"Will & Grace" is the first sitcom to introduce gay themes broadcast by cable television in the United States. Since its premiere on NBC on September 21, 1998, the show has received 16 Emmys and 83 Emmy nominations. Will Truman (Eric McCormack Eric McCormack), after graduating from Columbia University and New York University as a law major, works for a first-class law firm with the goal of becoming a partner. But then he resigned and decided to start his own business. Will's best friend Grace Adler (Deborah Maxine Debra Messing) owns her own interior decoration company. The two met in college. After a short relationship, Will realized his true sexual orientation, and the two broke up peacefully, leading to a beautiful a gay- straight friendship. They can understand each other's thoughts without verbal communication, support each other, understand each other, and have the strongest friendship.