'Grace & Frankie' Renewed For the Final Season at Netflix

The comedy will officially become Netflix's longest-running original after its seventh season.

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One of the longest-running originals for Netflix is now officially set to be the longest-running original for the streaming giant as Grace & Frankie has been renewed for the seventh and final season.

Yes! That's right. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series will complete 94 episodes after this 16 episodes final season pick-up which is three episodes more than the recently concluded Orange Is The New Black.

"It's thrilling and somehow fitting, that our show about the challenges, as well as the beauty and dignity of aging, will be the oldest show on Netflix," co-creators and showrunners Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris said in a statement Wednesday.

The renewal continues the comedy's track record of earning a pickup ahead of its upcoming season; the sixth season will return in January 2020. Sam Waterston, Martin Sheen, June Diane Raphael, Brooklyn Decker, Baron Vaughn, and Ethan Embry will all return for the Skydance-produced comedy's final season.

"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,” stated Netflix VP originals Cindy Holland. "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."

With Grace and Frankie's end in sight, Netflix continues to bring many of its longest-running originals to a conclusion. Jenji Kohan's Orange Is the New Black wrapped up earlier this year after seven seasons and House of Cards — the streamer's first-ever scripted original — concluded (without star Kevin Spacey) after six seasons in late 2018.

"We are both delighted and heartbroken that Grace and Frankie will be back for its seventh, though the final, season," Fonda and Tomlin said in a joint statement. "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 and 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."

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