 " A Chorus Lie " was written by Tracy Poust and Jon Kinnally and directed by series producer James Burrows . In January 2002 , it was confirmed that actor Matt Damon would guest star on Will & Grace . In the same month , it was announced that NBC would extend " A Chorus Lie " with four additional minutes to accommodate the network 's " supersize " plan to compete against the CBS reality show Survivor . Jeff Zucker , who at the time was President of NBC Entertainment , said that the show 's producers approached NBC about the " supersizing " idea rather than the other way around ; " When scripts came in long , [ the producers ] asked NBC if the network could handle a few extra minutes of footage . " Zucker commented that the lengthening of this episode " turned out great , and there was no real extra work for anyone . It 's a great development that [ the producers ] know that [ NBC is ] open to things like this . " 
