Less than a month after Season 4 of Grace and Frankie went live on Netflix, the streamer has ordered another go-round for 2019.
The acclaimed comedy will have a new character: RuPaul is set to guest as Benjamin Le Day, a formidable and quick-witted adversary who faces off with Grace (Jane Fonda) and Frankie (Lily Tomlin).
The official greenlight comes a week-plus after production began on the new season. The series from Skydance Television follows the title characters, whose lives are turned upside down when their husbands (Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston) reveal they are gay and leave their wives for each other. Both sparring partners and partners-in-crime, Grace and Frankie form an unlikely and unbreakable bond and face their uncertain futures head-on, hand-in-hand. Together with their ex-husbands and children (Brooklyn Decker, June Diane Raphael, Ethan Embry and Baron Vaughn), they discover the true definition of “family,” with laughter, tears and plenty of mood enhancers along the way.
Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris created the series and exec produce alongside Paula Weinstein, John Hoffman, Billy Finnegan, Robbie Tollin, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Marcy Ross.
I’m so happy!! I was just turned on to this show and rushed through season 1 & half of 2, when I was told that it ended at season 4.. so I slowed down watching it because it’s like a really good book and you don’t want it to end!! I AM SO HAPPY to hear it’s coming back!! ;) EVERYONE needs to watch this show. One question? When does season 5 start back up?!!
Love love love this show!!!
I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!! I am so excited to hear that they are doing another season! I binge watched the last season and feel completely lost without more!! Love this whole cast ad the writing is spectacular! Many laugh out loud moments. Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda are amazing and hilarious!! Thank You!
Omg, I so excited to see there will be a series 5. I love this show!!!
A friend suggested I watch this show. My husband of 30 years did the same thing to me & shattered my world. The first season was spot on with the emotions & I cried quite a bit watching. I have now watched all 4 seasons & even laughed in a lot of the later episodes. Fonda & Tomlin are super!