It is a bittersweet moment for all of us at NBC to confirm that this will be the final season of the comedy Will & Grace .
This project is a noisy, compelling combination of bold drama and laugh-out-loud comedy,
We're struggling on the comedy side. Everybody is, ... I cannot believe that the country does not want to laugh at this time, with the news only going from bad to worse.
The four-comedy block plays to the history of the night.
It's the comedy conundrum right now. You hear from the audience that they want something more than 'stupid' sitcoms. The young audience wants different form-breakers, but it's hard to get a mass-appeal show that breaks the form too much.
It's been a struggle to find that next evolution of comedy. Earl was our highest-testing show in 15 years, which was kind of a surprise. But we definitely need cutting-edge comedies like that.