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7 Things We Learned About The New Season Of "Will & Grace" At The Tribeca TV Festival

Will and Grace go into business together?

Last night at the inaugural Tribeca TV Festival, the first episode of the Will & Grace revival was screened, and then the show's cast and creators took the stage to talk about the returning their characters and what viewers can expect from the new season.

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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 23: Max Mutchnick, David Kohan, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes and Eric McCormack speak at the Tribeca TV Festival exclusive celebration for Will & Grace at Cinepolis Chelsea on September 23, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Tribeca TV Festival)

The show will pay tribute to Debbie Reynolds and Sydney Pollack.

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WILL & GRACE -- "Moveable Feast" Episode 9 -- Pictured: (l-r) Debra Messing as Grace Adler, Debbie Reynolds as Bobbi Adler -- (Photo by: Paul Drinkwater/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

Series co-creators Max and Mutchnick and David Kohan told the audience that the series will pay tribue to Debbie Reynolds, who played Grace's mother, and Sydney Pollack, who played Will's dad. Both actors have passed away since the original series ended.

Leslie Jordan is returning.

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Leslie Jordan, who was the first actor to break the news about the series' revival, will return as Karen's arch-nemesis, Beverly Leslie.

The new season won't hold back when talking about sexuality and gender.

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WILL & GRACE -- "Key Party" Episode 5 -- Pictured: (l-r) Bobby Cannavale as Vince D'Angelo, Eric McCormack as Will Truman, Debra Messing as Grace Adler -- Photo by: Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank

"Within the comedy we were shining a light on what was happening in culture right now, politics right now," Messing explained. "Back then we did LGB, but we stopped at B. Now 11 years later the conversation has expanded so there's T, A, I and gender fluidity. There's all these things that are finally being celebrated in our culture. We committed to one another that we are going to be the show we always were. We are going to be talk about what's happening now.

Will and Grace are divorcees.

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Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes, Harry Connick Jr., Debra Messing and Eric McCormac (Photo by Tom Kingston/WireImage)

The former roommates are back under one roof after they divorced Leo (Harry Connick Jr.) and Vince (Bobby Cannavale), respectively. But Connick and Cannavale will be making cameos in the new season.

R.I.P. "Just Jack."

Jack has retired his trademark phrase, and replaced it with a new form of acting: "Jackting"

Grace is woke.

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WILL & GRACE -- "11 Years Later" Episode 101 -- Pictured: (l-r) Eric McCormack as Will Truman, Debra Messing as Grace Adler -- (Photo by: Chris Haston/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

When Debra Messing agreed to come back and play Grace, it was important to her that Grace be a feminist and that "she have a voice." Which viewers will see for themselves in the premiere episode.

Will and Grace go into business together.

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WILL & GRACE -- "Company" Episode 4 -- Pictured: (l-r) Debra Messing as Grace Adler, Eric McCormack as Will Truman -- Photo by: Justin Lubin/NBCU Photo Bank

"They're both doing very well. Grace Adler Designs has become quite a thing, and Will's job as a lawyer — he's doing as well as he can possibly do and he wakes up one day and says he can't spent his life around lawyers and clients and 'I want to do something that I love with someone that I love,'" McCormack said. "So Will and Grace go into business together. I'm not cutting cloth or anything. I'm still a lawyer, but I'm Grace's lawyer, and I think that's going to create a lot of hilarity."

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Will & Grace returns this Thursday, September 28 on NBC.

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