WILL + GRACE STARS LAND SEASON EIGHT PAYRISE

Hit comedy WILL + GRACE is returning to TV for an eighth season with all four leading cast members winning healthy pay hikes.

TV executives at NBC in America and the show's producers have reached a deal for the 2005-06 season, according to trade paper THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

The new deal reportedly gives the show's stars ERIC McCORMACK and DEBRA MESSING, who play the title characters, pay increases of $200,000 (GBP105,000)-per-episode, while co-stars MEGAN MULLALLY and SEAN HAYES will earn as much as Messing and McCormack for the first time since the series debuted in 1998.