Britney To Guest Star On 'Will & Grace'

[britneybaby]

http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/6620925/detail.html

Britney To Guest Star On 'Will & Grace'

POSTED: 6:45 am PST January 31, 2006
UPDATED: 11:34 am PST January 31, 2006

It looks like Britney Spears is headed to primetime.

The pop princess and new mom will appear as a guest star on NBC's "Will & Grace," Access Hollywood has confirmed.

The Emmy Award-winning comedy, which will end its eight year run in May, is known for landing high-profile guests including Madonna, Demi Moore and Michael Douglas.

A source told Access that it is a "done" deal and Britney will likely tape her cameo episode sometime in February.

A spokesperson for NBC declined comment.

In what will be Britney's first primetime television episodic appearance , she guest-stars as a Christian conservative sidekick to Jack (Sean Hayes) on the episode "Jack Talk," set to air on Thursday, April 13.

In the episode, when "Out TV" is bought by a Christian Television Network, Spears is brought on to be Jack's new religious co-host -- until Will (Eric McCormack) and Jack loosen her up.

Britney brings her own additions to the talk show when she decides to do a cooking segment called "Cruci-fixin's."

[hazel1449]

lol that sounds funny, can't wait

[Nick's shoe]

woah... sound like fun.. lol... cant wait

[BSBfanatic935]

Cool :)

[britney_rocks]

That's awesome! She's going to do great! :)

[Black Velvet]

Awesome! about time she does another show. can't wait. :D

[.Zae.]

Cool. I think it'll be funny.

[sofia22]

thats cool
i cant wait to see her

[britneybaby]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/tv/3633839.html

Christian group objects to upcoming Spears episiode of Will & Grace

By STEVE GORMAN
Reuters News Service

LOS ANGELES -- A conservative advocacy group that urged a boycott of NBC's recently canceled drama about a pill-popping priest turned its wrath Thursday to an upcoming Will & Grace episode that it says will mock Christ's crucifixion.

But NBC executives insist the group's objections stem from faulty details in a press release mistakenly issued by the network earlier this week, and that neither a script nor story line for the episode in question has been written.

The latest religious flap at NBC flared after the network announced Tuesday that pop star Britney Spears will make an April 13 guest appearance on Will & Grace, playing a Christian conservative talk-show sidekick to Jack, the gay character portrayed by series regular Sean Hayes.

According to NBC's initial synopsis of the episode, Jack's fictional TV network, Out TV, is taken over by a Christian broadcaster, leading Spears' character to do a cooking segment on his show called "Cruci-fixin's."

The American Family Association immediately raised objections to the planned episode, saying it "mocks the crucifixion of Christ" and will "further denigrate Christianity" by airing the night before Good Friday.

On its Web site, the Mississippi-based advocacy group called on its supporters to urge network affiliates to refuse to run the episode and to write letters of protest to NBC.

NBC countered that the dispute stems from an inaccurate press release that went out without being properly vetted.

"Some erroneous information was mistakenly included in a press release describing an upcoming episode of Will & Grace, which in fact has yet to be written," NBC spokeswoman Rebecca Marks told Reuters late in the day.

All that has been decided is that Spears will play a central role in an upcoming episode that will likely air sometime in April, Marks added.

There was no immediate comment from representatives for Spears, whose guest spot on the gay-themed sitcom will mark her first public performance since she had her first child in September.

The same organization urged an affiliate and advertising boycott of the recent NBC series, The Book of Daniel, a drama starring Aidan Quinn as a Vicodin-addicted Episcopal minister who talks to Jesus.

NBC, a unit of the General Electric Co., yanked the program from its schedule last month after just three weeks on the air, citing abysmal ratings.

The network also had trouble finding commercial sponsors for the show, and several smaller affiliates declined to carry the series, objecting to its portrayal of Christian themes.

[hazel1449]

christians groups are really bored lately, they need more church picnics and stuff like that to go to.

[Mystic Man]

Excellent. I can't wait to see her on the show.

It was rumoured that she was to appear a few years ago, but nothing ever came of it.