I grew up on this show and will say that even though the reboot is way too political, it has it's funny parts. But that's just it. Funny parts here and there, but they make it clear. If you are a supporter of the current president or lean anywhere near the right, you feel almost as if they are mocking you personally. Which they basically are. This show had/has so much potential to be so funny and enjoyed by everyone regardless of where on the political spectrum your views are. Too bad the execs have decided the show will only be funny if you were a Hillary supporter. Seems so petty and even makes me respect some of the main actors less with how they further divide people based on political affiliation. So so incredibly lame because I really loved this show, helped me through a lot of things I could relate to in my own personal life. Big thumbs down for now, there seems to be a really spiteful vibe to the show that wasn't there before.

I've watched probably 10 episodes, so, I think I have a good base of the show and where it's going. I really tried but it just isn't the same. And the whole Emmy nom made me really question the authenticity of the Emmys. I know the Grammys are mostly political, but the Emmys and Oscars always seemed more legit until recently. I mean, how does The Good Place, a completely fresh, original, well-written, well-acted, and diverse cast get completely ignored, and the comfortable-shoe of Will & Grace get a nod? The network's mistake is they should have left the comedic sidekicks: Jack and Karen, the way they were, and the cute friend-couple: Will and Grace, should change. Raise of hands who wants to see Jack and Karen grow as people? What? No one? Exactly, without them the comedy is pretty thin. And while Will and Grace was the adorable besties...them playing the same schtick into their fifties is...sad. I can't help but feel a little sad every time they're on screen. Grace is headed towards three cats and living alone and Will is headed toward bitter old queen, commiserating over old loves lost that he passed up when he had the chance. No one wants that for these two beloved characters.The only episodes I enjoyed and would say were good (other than Will and Grace, still being sad), was Jack saving his grandson from the anti-gay camp, and the Telemundo episode where Will and Karen scheme to have her hunky chefs hook up. The Christmas episode where they went back in time to the Irish tenements was just painful. I think I gave up after that and just recently saw the Telemundo-soap-opera-style episode. I can understand the network starting off the show going super PC, even showing Jack and Karen as these heartfelt do-gooders, because millennial's answer to anything they don't like or understand is to riot, start a protest, a petition, try to get them kicked off the island, whatever. But suck it up, there's a reason all the viewers are drifting away from the networks to Netflix, premium channels, and the cable channels deep in the abyss of cable. People want something other than a homogenized show that appeals to everyone. Can you imagine HBO trying to homogenize Game of Thrones and make sure it appeals to everyone and doesn't step on anyone's shoes or offend anyone? It would be garbage and wouldn't last a season.They tried pulling the PC stuff in the late '90s early 2000s during Clinton and I literally felt sorry for children that they had to grow up on the watered down shows we had to serve them. That, coupled with higher taxes and trade agreements that allowed entertainment companies to ship half their work overseas has a lot to do with why LA went from being cleaned up and nice to the bankrupt, crime, garbage pit going on right now. If half the jobs that pays the taxes get shipped off or eliminated what do you think pays for the city? There is a time and place for PC but in entertainment it's a stifling, creativity killer. Around the same time in children's programming you'll notice how the cable channels like Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon excelled and the networks crumbled and some shut down? Yeah, that's called too many terrible notes from the network that turns great shows into watered down slop no one watches, not even children.

It's a shame that NBC decided to reboot this creative, beloved, and innovative show for the purpose of airing every political woe currently occurring in the U.S. Back in its heyday visiting such hot button topics as gay rights was relevant, and watching the characters find their way through the sometimes uncertain landscape of daily life was touching and highly entertaining, but never forced. Fast forward almost two decades and the characters now seem to exist to address every major headline touted by CNN or Fox. I miss the natural flow of the show in which the characters found themselves working through situations, rather than situations finding the characters. Megan is sharper than ever as Karen (whose character really hasn't changed, and why would she?), Eric has matured Will a bit without making him staid, while Debra and Sean's characters have not matured and at this point in their lives, it's a bit odd to see some of the antics of nearly two decades past unchanged (is Jack going to prance into a room forever?). I have a very happy memory of seeing an episode of this show taped (from season 4), and will never forget these classic episodes. Sadly, I won't be watching the reboot episodes.

Loved the original W&G. They were characters who changed and grew over time through life experiences, together. The characters became full and multi-faceted making them lovable and interesting as people. The new series is painfully hollow. I believe the flaw is that the producers and writers mistakenly thought we wanted to see these characters emotionally and developmentally stunted and stagnated, in the same places they were at the start of the series as quirky undeveloped 20-somethings making their way. But this idea was to miss the LIFE boat. What made the series great was our interest in watching these characters support one another as they developed and evolved over time, through life stages. They stayed funny, while they matured into marriages, divorce, death, career changes, and parenthood. Wiping out their histories was to lose the characters. I for one looked forward to the hilarity of Will and Grace and Vince and Leo as parents. We could have laughed our way though Karen's travails as a newly single mid-lifer, and Jack as a mature gay man doing who-knows-what as the funniest, most talented character on the planet.It's a bit insulting to the characters, and to us as the intelligent audience who embraced them.