David Farnor | On 02, Jan 2020

“You’re worried things are going to change, but things won’t change.” “Everything’s going to change.” That’s the sound of Grace and Frankie returning for its sixth season.

Netflix’s comedy stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as the eponymous two friends, whose lives are turned upside down when they husbands (Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston) reveal they are gay and leave their spouses for each other. First premiering in 2015, it has gone on to become one of Netflix’s most successful comedy series.

Created by Friends’ Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris, the programme has managed to stand out from the crowd with its focus on older characters. As we join them once more in Season 6, we pick up during the aftermath of Grace getting married again – this time, to Nick (Peter Gallagher). With Frankie fearing the changes in their routines, the duo are also trying to corner the toilet start-up market.

But the new trailer for the pair’s penultimate outing also promises breakdowns, frank conversations and no end of wine – maybe things won’t change so much after all.

Season 6 premieres on 15th January. Here’s the new video:

 

First look: Grace and Frankie Season 6 set for January release

11th December 2019

Grace and Frankie will return to Netflix in January for its sixth season, and we’ve got our first look at the duo back together.

Netflix’s comedy stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as the eponymous two friends, whose lives are turned upside down when they husbands (Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston) reveal they are gay and leave their spouses for each other. First premiering in 2015, it has gone on to become one of Netflix’s most successful comedy series.

Created by Friends’ Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris, the programme has managed to stand out from the crowd with its focus on older characters.

“This truly original and defiant onscreen friendship reminds us loyal viewers why we tune in in the first place,” we wrote in our review of Season 5.

Indeed, the show has now become Netflix’s longest running original programme, with a seventh and final run already commissioned.

“It’s thrilling and somehow fitting, that our show about the challenges, as well as the beauty and dignity of aging, will be the oldest show on Netflix,’ said Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris in a statement.

But there are two seasons to go, and the first images of Season 6 suggest they’ll go out being as entertaining and frank as ever. The season premieres on 15th January.

 

Netflix renews Grace and Frankie for Season 6

15th January 2019

Netflix has renewed Grace and Frankie for a sixth season.

The series stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as two friends whose lives are turned upside down when they husbands (Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston) reveal they are gay and leave their spouses for each other. First premiering in 2015, it has gone on to become one of Netflix’s most successful comedy series, picking up a Golden Globe nomination for Tomlin in 2016 and nine Emmy nominations in the years since.

Created by Friends’ Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris, the programme has managed to stand out from the crowd with its focus on older characters.

“Empowering, funny and boasting one of TV’s best casts, Grace and Frankie only gets better with age,” we wrote in our review of Season 4.

Season 5 premieres this week, with RuPaul, of Drag Race fame, joining the cast as a guest star (playing Benjamin Le Day, “a formidable and quick-witted adversary”). Now, before that has even aired, Netflix has already announced that it will bring back the series once again, ordering a sixth run. The commission makes Grace and Frankie one of Netflix’s longest-running original series, with only House of Cards, Orange Is the New Black and The Ranch also reaching six seasons.

You can watch a trailer for Season 5 here.

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