Will & Grace mit 8. Staffel!

Bereits am Freitag berichteten wir über eine mögliche Verlängerung, jetzt ist es amtlich: „Will & Grace“ bekommt eine achte Staffel.

Der zum Universal Konzern gehörende Sender NBC bestellt 24 Episoden sowie eine Clipshow für ein mögliches Finale im Mai 2006. Allerdings ist bisher noch nichts zum möglichen Ende der Serie entschieden, obwohl die Serie in der vergangenen TV-Season 2004/05 an Performance einbüßte.

Allerdings mussten die Hautdarsteller nicht wie vermutet auch eine Gehaltserhöhung verzichten. Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes und Megan Mullally streichen, nach Angaben von Reuters, ca. 600.000 US Dollar pro Folge ein. Das sind glatte 25% mehr, als die Vier dieses Jahr für sich beanspruchen konnten. Auch Neu: Dieses Jahr erhielten Sean Hayes und Megan Mullally zum ersten Mal genau das gleiche Gehalt wie die beiden Hauptdarsteller Eric McCormack und Debra Messing.

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Die Daten der aktuell in den USA laufenden Staffel- und Serienabschlüsse:

2005 Season Finales

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Following is a list of season finales for network and cable prime-time series (all times are Eastern). The list includes all shows finishing up after April 1; we'll be adding to it as more information comes in.

Wednesday, April 6

9 p.m. "The West Wing" (NBC)
Friday, April 8

8 p.m. "The Bernie Mac Show" (FOX)

Monday, April 11

9 p.m. "Summerland" (The WB)

Friday, April 15

8 p.m. "8 Simple Rules" (ABC)
9:30 p.m. "Less Than Perfect" (ABC)

Sunday, April 17

8:30 p.m. "Arrested Development" (FOX)

Thursday, April 21

8 p.m. "Jake in Progress" (ABC; two episodes)

Friday, April 22

8 p.m. "Joan of Arcadia (CBS)

Monday, April 25

8:30 p.m. "Listen Up" (CBS)

Tuesday, April 26

9:30 p.m. "Rodney" (ABC)
9:30 p.m. "The Office" (NBC)

Friday, April 29

9 p.m. "JAG" (CBS; series finale)

Tuesday, May 3

10 p.m. "Judging Amy" (CBS)

Friday, May 6

9 p.m. "Hope & Faith" (ABC; one hour)
9 p.m. "Third Watch" (NBC; series finale)

Tuesday, May 10

9 p.m. "The Amazing Race 7" (CBS; two hours)
9 p.m. "Scrubs" (NBC)
9 p.m. "Veronica Mars" (UPN)

Wednesday, May 11

9 p.m. "Jack & Bobby" (The WB)

Thursday, May 12

8 p.m. "Joey" (NBC)

Friday, May 13

8 p.m. "America's Funniest Home Videos" (ABC; two hours)
8 p.m. "Star Trek: Enterprise" (UPN; back-to-back episodes, series finale)
10 p.m. "Numb3rs" (CBS)

Sunday, May 15

7 p.m. "King of the Hill" (FOX)
7:30 p.m. "Malcolm in the Middle (FOX)
8 p.m. "Survivor: Palau" (CBS; two hours)
8 p.m. "The Simpsons" (FOX; one hour)
10 p.m. "Crossing Jordan" (NBC)

Monday, May 16

8 p.m. "The Bachelor" (ABC; episode followed by "Final Rose Live" at 9)
9 p.m. "Everybody Loves Raymond" (CBS; series finale, preceded by one-hour retrospective)

Tuesday, May 17

8 p.m. "My Wife and Kids" (ABC; 40 minutes)
8 p.m. "Gilmore Girls" (The WB)
8:40 p.m. "George Lopez" (ABC; 40 minutes)
9:20 p.m. "According to Jim" (ABC; 40 minutes)

Wednesday, May 18

8 p.m. "That '70s Show" (FOX; one hour)
8 p.m. "America's Next Top Model" (UPN)
8 p.m. "Smallville" (The WB; 90 minutes)
9 p.m. "The King of Queens" (CBS)
9 p.m. "Revelations" (NBC)
9 p.m. "Kevin Hill" (UPN)
9:30 p.m. "Yes, Dear" (CBS)
10 p.m. "CSI: NY" (CBS)
10 p.m. "Law & Order" (NBC)

Thursday, May 19

8 p.m. "The O.C." (FOX)
8 p.m. "Will & Grace" (NBC)
9 p.m. "CSI" (CBS)
9 p.m. "The Apprentice" (NBC)
10 p.m. "Without a Trace" (CBS)
10 p.m. "ER" (NBC)

Friday, May 20

8 p.m. "What I Like About You" (The WB)
9 p.m. "Reba" (The WB)

Saturday, May 21

11 p.m. "Mad TV" (FOX)

Sunday, May 22

7 p.m. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (ABC; two hours)
8 p.m. "Cold Case" (CBS)
8 p.m. "Charmed" (The WB)
9 p.m. "Desperate Housewives" (ABC)
9 p.m. "Deadwood" (HBO)
10:02 p.m. "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)

Monday, May 23

8 p.m. "Still Standing" (CBS)
8 p.m. "24" (FOX; two hours)
8 p.m. "Fear Factor" (NBC)
8 p.m. "One on One" (UPN)
8 p.m. "7th Heaven" (The WB)
8:30 p.m. "Cuts" (UPN)
9 p.m. "Two and a Half Men" (CBS)
9 p.m. "Las Vegas" (NBC)
9 p.m. "Girlfriends" (UPN)
9 p.m. "Everwood" (The WB)
9:30 p.m. "Half and Half" (UPN)
10 p.m. "CSI: Miami" (CBS)
10 p.m. "Medium" (NBC)

Tuesday, May 24

8 p.m. "NCIS" (CBS)
8 p.m. "The Contender" (NBC; two hours)
8 p.m. "All of Us" (UPN)
8 p.m. "One Tree Hill" (The WB; two hours)
8:30 p.m. "Eve" (UPN)
9 p.m. "House" (FOX)
10 p.m. "Law & Order: SVU" (NBC)

Wednesday, May 25

8 p.m. "Lost" (ABC; two hours)
8 p.m. "American Idol" (FOX; two hours)
10 p.m. "Alias" (ABC)
10 p.m. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (NBC)

Tuesday, June 7

10 p.m. "Blind Justice" (ABC)

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