Although it’s sometimes easy to forget in a streaming age that’s thankfully become more inclusive, LGBTQ+ representation on television has historically been a rarity, and especially when Will & Grace originally aired on NBC from 1998 to 2006. The critically beloved sitcom that once drew over 20 million viewers a week at its height has long been credited as attempting to change minds and hearts surrounding same-sex relationships and LGBTQ+ people—specifically by current U.S. President Joe Biden—despite airing in an era that wouldn’t let two gay men kiss onscreen until its seventh season. In fact, the network was scared to put it on TV at all, given the storm of backlash that Ellen’s coming out episode had generated for ABC just a year prior.
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