You're wrong about Will and Grace...it was successful, even in the Conservative States and I have a theory why...Gays were portrayed as stereotypical, sex-obsessed narcisists. Just the way middle-America likes to think Gays are. Plus, it was a very funny show. I once asked a gay friend of mine why the gay community was so fond of the show, since it did depict them in a somewhat negative light. He said that they were just happy whenever a gay character is introduced into the mainstream. So there you have it.
Utterly ridiculous. All media-informed people like us know that aside from the occasional predeliction for buttsex, gays are exactly like you and me. The hundreds of sexual parnters average? An obvious lie put out there by the evil Christian Right.