Jason Segel is starring in an Apple TV Plus show co-written by Ted Lasso‘s Brett Goldstein
The streamer just gave the green light to comedy series Shrinking
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Jason Segel seems to continuously have something in the works, but it’s been a while since he’s starred in a sitcom. Thankfully, he’s soon returning to form. Apple TV+ is working on a new comedy series starring Segel, that’s being co-written by the actor alongside Ted Lasso’s Brett Goldstein and Bill Lawrence.
According to its logline, Shrinking “follows a grieving therapist (Segel) who starts to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge, tumultuous changes to people’s lives… including his own.”
That sounds an awful lot like Apple TV+’s other upcoming series, The Shrink Next Door, where Paul Rudd plays real-life psychiatrist Ike Herschkopft, who exploits and meddles into his patient Marty’s (Will Ferrell) life, to the point where he even takes over Marty’s fabric company.
It’ll be a battle of the terrible shrinks to see which comedic show will gain the most attention from viewers. Apple TV+’s decision to have two very similar shows airing at the same time is a bit of a head-scratcher, but we’re going to blame the much-discussed Ted Lasso season two therapy arc for the streamer’s interest in shrink shows.
As for its star, this isn’t Segel’s only Apple project in the works. He’ll also star in Apple TV+’s upcoming film The Sky Is Everywhere, based on Jandy Nelson’s YA novel of the same name. The movie is written by Nelson and directed by Josephine Decker.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the story is about a teenage girl named Lennie Walker, “who is dealing with the sudden loss of her sister. In her grieving state, she finds herself drawn to two men: her sister’s boyfriend, where the shared loss binds them in ways she doesn’t understand, and a new arrival who offers a bright hope for the future.” Segel will play Lennie’s uncle, Big.
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So I take it Segel’s career as a puppeteer didn’t quite pan out?
I kind of wish that he’d do another muppet movie, actually.
Dude, the man single-handedly saved the Muppets. Lighten up on the guy.
Yeah. With Goldstein also a noted Muppets fan, I’m intrigued by the team-up but wish it were a more whimsical premise
I was referencing Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Speaking of Ted Lasso and How I Met Your Mother…
I recently randomly caught some eps of HIMYM and Scrubs, both from their third seasons. Both shows ended so poorly (HIMYM with a thud, Scrubs just painfully drawn out) that I’d forgotten how amazing they were in their primes. And with Scrubs, you can really see the Ted Lasso DNA all over that. Roy Kent is basically (somehow) a less physical Dr. Cox. The ep where Brenden Fraser’s character dies… forgot all about that and it still hits hard.
And there’s a five-ep run of HIMYM, mainly the eps “Spoiler Alert” and “Slapsgiving” that I would put up with any run of any sitcom, ever. Just firing on all cylinders.
Is it just me, or does The Shrink Next Door not look at all like a comedy? From what I understand of the podcast, it’s a psychological drama bordering on thriller?
Agreed…I didn’t really find anything particularly humorous aboyt The Shrink Next Door, either.
Jason Segel seems to continuously have something in the works
I know! Working actors and their . . . work! What a world!!!