THEY GOT TO WORK. ARE THEY CLICKING?
>> MY GOSH. THEY ARE BETTER THAN EVER.
"WILL & GRACE" GOT TOGETHER TO MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT THE ELECTION.
THAT VIDEO WENT VIRAL. AND IT GOT PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT
A SERIES REBOOT. NOW, 11 YEARS AFTER ENDING ITS
FIRST RUN HERE ON NBC, ERIC McCORMACK, DEBRA MESSING, SEAN
HAYES AND MEGHAN MULLALLY, TALKED TO ME.
THEY ARE HAPPY THEY ARE BACK. >> YOU ARE THE WOMAN.
WHAT'S NEXT? >> IT'S CRAZY.
A NEW "WILL & GRACE." >> Reporter: AFTER 11 YEARS.
"WILL & GRACE" BACK IN ACTION. IT IS THE RETURN OF ERIC
McCORMACK'S WILL. >> WHEN WE CAME TO WORK, WE WERE
LIKE CHILDREN THIS A KINDERGARTEN CLASS.
AND THAT CAME BACK INSTANTLY. >> Reporter: DEBRA MESSING'S
GRACE. >> A FAMILY HAS COME BACK
TOGETHER AGAIN. WE'RE DOING ROUND TWO.
>> Reporter: MEGAN MULLALLY'S KAREN.
>> DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WE LEFT. >> Repeporter: AND SEAN HAYES'
JACK. >> FEELS LIKE WE TOOK A TINY
HIATUS. >> Reporter: OF 11 YEARS.
DID YOU EVER IMAGINE THERE WOULD BE THIS DEMAND TO HAVE YOU ALL
COME BACK LIKE THIS? >> NO.
IT JUST -- IT WASN'T EVEN AN OPTION.
>> WE DID A SERIES FINALE, THE END.
>> TO FAMILY. >> Reporter: THAT FINALE WAS SET
NEARLY 20 YEARS IN THE FUTURE. BUT IN THE SERIES REBOOT, THAT
STORYLINE HAS OPINION THROWN OUT.
>> I THINK YOU'RE ALLOWED TO THROW THAT ONE AWAY THE IT WAS
THE SERIES FINALE OR SO WE ALL THOUGHT AND BELIEVED AT THE
TIME. SO, THAT CHANGED.
SO, THE RULES DON'T APPLY. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, WHY
CAN'T THEY GO ON FOREVER? >> WE'RE BACK.
>> WE CAN IS THE ANSWER. >> Reporter: WHERE DOES THE SHOW
PICK UP? LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR LIVES.
WHERE IS WILL, ERIC? >> WILL DID, IN FACT, MARRY
VINCE. BUT AT SOME POINT, THEY BROKE
UP. SO, HE'S SINGLE AGAIN.
HE'S STILL IN THIS APARTMENT. AND CLEARLY SPENDING MONEY ON
MAKING IT NICER. AND I THINK HE SPENT THE MONEY
ON GRACE ADLER DESIGNS BECAUSE SHE'S DOING WELL.
>> YOU'RE LIVING WITH HIM STILL. >> YES.
IT HASN'T BEEN FOR 11 YEARS THE YOU LEARN THAT IT'S A RECENT
THING. MOVING BACK IN, RIGHT AFTER MY
DIVORCE FROM LEO, PLAYED BY HARRY CONNICK JUNIOR.
>> Reporter: HOW ABOUT KAREN? IS SHE HITTING THE BAR CART A
LOT? >> SHE'S CLEAN AND SOBER AND IS
REALLY NICE. >> Reporter: NO, SHE'S NOT.
>> SHE'S JUST THE WORST THAN EVER.
JUST GETS WORSE AND WORSE. >> ONE THING I CAN SHARE THE
THAT JACK WILL BE TEACHING A NEW FORM OF ACTING CALLED JACKING.
>> Reporter: JACKING? >> I WANT TO ADD THAT SHELLY
MORRISON WHO PLAYED ROSARIO, HAS RETIRED FROM THE BUSINESS.
AND WE REALLY MISS HER. >> I WANT TO KNOW HOW LONG I'M
GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I SEE TWO GAY MEN KISS ON NETWORK
TELEVISION. >> NOT AS LONG AS YOU THINK.
>> Reporter: DURING ITS ORIGINAL RUN, "WILL & GRACE" WAS
GROUNDBREAKING FOR GAY CHARACTER.
>> THESE CHARACTERS AS WRITTEN ARE SPEAKING THEIR TRUTH.
AND PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING TO THAT.
AND THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THE PAIRING OF ALL OF THESE FOUR IN
DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS BEFORE ON TELEVISION.
WHEREAS TO ME, BEING GAY, IT WAS JUST -- I'M AROUND GAY PEOPLE
EVERY DAY. SO, TO ME, IT WASN'T SO
NEWSWORTHY THAT THERE WERE GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISION.
I UNDERSTAND WHY. BUT TO ME, IT'S BEEN MY NORMAL
LIFE. SO, WE'RE JUST SHARING THAT PART
OF OUR LIVES WITH YOU. >> THE CHARACTERS OF WILL AND
JACK, THAT'S JUST ONE ASPECT OF WHO THEY ARE AS PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE CAREERS AND HOPES AND DREAMS AND THEY'RE
GAY. AND THEY GO TO THE GROCERY
STORE. THAT'S HOW IT IS IN REAL LIFE.
>> THEY GO TO A GAY GROCERY STORE.
>> WELL, THAT'S TRUE. THEY BUY GAY GROCERIES.
>> IT'S NOT CUTE. YOU'RE NOT CUTE.
>> Reporter: THE CAST CHEMISTRY IS STILL THERE, AFTER ALL THESE
YEARS. SO ARE THE SHOW'S ORIGINAL
CREATORS. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW
GROUNDBREAKING THE SHOW WAS BACK THEN, I IMAGINE NOW, IT'S
STILL -- YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE,
RIGHT? >> YEAH.
WELL, THE WORLD HAS DELIVERED US SOMETHING TO WRITE ABOUT.
YOU KNOW? AND I GUESS WE'LL TAKE IT FROM
WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE. >> THE ENVELOPE KEYS MOVING,
DOESN'T IT? >> I WANT YOU BOTH OUT OF THE
APARTMENT BY THE END OF THE DAY. >> Reporter: YOU HAVE TWO
SEASONS. BUT IF PEOPLE WANT YOU TO STICK
AROUND, WOULD YOU GUYS CONSIDER? >> THESE WRITERS ARE SO GOOD.
IF THEY HAVE THE STORIES, YEAH. WOULDN'T YOU AGREE?
>> I WOULD STILL BE DOING IT FROM THE FIRST TIME AROUND.
SO, YEAH. I'M IN.
>> Reporter: WHILE THE ORIGINAL SERIES "WILL & GRACE" YOU SAW
THE FAMOUS CAMEOS. MATT HAD A CAMEO.
WHO DO THEY WANT THIS TIME AROUND?
MERYL STREEP, MICHELLE OBAMA, OPRAH.
WE WERE AVAILABLE, RIGHT? >> I THINK