Updated
Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Jun 2
Tina Fey's The Four Seasons Tops Netflix Charts With 85% Score, Making Season 3 Likely
Updated
Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Jun 2

Tina Fey's The Four Seasons Tops Netflix Charts With 85% Score, Making Season 3 Likely

3 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Jun 2

Summary

  • Netflix's The Four Seasons surged to No. 1 on the streamer's U.S. Most Watched TV chart after season two debuted, extending Tina Fey's latest series into breakout-hit territory.
  • An 85% Rotten Tomatoes score from 13 season-two reviews, up from season one's 78%, reinforced the momentum and made a third season appear increasingly likely.
  • Season two resumes after Steve Carell's character Nick leaves his wife for a younger woman and then dies in a car accident, pushing the comedy-drama deeper into grief, marriage and aging.
  • Fey said expanding Alan Alda's 1981 film into a series let the writers go further with the ensemble, while balancing darker turns with the grounded humor she summed up as, "my grief is funny."

Insights

How does Tina Fey's new series manage to find critically acclaimed comedy in the midst of profound grief and loss?
Was killing off Steve Carell's character a brilliant risk or a long-term mistake for the acclaimed Netflix dramedy?
After the Season 2 cliffhanger, will David Tennant’s new character bring healing or more chaos to the group?