Take A Stroll Down Reality Lane, And Look Back At the Most Influential Reality Shows Ever

18. Will and Grace

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Will & Grace was such a charming series that not only was a great story of friendship of a quirky straight gal (Debra Messing) and her gay soulmate (Eric McCormack), but also was a rare series at the time to portray openly gay characters in the main cast (including Sean Hayes’ Jack). It received an absurd 83 Emmy nominations throughout its run, and each of the four main stars won an individual Emmy, making it one of only three sitcoms to achieve that feat. The stories weren’t really anything you hadn’t seen before, but the places they were coming from (gay culture/ Jewish culture) were refreshingly new to many more conservative Americans.