Apple TV Renews “Shrinking” for Season 4

Fans of Shrinking, rejoice! The show's third season premiered just last week, and Apple TV is ready for more. The streamer announced earlier that the Bill Lawrence-created sitcom has been renewed for a fourth season.

Starring Jason Segel as an unorthodox therapist and Harrison Ford as one of his colleagues, the show has gotten great reviews and multiple Emmy Award nominations. The ensemble cast has continued to grow, including Wendie Malick, Neil Flynn, and co-creator Brett Goldstein. Anecdotally, the show has been recommended to me multiple times as a warm and wonderful comedy, with just the right balance of sweet and sour. New guest stars in Season 3 include Emmy winners Jeff Daniels, Candice Bergen, and Michael J. Fox.

The renewal continues the longstanding business relationship Lawrence has with Apple TV. Ted Lasso, the streamer's biggest hit by far, was co-developed with him, and returns for a much-anticipated fourth season this summer. His Carl Hiassen adaptation Bad Monkey, starring Vince Vaughn, premiered in 2024 and will also have another season to come.

Shrinking will debut new episodes on Wednesdays until April 8, exclusively on Apple TV.

About Kip Mooney

Like many film critics born during and after the 1980s, my hero is Roger Ebert. The man was already the best critic in the nation when he won the Pulitzer in 1975, but his indomitable spirit during and after his recent battle with cancer keeps me coming back to read not only his reviews but his insightful commentary on the everyday. But enough about a guy you know a lot about. I knew I was going to be a film critic—some would say a snob—in middle school, when I had to voraciously defend my position that The Royal Tenenbaums was only a million times better than Adam Sandler’s remake of Mr. Deeds. From then on, I would seek out Wes Anderson’s films and avoid Sandler’s like the plague. Still, I like to think of myself as a populist, and I’ll be just as likely to see the next superhero movie as the next Sundance sensation. The thing I most deplore in a movie is laziness. I’d much rather see movies with big ambitions try and fail than movies with no ambitions succeed at simply existing. I’m also a big advocate of fun-bad movies like The Room and most of Nicolas Cage’s work. In the past, I’ve written for The Dallas Morning News and the North Texas Daily, which I edited for a semester. I also contributed to Dallas-based Pegasus News, which in the circle of life, is now part of The Dallas Morning News, where I got my big break in 2007. Eventually, I’d love to write and talk about film full-time, but until that’s a viable career option, I work as an auditor for Wells Fargo. I hope to one day meet my hero, go to the Toronto International Film Festival, and compete on Jeopardy. Until then, I’m excited to share my love of film with you.