State of Grace

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This article is about the television show. There is also a movie called State of Grace, and a band State of Grace.

State of Grace is an American sitcom that ran for two seasons on the Fox Network's Fox Family channel during 2001 and 2002.

It is centered on two 12-year-old girls from very different backgrounds, Hannah and Grace, who were best friends. Hannah was from a working class Jewish family and lived with her parents, her grandmother, and her uncle. Typically, they are depicted as more intelligent, thoughful, funny, and rebellious than other children of their age. Hannah's family had recently moved to North Carolina from Chicago. Grace was from a wealthy Catholic family and lived with her mother, a socialite.

Set in 1965, the show was compared by some to another look-back-through-the-years show, The Wonder Years.

The two main actors, Alia Shawkat and Mae Whitman, went on to co-star on FOX's Arrested Development. Shawkat was in the main cast and Whitman was a recurring guest star in season two and the beginning of season three (2004-2005). Shawkat played Maeby Bluth on the show, while Whitman played Maeby's cousin George Michael Bluth (Michael Cera)'s girlfriend, Ann .

The series was created by Brenda Lilly and Hollis Rich and was recipient of many awards including The Parents Television Council, The Humanitas Awards, Jewish Image Award. The series was cancelled by Angela Shapiro which resulted in the decline of ratings for the network.