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2017 SAG Awards Comedy Nominees: Florence Foster Jenkins and black-ish Still Going Strong

December 14, 2016
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2017 SAG Awards Comedy Nominees: Florence Foster Jenkins and black-ish Still Going Strong

*comedy nominees in italics

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Amy Adams, “Arrival”
Emily Blunt, “The Girl on the Train”
Natalie Portman, “Jackie”
Emma Stone, “La La Land”
Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water”
Hugh Grant, “Florence Foster Jenkins”
Lucas Hedges, “Manchester by the Sea”
Dev Patel, “Lion”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, “Black-ish”
Tituss Burgess, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”
William H. Macy, “Shameless”
Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba, “Orange is the New Black”
Jane Fonda, “Grace and Frankie”
Ellie Kemper, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”
Lily Tomlin, “Grace and Frankie”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
“The Big Bang Theory”
“Black-ish”
“Modern Family”
“Orange is the New Black”
“Veep”

The rundown of comedy nominees in this year’s awards season have many notable differences between the nominations for a few awards ceremonies that have been announced so far.

Still, Florence Foster Jenkins and black-ish seem to be holding consistently throughout as they just picked up multiple nominations for the 2017 SAG Awards. Netflix has plenty to be proud of here too, especially since they got all but one nomination in the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series category.

Get the full list of 2017 SAG Awards nominees here and see who wins on January 29th on either TBS or TNT (or you’ll be able to stream it) at 5PM PST..

“Grace and Frankie” Season 2 Gets a Trailer

April 5, 2016
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Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are about to return as improbably friends Grace and Frankie for their second season. 

From the looks of this trailer, they’ll be getting into even more trouble than they did season 1.

Look for episodes to start streaming on Friday, May 6th.

“Grace and Frankie” Renewed for Season 3 at Netflix

December 12, 2015
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Time for celebratory shots. Season 3 of #GraceandFrankie is on its way! pic.twitter.com/0XaBg0oJjF

As the recent announcement of awards nominations show, streaming services like Netflix are faring quite well amongst traditional broadcast, cable, and even premium cable networks. Their formula for programming is working and thus Netflix and the like are going to stay the course (that includes expanding their programming) and a renewal for a third season of Grace and Frankie is a part of that plan.

Along with the accolades for her turn in Grandma, Lily Tomlin is having a really good year.

Petition Grows For The Stars of “Grace and Frankie” To Be Paid Like They’re Stars

June 5, 2015
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(via The Wrap)

Apparently, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, who play the titular stars of “Grace and Frankie” are paid as much as male supporting cast members Sam Waterston and Martin Sheen.

While the pay is equal here, the simple matter of fact is that Fonda and Tomlin are the top-billed stars of the show, which should warrant the most pay. However, it’s not the case and there doesn’t seem to be any apparent good reason for it. 

Do Waterston and Sheen have a pricy rate for online streaming series these days? Even if they are, Fonda and Tomlin are just as established and that should bring back the difference in pay back to who is higher on the cast member totem pole. 

It’s very similar to a sports team paying their star players as much as the rest of the team, even though they’re the stat sheet leaders night after night. 

As of this post, the petition has over 9.500 signatures on  and you can sign it here.

Netflix Orders Season 2 of “Grace and Frankie”

May 28, 2015
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More binge viewing ahead! @GraceAndFrankie picked up for a second season!!!! #NETFLIX pic.twitter.com/oKcaC9AEr1

While you’re probably still suspicious of Netflix’s reviving Full House, they are doing well to also focus on their own homegrown original comedy series. 

BoJack Horseman is about to premiere in July and now, another season of Grace and Frankie is set for 2016. Jane Fonda tweeted out the news last night. 

If they continue the path they’re on now, Netflix will probably have a much bigger original comedy slate by the time this next season of Grace and Frankie comes out.

Here’s The First Trailer For Netflix’s “Grace and Frankie”

April 9, 2015
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Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin play “frenemies” that come together over their husbands, played by Sam Waterston and Martin Sheen, revealing that they are gay and in love with each other. You in? 

Here’s the first trailer to give you a promising taste of what’s to come for Grace & Frankie. You can see that June Diane Raphael, Baron Vaughn, and more will also be in the mix 

Given the premise, Grace & Frankie very easily could have been a multi cam sitcom, but it’s not and we think it will be all the better for it.

All the episodes will be released on Netflix on May 8th.

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