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Tonight, for the first time since 2006, NBC will air a new episode of Will & Grace. The network is so certain the sitcom will pick up right where it left off—as The X-Files did for Fox—that NBC Entertainment president Robert Greenblatt ordered a second season a full month before the first one debuted.
While buyers are generally bullish about Will & Grace’s chances this fall—it will overshadow NBC’s other two freshman shows—they caution that despite built-in brand recognition with audiences, revivals can be as risky as any new series.
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