Shrinking (2023)
Moving forward, together.
Jimmy is struggling to grieve the loss of his wife while being a dad, friend, and therapist. He decides to try a new approach with everyone in his path: unfiltered, brutal honesty. Will it make things better—or unleash uproarious chaos?
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 26 January 2023 |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Genre | Drama, Comedy |
| Created by | Brett Goldstein, Jason Segel and Bill Lawrence |
| Starring | Jason Segel, Harrison Ford and Jessica Williams |
| Seasons | 3 seasons, 33 episodes |
| Episode length | about 32 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 18 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | TMDB users 7.8/10 |
Where to watch Shrinking
Shrinking is streaming on Apple TV+ ($12.99 a month) in the US. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 1 month of Apple TV+, or $12.99 at list price.
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What kind of watch this is
Jason Segel plays a therapist who stops filtering his thoughts after his wife dies. He tells his patients exactly what he thinks, and the resulting chaos is the actual plot. The show leans on the absurdity of a man trying to fix his own life by breaking the rules of his job. With 33 episodes over 3 seasons, the total runtime is 18 hours. It is a heavy subject dressed in a light coat.
How it did with audiences
The studio kept the box office figures quiet, so we cannot say it broke the bank or even broke even. What we do have is a 7.8 on TMDB, which is a user score, not a critic’s sigh. That number suggests viewers liked watching a man shrink without being shrunk themselves. It is a modest rating for a premise that usually invites mockery, but here it lands as a dry, quiet acceptance.
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Sources
- Shrinking on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q111942171 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Shrinking” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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