{"id":8096,"date":"2017-12-05T11:06:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T16:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/will-grace-returns-u-k-channel-5\/"},"modified":"2017-12-05T11:06:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T16:06:30","slug":"will-grace-returns-to-the-u-k-on-channel-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/12\/05\/will-grace-returns-to-the-u-k-on-channel-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Will &#038; Grace Returns to the U.K. on Channel 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 5 and NBCUniversal International Distribution\u00a0have secured a deal that will see\u00a0<em>Will &amp; Grace<\/em>\u00a0return to British TV screens.<\/p>\n<p>The brand-new series will make its exclusive U.K. premiere on Channel 5 at 10 p.m. on Friday, January 5, 2018. The show recently returned to NBC with the original creative team, including creators\/executive producers Max Mutchnick\u00a0and\u00a0David Kohan,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and director\u00a0James Burrows.\u00a0Debra Messing,\u00a0Eric McCormack, Megan Mullally\u00a0and\u00a0Sean Hayes are all reprising their roles in the exclusive 16-episode first season, as well as a 13-episode second season.<\/p>\n<p>Katie Keenan, the VP of acquisitions at Channel 5 and VIMN UK,\u00a0said, \u201c<em>Will &amp; Grace<\/em>\u00a0is one of the greatest comedy shows of our time, so we\u2019re thrilled to see it return to TV screens. With the hugely talented cast reprising their roles and tackling the issues of today with their razor-sharp wit,\u00a0<em>Will &amp; Grace<\/em>\u00a0will become \u2018must-see\u2019 television in 2018. This deal follows the confirmation that <em>The\u00a0X-Files\u00a0<\/em>will return in early 2018, demonstrating our appetite for the best content across the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 5 and NBCUniversal International Distribution\u00a0have secured a deal that will see\u00a0Will &#038; Grace\u00a0return to British TV screens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":8097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[191,888,1439,1440],"class_list":["post-8096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-channel-5","tag-nbcuniversal-international-distribution","tag-viacom-international-media-networks-uk","tag-will-grace"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Will &amp; Grace Returns to the U.K. on Channel 5 - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/12\/05\/will-grace-returns-to-the-u-k-on-channel-5\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Will &amp; Grace Returns to the U.K. on Channel 5 - TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Channel 5 and NBCUniversal International Distribution\u00a0have secured a deal that will see\u00a0Will &amp; Grace\u00a0return to British TV screens.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/12\/05\/will-grace-returns-to-the-u-k-on-channel-5\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-05T16:06:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/Will-Grace-NBCUNIVERSAL-1017.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"281\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/12\/05\/will-grace-returns-to-the-u-k-on-channel-5\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/12\/05\/will-grace-returns-to-the-u-k-on-channel-5\/\",\"name\":\"Will & Grace Returns to the U.K. on Channel 5 - TVEUROPE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-05T16:06:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-12-05T16:06:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/12\/05\/will-grace-returns-to-the-u-k-on-channel-5\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/12\/05\/will-grace-returns-to-the-u-k-on-channel-5\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/12\/05\/will-grace-returns-to-the-u-k-on-channel-5\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Will &#038; Grace Returns to the U.K. on Channel 5\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\",\"name\":\"TVEUROPE\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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