The Journal of Men's Studies, September 22nd, 2000
At the start of the 1998-99 television season, NBC made television history with the premiere of Will & Grace, its new situation comedy featuring prime-time television's first gay male lead character. The show pairs Will Truman (Eric McCormack), a successful gay Manhattan lawyer, and Grace Adler (Debra Messing), an interior designer, as soulmates who support each other through happy times and sadder ones, such as the process of nursing broken hearts. Nielsen ratings reveal that audience members have responded favorably to this pairing as well as to Will's gay friend, Jack, played by Sean Haye...
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