Will & Grace (2017)

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 28, 2017
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
6.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 87 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 53 out of 87
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 87
  3. Negative: 26 out of 87

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  1. Ripandread
    Oct 6, 2017
    5
    Why do some TV shows feel that they need to interject politics into their scripts? When this show first debuted years ago I watched on a regular basis and thought it was one of the best-acted comedies that had come along in years. This is why I felt let down after the first episode of the re-make. After saying all of that I still think that Jack and Karen are a riot to watch.
  2. cherold
    Jan 13, 2018
    5
    When a series returns and you don't like it as much as the original it can be hard to know if it's because the reboot is worse or simply because your taste has changed. So in reviewing the new Will and Grace, I don't know whether to say, "this has gone way downhill" or "was this always this bad?"

    I'm leaning towards the former. It feels like the W&G reboot is like a middle-aged guy    When a series returns and you don't like it as much as the original it can be hard to know if it's because the reboot is worse or simply because your taste has changed. So in reviewing the new Will and Grace, I don't know whether to say, "this has gone way downhill" or "was this always this bad?"

    I'm leaning towards the former. It feels like the W&G reboot is like a middle-aged guy dressing in the club clothes of his youth, looking the mirror and saying, "still got it." The characters seem frozen in time, along with their jokes, which feel very much like the product of a 80s comedy writer who hasn't watched any TV since. It's all a little depressing.

    I was ready to give up after one episode, but my girlfriend thought we should give it a second chance. After the second we were in agreement; it has little going for it beyond nostalgia.

    Since most of the really harsh metacritic reviews are whining about all the Trump jokes, I want to specify that my complaint is not that the show is "too political" or "too anti-Trump." One of my favorite sitcoms is Veep, and as far as I'm concerned all comedies should make constant jokes about Trump just to remind people that we have a monster in the white house.

    I just want those jokes to be funny. And very little in 2017's W&G is funny.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#78 Best TV Season of 2017
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#55 Most Discussed TV Season of 2017

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Sep 29, 2017
    60
    The script drips with 2017 references, but the banter, the physical humor and the covalent bond holding the foursome together take us right back to the George W. Bush administration. Depending on who you are, maybe that’s not so terrible.
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  2. Under The Radar
    Reviewed by: Lily Moayeri
    Sep 28, 2017
    90
    Nothing about this reboot is a disappointment. If you were a Will & Grace fan the first time, you're going to love it all over again. This is how comedy is done.
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  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Sep 28, 2017
    80
    Essentially, the gang of four does what they did best, shooting zingers at one another, getting into social and romantic pickles, and dancing around the stage like loonies, all while the audience cackles.
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