Scroll To Top
Women

Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda to Star in Netflix's Gay-ish New Comedy Grace and Frankie

Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda to Star in Netflix's Gay-ish New Comedy Grace and Frankie

Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda to Star in Netflix's Gay-ish New Comedy Grace and Frankie

We can't wait for this!

Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda are together again for a partial 9 to 5 reunion. We wish! Actually, it has nothing to do with the classic comedy. The two titans are slated to star in the Netflix original series Grace and Frankie, in which they’ll play long-time rivals who bond when their husbands come out and leave them to marry each other, according to TVLine. 

The series’ creator is Marta Kaufmann, who gave Friends to the world. If Grace and Frankie is even marginally as successful as Friends, then it will be a huge hit!

“Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are among the funniest and most formidable actresses ever and it’s an incredible privilege to give them the opportunity to run riot on Netflix,” Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said in a statement on working with the two powerhouses. 

Netflix has ordered 13 half-hour episodes of the series that comes on the heels of the wildly popular series House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black. It is set to premiere in 2015, according to TV Line. 

Fonda recently starred in HBO’s Newsroom and in Lee Daniels The Butler while Tomlin is currently on the road with her one-woman show. This New Year's Eve Tomlin married her partner Jane Wagner after 42 years together. 

Stonewall Brick AwardsOut / Advocate Magazine - Jonathan Groff and Wayne Brady

From our Sponsors

Most Popular

Latest Stories

author avatar

Shewired Editors