“Will & Grace” Spinoff “Karen & Jack”

October 6th, 2008 by Castina

NBC is planning a spinoff of its smash Thursday night comedy Will & Grace that could debut on the small screen as early as next Fall.

The new series, tenatively dubbed Karen & Jack, will follow flamboyant gay “Jack MacFarland” and wacky alky “Karen Walker,” the loopy sidekicks who were a staple on the hit sitcom, which left the air in 2006.

According to the National Enquirer, Emmy-winning actor Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally, who played Karen, recently spent a night out at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles discussing the new show.

“Sean didn’t want to carry the show alone and there didn’t seem to be any hope of reuniting him with Megan because she went off to do her own talk show.”

But when Megan’s ill-fated daytime series got the ax in January 2007, she and Sean pitched Karen & Jack to NBC.

The network is already working on a pilot.

“They feel there is still a lot of life left in their character and a lot of comic possibilities.”

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On October 7th 2008, Mikey M wrote:

Sometimes Supporting characters should stay supporting characters.
Remember Flo from Alice or Florence from The Jefferson? Gloria from All in the Family??
Leave it alone.
On October 8th 2008, Ash wrote:

Holy Crap that would be great! I’d be glued to the set every week.
On October 8th 2008, Matty Freestone wrote:

Supporting characters, come on those two made the show!!
Will and Grace are awesome!!
Karen and Jack are freaking unreal!!
Those two are just the best on screen… cant wait guys….
On October 15th 2008, iheartny wrote:

omg this is the most exciting thing ive heard for sooo long!!!
On October 17th 2008, CJ AND E wrote:

we loved jack and karen and when will and grace went off the air it was jack and karen we missed.
we got our tivo ready.xoxo
On October 18th 2008, Sofos wrote:

Tonight made my year. I been waiting for YEARS for Jack and Karen to have thier own show. 80% of the reason I watched Will & Grace was because of Jack and Karen. The first time they touched stomchs was day I fell in LOVE with both of them. For years I called the show Jack and Karen and my wife knew what show I was talking about. I just hate soon after the show will air, I have leave overseas for period of time. Aug 09 will take to long get here. I need write NBC tell them produce the show.
On October 20th 2008, Zoe wrote:

oh my god i would die. i am in love with jack and karen!!!!! i have a love obsession with will and grace and i think then comedic genious of jack and karen has the strength to hold its own :)
On October 25th 2008, Marina wrote:

YES,YES,YES,……A spinoff of Jack and Karen would be absolutley wonderful….I lived to watch the Will and Grace show….I Love Will,Grace,Jack and Karen….And was so sad when it went off the air….I wish they were back on….I just recently bought the whole 8 series of the show…Any time I find a move/show with one of them in it, you bet I’m watching it….You can’t go wrong with a Jack and Karen spinoff….They still much to offer.
On October 29th 2008, gary wrote:

Time goes by way too slow since hearing about this! J and K are amazing since Jack is rich the dynamics would be ironic
On October 30th 2008, sean connery wrote:

Jack and Karen made that show we all know that I AM SOOOOO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On November 9th 2008, David wrote:

At Last!!!! Never understood why it was called Will & Grace in the first place, it should always have been Karen & Jack!! Can’t wait, hope it happens and it’s not just a cruel rumour!!!
On November 13th 2008, paulo ribeiro and inês nogueira wrote:

Yeahhhhhhh were a couple of friends of lisbon, portugal, and we really hope that this new serie with jack and karen will begin soon …. we love them. were actors tooo … eh eh eh. good luck