Speaking about why the show is so successful, Hollywood icon Jane Fonda told Vogue: “I think one of the reasons that people like the show is that it’s really easy on the eye. There’s kind of a feel-good thing about it. A lot of older women say to me and to Lily, ‘You know, you gave me hope. I can now see that there could be a future'."
She added: "I thought this was a show that could potentially give a lot of hope to people, especially to older people, especially to women. And I think that’s actually happened.
"A woman (once) came over to us and said: 'You saved my sister’s life. She’d been married for 45 years and her husband left her for a man and she was suicidal. We finally got her to watch Grace and Frankie and it saved her life. We were able to laugh at it'. So that feels pretty good."
Surprisingly, this is the first time Jane Fonda has actually starred in her own sitcom. "I wanted to do one for quite a number of years, but I hadn’t found the right thing. I have long wanted to give a cultural face to old age. And it’s hard for older women to do that, in particular in major feature films these days. Maybe always," she explained.
"Episodic television is a different animal and I had never done it before. Being a recurring guest star when you come in every three to four weeks is very different from doing episodic television.
"I was actively seeking a TV series to do. Several hadn’t worked out. And Lily and I had been friends since (the movie) 9 to 5, but we had never talked about developing a project for ourselves. However, what a great idea! There was no script, so Marta and the co-creator, Howard J. Morris, pitched the idea to the two of us. And we said, “Yeah, let’s go for this.”
Jane Fonda shared all of the intimate details of her hit show's new season, specifically her vibrant new co-star, with Ellen DeGeneres! You can check out the interview here:

Check out the trailer for the new season here: