these books, I hope to counter those efforts and provide positive role models and a story of inclusion for children in Pence’s home state. If this book can help one boy or girl in Indiana love and accept who they are, I know both Marlon Bundos would be proud—even though one of them is on the downlow.

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"Will & Grace" Renewed For 3rd New Season

NBC announced during the Paley Center for Media’s Paleyfest in Los Angeles on Saturday that Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes will be back for a third new season of Will & Grace.

Additionally, the second season episode order for the reboot of the hit series has been upped from 13 episodes to 18.

“As far as I’m concerned, we can’t get enough of ‘Will & Grace’ and 23 more episodes is music to my ears,” NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt said in a statement. “We’re eternally grateful that Debra, Eric, Sean and Megan feel the same way and wanted to keep this good thing going. I’m overwhelmed by the euphoric response the new show has received from the press and the audience, and my hat is off to the unrivaled writing team of Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, as well as the brilliant directing of Jimmy Burrows, for consistently delivering one of the best shows on television.”

Taking into account the series' original run of 8 seasons, this would now bring the sitcom to a total of 11 seasons.

And to think it all started with a surprise 10-minute election-themed mini-episode in fall 2016.

Watch Eric McCormack share the news live below:

Third time’s a charm! 😍 #WillAndGrace pic.twitter.com/QPXMAZiuJX

— Will & Grace (@WillAndGrace) March 18, 2018

Ellen And Sean Hayes Have A "Battle Of The Gays" Over Their Iconic TV Shows

Sean Hayes and Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres and Will & Grace star Sean Hayes found themselves in a "Battle of the Gays" while arguing about each of their iconic TV shows.

Hayes: “You’ve been on the air for 15 years.”

Ellen: “On this particular show yes, I’ve also done other things in the past. So, Will & Grace, how long now?”

Hayes: “Longer than 15..."

Ellen: “How long was it the first time around before y’all got canceled?”

Hayes: “I think it was longer than your sitcom.”

Ellen: “Yeah, that’s right. I had to come out first for y’all to do that sitcom. Go ahead.”

Very funny stuff. Watch below.

"Will & Grace" Find Themselves Dating The Same Man In New Episode

Other than a so-so holiday episode, NBC's Will & Grace has been on hiatus since early November.

But this Thursday the sitcom makes its return as Will and Grace find themselves dating the same man!

And just to make things even more fun, the object of their affection is played by Nick Offerman - Megan Mullally's real-life husband.

Watch the teaser below and make sure to tune in this Thursday at 8PM on NBC.

Teaser: Will & Grace "A Gay Ole Christmas" Special

Even though we have to wait until January 4 for a regular Thursday night episode of Will & Grace, NBC is "gracing" us with a special holiday episode on Tuesday, December 5.

Apparently, the fearsome foursome travel back in time to 1912 Manhattan.

Via TV Guide:

Will & Grace's "A Gay Olde Christmas," airing the first week of December, starts with Will (Eric McCormack), Grace (Debra Messing)), Karen's (Megan Mullally) and Jack (Sean Hayes) wishing they could experience the New York city of old, and then by the magic of TV, are transported to 1912 Manhattan via alter egos.

Will will become Billem Van Williams, a wealthy and worldly (read: probably gay) man with exquisite taste married to Fanny Van Williams, who'll bear an uncanny resemblance to Grace. Megan Mullally, meanwhile, is in an ironic role reversal as Karolyn O'Malley, a dirt poor woman living in a tenement; she takes in a sailor, John Patrick Mcgee (Sean Hayes) who has relationships with men only at sea. This is all right before World War I, a time of great prosperity — for some — and the episode will show how their disparate worlds intersect.

Additionally, there will be a subtle homage to Debbie Reynolds, who played Grace's mother during the original run of the show.

Will & Grace airs "A Gay Ole Christmas" Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 9/8c on NBC.

News Round-Up: November 3, 2017

Some news items you may have missed:

• Woofy Steve Raider (above) wants to know "Who's your daddy wolf?"

• 40% of America's homeless youth are LGBT. And to help, AT&T recently launched its Live Proud Holidays campaign to support Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Fund in their work to end LGBT youth homelessness. Click here to find out how you can support and participate.

• After two appearances on Will & Grace during the show's initial run, might Cher willingly grace the NBC series one more time?

• 8 House of Cards employees accuse Kevin Spacey of sexual harassment/assault.

• CNN is now looking at putting up a subscription paywall like several major newspapers have done. The New York Times and Washington Post allow ten free articles to be read before being blocked. Wall Street Journal gives you nothing free. Thoughts? Post below.

• Out professional athletes Robbie Rogers (MLS) and Jason Collins (former NBA) share their coming out stories as part of the "One Stride, Many Journeys" series by Barefoot Wine + Out. Watch below.

Will & Grace: Jack Is A "Platinum-Star Gay"

Sean Hayes as "Jack" on Will & Grace

Now, I know what a "gold-star gay" is: a homo who has never had sex with a member of the opposite sex.

But what, pray tell, is a "platinum-star gay?"

In a new clip from NBC's Willy & Grace, Sean Hayes announces his "platinum-star" status and then, with some "gayplaining" from Will, we find out just what that means.

Watch the clip below. Will & Grace airs on NBC Thursdays at 9PM.

Ben Platt On Will & Grace: Stonehenge? Stonewall? Who Cares, It's All Good Now

Last night's Will & Grace episode found Eric McCormack's "Will" just about to get jiggy with younger gay "Blake" played by Ben Platt.

But the getting down got laid low when "Will" realizes "Blake" is woefully undereducated about the history of the gays.

"I'm not a history puff," declares Platt after mixing up Stonehenge with the Stonewall riots.

Watch the cute scene below.

DEAR EVEN HANSEN's Ben Platt Is An Adorable Twink On "Will & Grace"

Ben Platt on Will & Grace

Ben Platt, this year's Tony Award winner for "Best Actor in a Musical" for his star turn in Dear Evan Hansen, makes for a perfectly adorable 23-year-old ADHD twink who finds himself attracted to Eric McCormack's "Will" this week on Will & Grace.

Check out the hyper-flirt from Platt below.

Will & Grace airs Thursdays on NBC at 9PM ET.