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Grace & Frankie is returning to Netflix for season 6 at Netflix in January 2020 and if you’re looking for what’s new, what you can expect and who’s returning for season 6, we’ve got all you need to know. We’ve also got word on season 7 which is set to be the final in the series.
As you may know, the sixth season was renewed before the fifth even aired on Netflix. The series has become Netflix’s second-longest-running comedy series only behind Orange is the New Black.
Given the show is made from the same creator as Friends which has proved a massive success for Netflix and is scheduled for removal, Netflix is hoping to keep the Grace & Frankie train going.
Since 2015, we’ve seen new seasons of the comedy show every single year. The first two seasons released in May, the third in March 2017 and both seasons 4 & 5 have released in January.
Where is season 6 of Grace & Frankie in production?
Current status: Completed (last updated: December 2019)
Production of season 6 began almost instantaneously after its season 5 release on Netflix.
Today I get to sit in the luckiest seat in Hollywood.
If you enjoy watching Fonda,Tomlin, Sheen and Waterston teach their masters comedy class on Grace and Frankie, imagine my front row seat at the table read watching the beginning of their process!
Season 6 kicks off!!! pic.twitter.com/6o8Gr8RAdp— Ethan Embry (@EmbryEthan) January 23, 2019
We’ve also seen a few snaps of Jane Fonda and other cast members and crew on set for season 6 of Grace & Frankie. We’ve embedded them below, but with special thanks to the Grace and Frankie Fans Twitter account for being an excellent resource.
#lilytomlin on the set of #graceandfrankie season 6 ❤️ pic.twitter.com/4DvMkFs6VC
— Grace And Frankie Fans (@grace__frankie) March 20, 2019
#lilytomlin on the set of #graceandfrankie for #season6 ❤️#janefonda pic.twitter.com/MkdNxRK3lq
— Grace And Frankie Fans (@grace__frankie) March 5, 2019
Can't wait for season 6! Omg ❤️#graceandfrankie pic.twitter.com/eHDA6ILuGw
— Grace And Frankie Fans (@grace__frankie) March 31, 2019
Season 5 Recap and What to Expect from Grace & Frankie season 6
Let’s recap the events of season 5 and see where that could take us for season 6 of Grace & Frankie.
The final episode of season 5 saw Grace & Frankie reminisce about the last three years and discuss how life would’ve panned out differently if they hadn’t lived with each other over the past three years.
Big changes are likely in store for Grace & Frankie who may find themselves in new living arrangements. That makes sense given that last season Grace married Nick.
Who’s returning for Grace & Frankie season 6?
Thanks to IMDb, we’ve got quite a few confirmations of who will be returning. Of course, the title characters played by Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin will be returning.
Here are the other actors and actresses confirmed to return:
- Sam Waterston as Sol
- Martin Sheen as Robert
- Brooklyn Decker as Mallory
- Ethan Embry as Coyote
- June Diane Raphael as Brianna
- Baron Vaughn as Nwabudike Bergstein
- Peter Cambor as Barry
- Peter Gallagher as Nick
- Michael Charles Roman as Adam
Martin Sheen & Sam Waterston returning for season 6
Returning to sit in the director’s seat for season 6 includes Ken Whittingham who will be directing episode 7. Actress and director Betty Thomas will also return to direct episode 6.
Some of the new cast members for this year (mostly in small roles) include Aris Alvarado, Miranda De Meo, Chrisanne Eastwood, Kasey Mahaffy, Tamika Simpkins, Jay Topaoan and Dan Warner.
Will Dolly Parton appear in season 6 of Grace and Frankie?
Grace and Frankie has featured many celebrity cameos through its lifetime already with RuPaul appearing throughout season 5. This season, many have speculated and in fact, demanded that it’s finally time for Dolly Parton to have a role in Grace & Frankie. After all, Fonda and Tomlin appeared alongside the famous singer in the series 9 to 5 back in the 1990s.
It’d make perfect sense that the show would feature Dolly Parton this year given she’s about to appear in a Netflix anthology series due out later this year called Heartstrings.
Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in 9 to 5
Tomlin has said it’s a longtime goal to get Parton to appear saying: “We’d like to see Dolly and we keep hoping we’ll work out a schedule, but she’s just so busy,” but ultimately concluded “She does so many things, and now she has a big show deal herself at Netflix, so I don’t know.”.
How many episodes of Grace & Frankie season 6 will there be?
Nothing confirmed as of yet but given the fact all five seasons thus far have had 13 episodes, it’d be mad to consider this season being any different.
When will season 6 of Grace & Frankie be on Netflix?
The series won’t be back until early 2020 at the very earliest. To begin with, all we knew is that: “Grace and Frankie will return for a sixth season in 2020 on Netflix.”. In September 2019, Netflix confirmed that Grace and Frankie season 6 will be on Netflix in January 2020.
It was then confirmed in December 2019 that the official release date for Grace & Frankie season 6 on Netflix is January 15th, 2020.
Rise up. Seat down. Season 6 coming January 15. pic.twitter.com/PRgC7Pdibc
— Grace and Frankie (@GraceandFrankie) December 10, 2019
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The show may come back to Netflix in January 2020 which was its timeslot for season 5. That would be notable because Marta Kauffman’s other notable project, Friends, is due to leave Netflix in the US in that month.
The show has also been renewed for a seventh season, which will likely continue with a similar trend, and it will be released in January 2021.
Other Grace & Frankie News
In the middle of May, SNL aired an episode with a whole skit dedicated to Grace & Frankie. It featured DJ Khaled and Paul Rudd, who rapped and sang about how great the show was.
"What are you saying? That if I'm gonna do an epic rap song for the season finale, it should be about a TV show that I actually like?" #SNLFinale @GraceandFrankie pic.twitter.com/1u0JLXVTeD
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) May 19, 2019
Lily Tomlin recently starred in the revival special of the old TV series, Still Laugh-In. Still LAUGH-IN: The Stars Celebrate arrived on Netflix on May 14th, 2019.
The cast and crew of the show recently appeared at the PaleyFest LA 2019 to talk about the future and past of the show. You can watch the hour-long panel right now.
The Emmy Awards came out and once again, Grace and Frankie featured. This year, they’re up for Outstanding Contemporary Costumes where Allyson Franger was nominated.
One of the stars of the show, June Diane Raphael, has reportedly expressed and is considering a run for some sort of office once the show has concluded, according to a report from Huffington Post.
In September 2019, it was confirmed that a seventh season is in production with 16 episodes due out. The bad news is that the series is set to be the last which will conclude Netflix’s longest-running shows with 94 episodes available.
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