Dolly Parton Joins Final Season of 'Grace and Frankie'
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin on Why Dolly Parton Hasn't Guest-Star…
Lily-Rose Depp and Jennie Ruby Jane on Bringing Pop Star Fantasy…
Dolly Parton Shares Why She's 'Nervous' to Release First Rock Si…
How Chris Stapleton Feels to Be Dolly Parton’s Favorite Collabor…
Gwen Stefani and Sons Support Blake Shelton at His Hollywood Wal…
Jane Fonda Throws Palme d'Or Scroll at Director at the Cannes Fi…
Why Jane Fonda Felt In Control of Her Life at 62 (Exclusive)
Why Amanda Seyfried Sympathizes With Elizabeth Holmes' Kids Amid…
Dionne Warwick’s Son Damon Tells Her the One Tweet He Wishes She…
‘Book Club 2’ Cast Spills on Reuniting for Italy-Set Sequel (Exc…
ACM Awards 2023: All the Must-See Moments
WGA Strike: What It Means for TV and Film
'RHOA's Marlo Hampton and Shereé Whitfield Sound Off on Season 1…
'Dune: Part Two' Official Trailer
Inside Kevin Costner and Wife's Divorce: New Details and What's …
Charli D'Amelio and Landon Barker Celebrate Her 19th Birthday on…
‘RHOA’ Season 15 Drama: Kenya Moore and Marlo Hampton Potentiall…
Priyanka Chopra Opens Up About ‘Deep Depression’ After Botched N…
Mama June on Daughter Anna 'Chickadee' Cardwell's 'Rare and Aggr…
Grace and Frankie is going out with a bang! After six seasons, Dolly Parton is finally joining the show for the seventh and final season of the series.
Parton's appearance on the show will finally give fans the 9 to 5 reunion they've been waiting on for years when she stars alongside Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda.
In 1980, moviegoers fell in love with Parton, Tomlin and Fonda when they starred together in 9 to 5. Now, more than 40 years later, they'll reunite to make onscreen magic -- something Tomlin and Fonda had been pushing for.
In 2019, ET spoke with Tomlin and Fonda, who dished on their desire to get Parton on board for an episode of Grace and Frankie, and revealed why they hadn't been able to make that happen.
"She's so busy," Fonda explained of Parton at the time. "She’s had the 9 to 5 musicals in London and she went over for that."
However, Tomlin was hopeful and shared that they had gotten "very close" to getting Parton, and that the 75-year-old country music legend really wanted to get the opportunity to reunite with her 9 to 5 pals.
During the PaleyFest panel at the time, Fonda cracked a joke about the possibility of a 9 to 5 sequel. "Everybody is very hopeful," she shared before quipping, "We may not live to see it."
During an ABC News' Nightline interview in 2018, Parton opened up about a 9 to 5 follow-up and what it would take to get it going.
"All these years we've talked about doing a sequel to 9 to 5, but it never made any real sense," she explained. "Until just recently [with] all the equal work for equal pay and all the harassment in the workplace [backlash] -- we decided that we are going to try to do another one."
"We're trying to get the script and all that," she continued. "Everybody is very interested, and we've all agreed that we'd love to do it, if it's right."
RELATED CONTENT:
'Grace and Frankie' Drops First Four Episodes of Final Season
Nicole Richie to Guest Star on 'Grace and Frankie'
Lisa Kudrow to Guest Star on 'Grace and Frankie' -- See the First Pic!
Related Gallery
