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|A lapsed Catholic struggles to live his life entirely according to the literal laws of the Bible. This sitcom serves primarily to smear and mischaracterize Christians and the Bible and was criticized as such by NewsBusters.<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/lindsay-kornick/2018/02/27/cbss-living-biblically-fails-biblical-proportions CBS Sitcom ‘Living Biblically’ a Failure of Biblical Proportions] at NewsBusters</ref>
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|A lapsed Catholic struggles to live his life entirely according to the literal laws of the Bible. This sitcom serves primarily to smear and mischaracterize Christians and the Bible and was criticized as such by NewsBusters.<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/lindsay-kornick/2018/02/27/cbss-living-biblically-fails-biblical-proportions CBS Sitcom ‘Living Biblically’ a Failure of Biblical Proportions] at NewsBusters</ref> CBS recently pulled this show from its schedule due to low viewership, most likely because of its offensive subject matter, leading to speculation that it may soon be cancelled.
 
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|This sitcom stars a homosexual lawyer, Will Truman, and a straight interior designer, Grace Adler, who share an apartment in New York City. It attempts to normalize homosexuality in society and uses Will's lifestyle to pander to a targeted LGBT audience. The third main character, Jack McFarland, is a sporadically-employed actor and a flamboyant, promiscuous homosexual whose life revolves around homosexuality almost every waking moment and attempting to get sexually involved with every man he comes across. Finally, the fourth main character, Karen Walker, is an amoral socialite whose existence plays up to and makes light of [[alcoholism]] and prescription [[drug abuse]].
 
|This sitcom stars a homosexual lawyer, Will Truman, and a straight interior designer, Grace Adler, who share an apartment in New York City. It attempts to normalize homosexuality in society and uses Will's lifestyle to pander to a targeted LGBT audience. The third main character, Jack McFarland, is a sporadically-employed actor and a flamboyant, promiscuous homosexual whose life revolves around homosexuality almost every waking moment and attempting to get sexually involved with every man he comes across. Finally, the fourth main character, Karen Walker, is an amoral socialite whose existence plays up to and makes light of [[alcoholism]] and prescription [[drug abuse]].
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In spite of its subject matter, the show became a surprise hit for NBC as part of its Thursday night "Must See TV" lineup, drawing an average of over 17 million viewers at its peak during its third and fourth seasons before its rating fell in its later seasons, with one seventh season episode, "From Queer to Eternity", drawing a record low viewership of just 5.8 million as viewers began tiring of the show. It ended production in 2006 after eight seasons, and its reruns (which entered syndication in the fall of 2002) largely vanished from broadcast syndication in 2008, retreating to cable thereafter. It was revived by NBC for an abbreviated ninth season on September 28, 2017, during which time the network claimed it had already renewed the series for a tenth season. However, its return episode, "11 Years Later", dove straight into politics as it made pathetic jokes about conservatives, attacked Donald Trump, and took a cheap shot poke at Ronald Reagan's later struggle with Alzheimer's disease<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/amelia-hamilton/2017/09/28/will-grace-embarrasses-itself-trump-reagan-jokes 'Will & Grace' Embarrasses Itself With Pathetic Trump Jokes, Abhorrent Shot at Reagan's Alzheimer's] at NewsBusters</ref>), causing it to garner only 10.18 million viewers for its return. Since later episodes in the revival steadily lost viewership (its March 29, 2018 episode viewership fell to just 3.73 million viewers, a record low for the show to date), the ''Will & Grace'' revival hopefully may not last long.
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In spite of its subject matter, the show became a surprise hit for NBC as part of its Thursday night "Must See TV" lineup, drawing an average of over 17 million viewers at its peak during its third and fourth seasons before its rating fell in its later seasons, with one seventh season episode, "From Queer to Eternity", drawing a record low viewership of just 5.8 million as viewers began tiring of the show. It ended production in 2006 after eight seasons, and its reruns (which entered syndication in the fall of 2002) largely vanished from broadcast syndication in 2008, retreating to cable thereafter. It was revived by NBC for an abbreviated ninth season on September 28, 2017, during which time the network claimed it had already renewed the series for a tenth season. However, its return episode, "11 Years Later", dove straight into politics as it made pathetic jokes about conservatives, attacked Donald Trump, and took a cheap shot poke at Ronald Reagan's later struggle with Alzheimer's disease<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/amelia-hamilton/2017/09/28/will-grace-embarrasses-itself-trump-reagan-jokes 'Will & Grace' Embarrasses Itself With Pathetic Trump Jokes, Abhorrent Shot at Reagan's Alzheimer's] at NewsBusters</ref>), causing it to garner only 10.18 million viewers for its return. Since later episodes in the revival steadily lost viewership (its April 5, 2018 season finale fell to just 3.63 million viewers, a record low for the show to date), the ''Will & Grace'' revival hopefully may not last long.
 
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