--- description: The Netflix show, starring Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda as frenemies whose husbands leave them for each other, will return in 2016. title: Netflix Renews "Grace and Frankie" for a Second Season, Possibly Thanks to Miley Cyrus image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1780032a0f917c0/698851cb55a8599f8aa8c335/ap769630304374-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Netflix Renews _Grace and Frankie_ for a Second Season, Possibly Thanks to Miley Cyrus  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. May 27, 2015 2:43 PM CUT  Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin at the World Premiere of "Grace and Frankie" in Los Angeles on April 29, 2015. Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin at the World Premiere of "Grace and Frankie" in Los Angeles on April 29, 2015.Eric Charbonneau—Invision for Netflix/AP  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. May 27, 2015 2:43 PM CUT No, Miley Cyrus does not make programming decisions for Netflix, but her influence should never be underestimated. _Variety_ [confirmed](http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/grace-and-frankie-season-2-netflix-1201505633/ "undefined") Wednesday that _Grace and Frankie_, the Netflix series starring Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda as enemies who find solidarity when their husbands leave them for each other, will live to see a second season. And the show’s co-creator Marta Kauffman is thanking Cyrus for doing her part. “Let me say, it’s so awesome to do a show on Netflix,” Kauffman said in a statement. “Because two and a half weeks after we launched, Miley Cyrus does a tweet about your show, and they call and say, ‘We’d like to do a season two.’” The show has been praised for creating leading roles for women over 70 in an industry that’s frequently wont to do so, as well as for its normalization of same-sex marriage. Miley Cyrus would likely [agree](https://twitter.com/MileyCyrus/status/602735466723422208 "undefined") on all counts. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3897717/grace-and-frankie-season-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3897717/grace-and-frankie-season-2/"},"headline":"Netflix Renews Grace and Frankie for a Second Season, Possibly Thanks to Miley Cyrus","datePublished":"2015-05-27T14:43:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:20:22.196Z","description":"The second season will land in 2016","url":"https://time.com/3897717/grace-and-frankie-season-2/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Netflix","Miley Cyrus","Jane Fonda"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1780032a0f917c0/698851cb55a8599f8aa8c335/ap769630304374-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1780032a0f917c0/698851cb55a8599f8aa8c335/ap769630304374-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin at the World Premiere of \"Grace and Frankie\" in Los Angeles on April 29, 2015.","caption":"Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin at the World Premiere of \"Grace and Frankie\" in Los Angeles on April 29, 2015.","creditText":"Eric Charbonneau—Invision for Netflix/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3897717/grace-and-frankie-season-2/","name":"Netflix Renews Grace and Frankie for a Second Season, Possibly Thanks to Miley Cyrus"}}]}] ```