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The Business

'Will & Grace' returns to NBC, along with its original creators

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6676 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

When Will & Grace co-creator Max Mutchnick went to his long-time writing partner David Kohan with the idea of reuniting the cast for a one-off web video, Kohan humored him. Little did he know the reunion would end up going far beyond that one short video. Will, Grace, Karen and of course, just Jack -- are now coming back to NBC for two new seasons.

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0:00.0

From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

0:04.7

Well, I'm going to say yes because if I say no, it's going to be a fight,

0:08.9

and there's no way these actors are going to say yes anywhere,

0:11.6

or even if they do say yes, there's no way we're going to find a common date.

0:15.3

Within a half an hour, Max, like, it's happening. I'm like, yay.

0:20.1

When Will & Grace co-creator David Cohen got

0:22.7

approached by his longtime writing partner, Max Muchnick, about the idea of reuniting the sitcom cast

0:28.7

for a one-off web video, Cohan humored him. Little did Cohan know that the reunion would end up going

0:35.3

far beyond that one short video. Will Grace, Karen,

0:39.0

and of course, Just Jack are coming back to NBC for two new seasons. Cohen and Muchnick tell us about

0:46.1

the challenges of casting the first leading gay male character in prime time 20 years ago, and returning to

0:53.7

NBC after a huge legal fight with the network.

0:57.5

But first on the news banter, a crash during the production of CW's Riverdale,

1:02.0

renews safety questions that have plagued the industry for a long time.

1:06.2

Stay tuned. It's the business from KCRW.

1:13.6

I am joined by my partner in banter, Matt Bellany of the Hollywood Reporter.

1:18.0

Hello, Matt.

1:18.7

Hi there.

1:19.7

So last week we have reported, the Star of Riverdale, this series on the CW, was in a major late-night car crash. He was not injured,

1:30.6

but his car was totaled apparently. This young man, who was a 20-year-old young man, KJ. Appa,

1:37.5

fell asleep driving home after a very long 16-hour workday. And this has led to some blowback from people on this show who are saying

1:47.1

that this is not safe, that people are working too many hours, and then are expected to drive

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