Will & Grace deel 4

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Op donderdag 14 april 2005 23:32 schreef slindenau het volgende:
Deze reeks met Nathan is zeker wel leuk...hopenlijk wordt 'ie niet snel gedumpt .

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After a lengthy renewal negotiation, NBC and the producers and cast of "Will & Grace" have clasped hands on a deal for an eighth and probably final season of the Emmy-winning comedy series.

Contrary to earlier speculation about the actors facing pay cuts, sources said the show's four key cast members -- Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally -- secured significant salary bumps in the one-year deals that were hammered out late Friday (HR 4/21).

Each of the actors will pocket between $13 million-$15 million, or about $600,000 per episode, compared to fees estimated at $400,000 per-episode this season. NBC has ordered at least 24 episodes of the NBC Universal-produced "Will & Grace," plus a highlights clip show, probably in anticipation of a series finale in spring 2006. And for the first time since the series debuted in 1998, Mullally and Hayes will be brought up to full paycheck parity with Messing and McCormack, sources said.

NBC declined comment on the deal late Friday. Representatives for the actors declined comment or could not be reached during the weekend.


The actors' pay hike comes even as NBC has cut the license fee it will pay to its sibling production unit for the upcoming season to what sources said was about $4 million per episode, compared to a fee in the neighborhood of $5 million per episode this season. "Will & Grace," like the rest of NBC's Thursday lineup, has taken a big hit ratingswise this season.

But overall, "Will & Grace" has been highly successful in syndication, and the long-term backend value of the additional episodes will more than offset the higher cast costs and anticipated production deficits next season, sources said.

The show's core cast members are among the most honored TV actors of the past decade, with Messing, McCormack, Mullally and Hayes each having earned one Emmy and a slew of nominations for their work during the past seven years. "Will & Grace" won the Emmy trophy for best comedy series in 2000.

NBC's renewal negotiations on the show were complicated by the litigation pending between NBC and series creator/executive producers David Kohan and Max Mutchnick. (James Burrows, another profit participant and executive producer on "Will & Grace," is not involved with the suit).

Mutchnick and Kohan sued NBC in late 2003, claiming they were short-changed of potential profits in an earlier license fee renewal negotiation on the show because the studio (then NBC Studios, now NBC Universal TV Studio) was motivated to keep the show at its sibling broadcast network rather than shop it around to the highest bidder.

NBC has strongly denied cutting any sweetheart deals on "Will & Grace." In court papers, NBC has maintained that its previous three-season renewal deal for "Will & Grace" was highly lucrative for the profit participants and in line with fees paid by NBC and other networks for comparable series.

Despite the legal wrangling and "Will & Grace's" ratings slide this year, NBC brass likely saw retaining the show as a crucial move at a time when it has few comedies on the air and it is struggling to stay competitive with its Big Four network rivals.

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After a lengthy renewal negotiation, NBC and the producers and cast of "Will & Grace" have clasped hands on a deal for an eighth and probably final season of the Emmy-winning comedy series.

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Op zaterdag 7 mei 2005 09:16 schreef rena het volgende:

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Zo gaat het altijd

Ik heb de dvdbox van seizoen 1 Helemaal geweldig, een W&G marathon houden vandaag

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Op zaterdag 7 mei 2005 09:30 schreef tonks het volgende:

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Ik heb em ook vorige week gekocht

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Op woensdag 18 mei 2005 13:59 schreef Little_Acorn het volgende:
Dat is een nummer van Missy Elliot, Get Your Freak On ofzo

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Op woensdag 18 mei 2005 14:10 schreef Little_Acorn het volgende:
Gisteren was wel leuk! Glen Close in een fantastische rol. En Karen met dat pakje en die bewegingen van haar, ik heb in een deuk gelegen.

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Op donderdag 19 mei 2005 17:12 schreef Nory het volgende:
De aflevering van gisteren vond ik trouwens weer minder.

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Op woensdag 18 mei 2005 13:28 schreef Kang-He het volgende:
Die aflevering van maandag (?) zaten Will, Michael Douglas en Jack in die gaybar. Toen werd er zo'n bekend nummer gespeeld en zat Jack zo hoog mee te bleren. Hoe heet dat nummer?