Renewed: Grace & Frankie confirm final season

Netflix comedy Grace & Frankie will conclude with its 7th season.

Comprising 16 new episodes, it will wrap at 94 episodes, the longest original series for the streaming service.

“It’s thrilling and somehow fitting, that our show about the challenges, as well as the beauty and dignity of ageing,  will be the oldest show on Netflix.” said series co-creators and showrunners Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris.

The series stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as women both abandoned when their husbands (Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston) come out as gay.

“We are both delighted and heartbroken that Grace & Frankie will be back for its seventh, though final, season,” Fonda and Tomlin said. “We’re so grateful that our show has been able to deal with issues that have really connected to our grand generation. And their kids, and amazingly, their kids as well!  We’ll miss these two old gals, Grace & Frankie as much as many of their fans will, but we’ll still be around. We’ve outlasted so many things—just hope we don’t outlast the planet.”

“Since its premiere in 2015, Grace and Frankie has expertly and hilariously demystified the experience of growing older and given a voice to the fastest growing segment of our population,” said Cindy Holland, Netflix’s vice president of original series. “Jane, Lily, Sam, and Martin have become role models for fans that span generations around the world, and we are so proud to have been a part of the show’s journey from day one. A special thanks to Marta, Howard, and the team at Skydance, who have been superb partners every step of the way.”

But the show will still be around for some time with Season 6 still to premiere in early 2020.

Source: Variety