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'Will & Grace' season 11: Release date, plot, cast, trailer, and everything you need to know about the sitcom's final season

Will Truman and his BFF Grace Adler will be returning with their hilarious life situations for a final time in January 2020

BY ALAKANANDA BANDYOPADHYAY

PUBLISHED AUG 1, 2019

‘Will & Grace’, one of America's favorite longstanding sitcom that has made us cry and wheeze with laughter for over two decades now, is arriving with its 11th and sadly, final season.

With its first season having premiered all the way back in the September of 1998, the show ran for a total of 8 seasons, with its then series finale airing on May 2006. It introduced us to the gay lawyer Will Truman and interior designer Grace Adler and reigned as the highest-rated sitcom amongst young adults from 2001 to 2005. Unfortunately, internal conflicts led to the show getting shelved but that wasn't before it had managed to garner massive critical acclaim and won several awards.

Luckily, 11 long years later, NBC decided to reunite the show’s cast for a 10-minute special in September 2016, and just the next year, season 9 of ‘Will & Grace’ premiered on September 28, 2017. By then, NBC had already renewed it for the 10th season which premiered in 2018, and the renewal of season 11 followed suit too. So with all this amazing history, here's all you need to know about the upcoming season.

Release date:

No official release date has been announced for 'Will & Grace' season 11, but it is expected that the final season will arrive in 2020.

(L-R) Actors Megan Mullally, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, and Sean Hayes arrive at NBC's "Will & Grace" FYC Event at the Harmony Gold Theatre on June 9, 2018, in Los Angeles, California.

Plot:

The premise of the show was "Will, a gay lawyer, allows his best friend Grace, an interior designer, to stay in his house for a temporary period after her marriage falls apart. But she ends up being his permanent roommate," reveals its official synopsis. As the two polar opposite best friends from University navigate through life, relationships, career, and heartbreaks, their close friends. The alcoholic socialite Karen Walker and the gay actor Jack McFarland also join in with the four of them sticking together and coming up with hilarious solutions to cope through marriage, casual sex, divorce, et al.

Creator:

The show was created by Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, with James Burrows as director/executive producer.

Cast:

(L-R) Max Mutchnick, Brianna Davis, Ruby Noboa, Sean Hayes, Megan Mullally, Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Sameer Jha, Darid Prom, David Kohan, Imani Sims, JP Grant, Sayer Kirk, and Kian Tortorello-Allen attend the GLSEN Respect Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on October 19, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California.

Eric McCormack is about to reprise his role as Will Truman, while Debra Messing will return as Grace Adler. Megan Mullally will be back to play the socialite alcoholic Karen Walker, with Sean Hayes about to entertain us all once again as Jack McFarland. The show might also see Leslie Jordan, Minnie Driver, Harry Connick, Jr., Jennifer Lopez, Michael Angarano, Molly Shannon, Alec Baldwin, Bobby Cannavale, and David Schwimmer return in episodic roles.

Trailer:

No official trailer has come out for season 11 yet; watch this space for more updates.

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