Dolly Parton Made True Wish Come True In The ‘Grace And Frankie’ Show

Dolly Parton tried several times to appear on the Grace and Frankie show.

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The first season of the show was received fairly but the subsequent seasons were very critically acclaimed.

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Netflix announced Dolly Parton's guest appearance on the seventh and final season of the show.

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"9 to 5" was Dolly Parton's debut film.

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The COVID-19 pandemic delayed the production of Grace and Frankie and, therefore, Parton's casting.

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Only four episodes of season seven of “Grace and Frankie” were released in August 2021, and Netflix announced that the remaining 12 episodes of the season would drop in 2022.

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Only the seventh season has 16 episodes as opposed to the past seasons, which had only 13 episodes each.

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Parton will be reuniting with her co-stars from "9 to 5" Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin on Grace and Frankie.

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Fonda and Tomlin had positive things to say about their experience with Parton on the "9 to 5" film set.

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