Apple TV+ has formally renewed its new comedy Shrinking, starring Jason Segel and Harrison Ford, for a second season. The present premiered in January and has seemingly struck a chord with audiences and critics alike.
Though Apple doesn’t share viewing numbers, anecdotally, the present appears to be performing nicely relative to different Apple TV+ releases. It sits on the #1 spot on the US TV+ chart, though it can seemingly topple subsequent week when “Ted Lasso” returns for its extremely anticipated third season.
The streaming attraction of Shrinking is little doubt boosted by the star energy concerned: Jason Segel and Harrison Ford are large attracts. It additionally helps that most individuals just like the present; Shrinking has obtained largely constructive critiques throughout the board.
Shrinking is written and produced by Invoice Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, who’ve already created Apple’s hottest present thus far, the hit comedy Ted Lasso. Unsurprisingly, Shrinking has a considerably comparable really feel to Lasso, melding laughs with private drama, even when it pitches a barely darker comedic tone.
Shrinking will launch its eighth episode tomorrow, with the penultimate episode and finale to comply with over the following two weeks. The early season two renewal represents Apple’s dedication to the sequence. When viewers ought to anticipate Shrinking season two to air is much less clear.
9to5Mac understands that the writing room for season two is open in the mean time, with some scripts already accomplished. This implies the present may go into manufacturing later this 12 months, which might seemingly set a season two launch date for someday in 2024.
Coming quickly on TV+
Apple’s content material pipeline for March, April, and Could is fairly stacked as the corporate tries to air as a lot as potential contained in the Emmy’s eligibility window. The service will premiere 10 wholly new unique sequence within the subsequent couple of months, together with star-studded local weather change anthology Extrapolations, sci-fi sequence Silo, and Jennifer Garner-led restricted sequence The Final Factor He Instructed Me.
TV+ may even stream the brand new seasons of Ted Lasso, The Afterparty, Schmigadoon and extra. Upcoming new films embrace the extremely anticipated Tetris biopic and rom-com Ghosted, starring Chris Evans and Ana de Armas.
Hold up to date on every thing coming to TV+ in our complete present information.
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