Support for LAist comes from
Audience-funded nonprofit news
Stay Connected
Audience-funded nonprofit news
Listen
Podcasts Take Two
Marta Kauffman, from 'Friends' to Netflix's 'Grace and Frankie'
solid orange rectangular banner
()
Feb 16, 2016
Listen 8:39
Marta Kauffman, from 'Friends' to Netflix's 'Grace and Frankie'
Recently two longtime TV comedy writers, Marta Kauffman and David Crane, received and award from the Writers Guild of America West for their contributions to television.
Writer Marta Kauffman
Writer Marta Kauffman
()

Recently two longtime TV comedy writers, Marta Kauffman and David Crane, received and award from the Writers Guild of America West for their contributions to television.

Recently two longtime TV comedy writers, Marta Kauffman and David Crane, received and award from the Writers Guild of America West for their contributions to television.

The two are best known for the 90s mega-hit, "Friends."

Alex Cohen talked to Kauffman about the award and her career in television, plus what she's doing now — writing a novel new show for Netflix called "Grace and Frankie."