🎬 Grace and Frankie: New Beginnings (2026)
The Legendary Duo Returns for One Last Laugh — and a Fresh Start.
Nearly four years after Netflix’s beloved Grace and Frankie took its final bow, the streaming giant is bringing the iconic duo back in Grace and Frankie: New Beginnings (2026) — a heartfelt, hilarious continuation that redefines what it means to start over at any age.
Created by original showrunners Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris, with direction by Ken Whittingham, the revival reunites Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in their legendary roles as Grace Hanson and Frankie Bergstein — two women who turned heartbreak into empowerment and friendship into an art form.
💫 “Life doesn’t end at 80 — it just changes costume.”
Picking up several years after the series finale, New Beginnings finds Grace and Frankie facing an unexpected challenge: a surprise family event forces them to return to the business world together. But this time, their mission isn’t selling vibrators or senior tech — it’s saving their own family legacy.
Grace, ever the perfectionist, is navigating the reality of slowing down while refusing to admit it. Frankie, still wild and free, has taken up painting again — only this time her artwork has gone viral. When the two are pulled back into partnership, chaos, comedy, and emotional confession follow in equal measure.
❤️ A Story About Reinvention, Friendship, and Fearless Aging
The new chapter leans into the show’s signature mix of biting humor and emotional truth. “They’re older, yes — but they’re also bolder,” says Kauffman. “This story is about what happens when you’ve done everything you were supposed to do… and still want more.”
Sam Waterston and Martin Sheen reprise their roles as Sol and Robert, the ex-husbands whose own retirement adventures add fresh comic fuel to the chaos. Meanwhile, June Diane Raphael, Brooklyn Decker, and Baron Vaughn return as the next generation of family dysfunction, navigating love, business, and blended families with all the charm — and exasperation — audiences expect.
🎭 Behind the Scenes
Production is said to have begun quietly in late 2025 at Paramount Studios, with additional filming on the California coast to capture the familiar, sun-kissed Malibu backdrop. Costume designer Alison Freer returns to blend Grace’s signature structured elegance with Frankie’s bohemian flair — a visual metaphor for the show’s heart: two wildly different women, somehow perfectly in sync.
Music for the revival will be composed by Michael Skloff, who also worked on Friends — a fitting callback, given Kauffman’s earlier hit. Expect jazzy cues, acoustic warmth, and maybe a few throwback songs that longtime fans will recognize instantly.
🌈 Why Grace and Frankie Still Matters
In a media landscape obsessed with youth and reinvention, Grace and Frankie: New Beginnings stands as a reminder that reinvention has no age limit. The chemistry between Fonda and Tomlin remains the emotional engine of the series — witty, soulful, and mischievously wise.
As Grace tells Frankie in the new teaser line:
“We’re not starting over — we’re just continuing… with better lighting.”
🎬 Coming Spring 2026 on Netflix
With seven Emmy nominations, a cult following, and an impact that reshaped how television depicts older women, Grace and Frankie returns not as a nostalgia act, but as a love letter to friendship, courage, and the refusal to fade quietly into the background.
✨ Grace and Frankie: New Beginnings (2026) — Because laughter, like friendship, never retires.
