It's OK That 'Shrinking' Isn't the Next 'Ted Lasso'

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Season 1 of Shrinking.Apple TV+ has become quite a surprising competitor among streaming challengers and despite its smaller output of exclusive programs, it continues to find success — with the latest being Shrinking. Starring Jason Segel and Harrison Ford, the show focuses on the former one year after the death of his wife and how his outlook on life and work has been flipped upside down. He now approaches his job as a therapist with a new methodology, aiming to tell people what they don’t want to hear in hopes of getting them to change. It’s a bold strategy — but, as he sees early on, his clients find mixed success with the hard truth. Created by Brett Goldstein and Bill Lawrence, both of whom are behind the massive hit Ted Lasso on the same platform, what this show doesn’t do is follow the same process that made the Jason Sudeikis-led series so popular.