NBC in talks for full-scale 'Will & Grace' revival

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- The revive-and-reboot train continues it's endless trip through Hollywood as NBC is now reportedly in talks to bring back the Emmy-winning sitcom "Will & Grace."

A special, single-scene reunion focused on the U.S. presidential election was so positively received that NBC is negotiating a 10-episode season with all four stars of the classic sitcom.

Although no deals are in place with the show's four stars, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes, or either of its creators, David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, vague support for the idea has been publicly floated by more than one of the six key cogs of the show.

"All I can say is I don't know what the future holds, but I know there's a very good feeling right now between everybody, and we had a lot of fun going back and working together," Megan Mullally told CNN a few days after the election scene was released. "So, who knows?"

Mutchnick had the idea for a mini-reunion episode centered around the election, pulling the show's sets from storage in Boston and reassembling them in the show's original studio.

While the stars and creators of the show were nervous about how it would turn out, all six were thrilled with how it turned out and the video has more than six million views already on YouTube.

There may be some business to work out before the revival becomes real, though. The show has no deal to stream on any video service, has an existing syndication deal that would have to be factored out and the logistics of getting the crew together to shoot a season could be challenging.

"Will & Grace" was also one of NBC's most successful sitcoms which had the four stars earning more than $600,000 per episode by the end of the eighth season and all four have much higher earning potential now, making any revival a significant investment.

"As for the future, everyone -- from Max and David on down -- is so protective of the show and how we ended it," McCormack said. "We're very proud of the series finale and the story that told of the break that friendships sometimes take. So to play with that and change that story and change our own stories in life, I'm sure we would all be open to talking about it."