"making a name for himself as the guy who finally successfully brought The Gay to a mainstream-ish large scale American audience."

eh, too late. while i don't think will & grace did much other than play stereotypes; brothers & sisters has a very active gay lead character played, ironically enough, by matthew rhys, who is from cardiff!

RTD believes his own press, that's some of the problem. i just hope TW survives mostly intact and gets placed in the hands of someone that actually cares about it and doesn't see it as a stepping stone *cough*chibnall*cough*.