Keep your Thursday nights free this fall.<\/b>
\nKeep your Thursday nights free this fall.
NBC is reviving \u201cmust-see TV\u00a0\u00bb Thursdays with the arrival of the \u201cWill and Grace\u201d reboot and the move of the overwhelmingly successful \u201cThis is Us.\u201d
The network will pair the revived sitcom, starring Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally, with the second season of the Tina Fey-produced \u201cGreat News, \u201d which stars Briga Heelen, Andrea Martin, Adam Campbell, Nicole Richie and John Michael Higgins.
\u00ab\u00a0Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, \u201d from Dick Wolf, will round out the night.
TV shows renewed and canceled for 2017-18 season
The phrase \u201cmust-see TV\u201d was most recognizable as NBC\u2019s strong lineup of shows in the 1980s and 1990s including \u201cCheers, \u201d \u201cFriends, \u201d \u201cSeinfeld, \u201d \u201cHill Street Blues, \u201d \u201cL.A. Law\u201d and \u201cER.\u201d
The reign ended in the fall of 2013 when NBC canceled or ended nine of its 11 comedies, including hits like \u201c30 Rock\u201d and \u201cThe Office.\u201d Fill-ins like \u201cThe Michael J. Fox Show, \u00a0\u00bb \u201cWelcome to the Family\u201d and \u201cSean Saves the World\u201d failed almost immediately.
Now, the network is trying again.
\u00ab\u00a0Given \u2018Will and Grace,\u2019 \u2018This Is Us,\u2019 Tina Fey and Dick Wolf of it all, it’s as close to Must-See TV as we’ve ever had in our history. We want to lead the audience and hopefully not force them to deny it. We feel really comfortable about that.\u00a0\u00bb NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt said.
‘Will and Grace’ will return to TV this fall with a new season
\u201cMust See TV is a label that we’re really proud of, \u00a0\u00bb he said. \u00ab\u00a0If there’s a younger audience that’s never heard of that, doesn’t know what that is and has never heard of it, then it\u2019s not a retread. And I think for the older audience that has watched the network for many years, I think it will be a welcomed return.\u201d
The lineup will square off against Thursday night football on CBS once the season starts in the fall.
ABC has also made its mark on the night with an unstoppable Shondaland Thursdays, including \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy, \u201d \u201cScandal\u201d and \u201cHow to Get Away With Murder.\u201d
\u201cWill and Grace, \u201d scheduled for just 12 episodes, will likely be replaced by \u201cSuperstore\u201d and another comedy, Greenblatt told reporters Sunday.
\u201cThis is Us, \u201d which found huge success behind stars Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz and Justin Hartley, also scored NBC\u2019s post-Super Bowl spot, as well as a Christmas special.<\/p>\n

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