When including DVR, the premiere episode of the 2017 Will & Grace revival racked up 15.8 million viewers, making it NBC's most-watched regularly scheduled prime time comedy episode in 13 years, according to Entertainment Weekly magazine.
In the episode, Will writes to and meets with Congressman Steve Sandoval, who's named after one of the show's producers.
Breaking the fourth wall: When Jack sums up the retconned setup from the previous season ending/finale, he concludes by looking straight into the camera and quips: "got it?" This is the only time the show deliberately breaks the fourth wall.
Warner Bros. Television did not distribute this episode because it was discontinued with the series. Universal Television distributes this episode instead of Warner Bros. Television.