Will & Grace is back and USA TODAY's Straight Up Hollywood podcast has the inside story on Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes bringing their beloved characters back to primetime.

West Coast entertainment editor Andrea Mandell (@AndreaMandell) hit the set of Will & Grace to watch production of an early episode. Mandell dishes on it all and Eric McCormack shares details on next week's episode, when Will tries dating a Millennial.

TV reporter Bill Keveney (@billkev) brings us new scoop on the reigning hottest show on TV, This Is Us. Keveney interviewed the extended TV family about life in the second season, Sterling K. Brown's shut-down Emmy awards speech and, of course, the fate of the Pearson patriarch.

Then, movie reporter Bryan Alexander (@BryAlexand) discusses his efforts to solve that pesky question of what happens when we die. Alexander talked to the cast of the new Flatliners to give their view of life's ultimate mystery. Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev and producer Michael Douglas were game to talk about we might expect when we shake off the mortal coil.

Ellen Page ... not so much.

In Last Call, Keveney tests Star Trek: Discovery stars Sonequa Martin-Green and James Frain on whether they can deliver the Vulcan salute. Both are quite proficient (see below).

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