Will & Grace is an American sitcom created by Max Mutchnick and David Kohan. Set in New York City, the show focuses on the friendship between best friends Will Truman (Eric McCormack), a gay lawyer, and Grace Adler (Debra Messing), a straight interior designer. The show was broadcast on NBC from September 1998 to May 2006, for a total of eight seasons, and returned to NBC in September 2017. During its original run Will & Grace was one of the most successful television series with gay principal characters.