Actress Jane Fonda is to return for a fifth season of "Grace and Frankie." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Actor Lily Tomlin arrives for the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on September 17, 2017. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
TV personality RuPaul arrives for The MTV Movie Awards in Culver City, California on April 14, 2013. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Netflix said Wednesday it has renewed its comedy Grace and Frankie for a fifth season.
Starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston, the show is expected to return with fresh episodes in 2019. It is about two women whose lives are upended when their husbands reveal they are gay and want to be together.
Entertainer RuPaul has signed on to play the recurring role of Benjamin Le Day, "a formidable and quick-witted adversary who faces off with Grace and Frankie" for Season 5, a news release said.
The first four seasons are now streaming globally.
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2019
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