Moreover, featuring two different gay men who were vastly different from one another helped challenge the stereotypes that still plague gay men to this day. 'I really felt like there was a very good chance that we would be pulled off the air after three episodes.'Įach of the four main actors would go on to win Emmy awards for their roles. We didn't know if it was going to be accepted or not,' she said. 'When we came on, we knew that we were trying to do something risky. It was just one year after Ellen Morgan became the first character to come out on TV - a move that subsequently tanked 'Ellen's' rankings and likely led to the show's cancellation.īut 'Will & Grace,' a show that largely focused on two gay men, was so popular that it was revived 20 years later.ĭebra Messing, who plays Grace, told TheWrap that she originally saw their gay lead (Eric McCormack's Will) as the most 'revolutionary' aspect of the show. In this section youll also find the first Disney Channel show to feature a gay main character (Andi Mack), the first animated show to feature a same-sex. NBC's Will & Grace' was an unlikely anomaly when it first aired in 1998. Eric McCormack as Will and Sean Hayes as Jack on 'Will & Grace.'
