The Four Seasons (TV series)

American comedy series

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The Four Seasons is an American comedy drama series created by Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield for Netflix, starring Fey, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo, and Will Forte. It is an adaptation of the 1981 film of the same name, which was written and directed by Alan Alda, who has a guest role in the series. The series premiered on Netflix on May 1, 2025. In May 2025, the series was renewed for a second season which is set to premiere in 2026.

Cast

Main

Tina Fey as Kate, Jack's wife
Will Forte as Jack, Kate's husband, who is a schoolteacher
Steve Carell as Nick, Anne's soon-to-be ex-husband and hedge fund manager
Colman Domingo as Danny, Claude's husband, who is an architect
Kerri Kenney-Silver as Anne, Nick's soon-to-be ex-wife
Marco Calvani as Claude, Danny's husband
Erika Henningsen as Ginny, a 32-year-old dental hygienist whom Nick dates after divorcing Anne

Recurring

Steven Pasquale as Mark Brett (season 2)

Guest

Julia Lester as Lila, Anne and Nick's daughter
Alan Alda as Don, Anne's father
Ashlyn Maddox as Beth, Kate and Jack's daughter
Jacob Buckenmyer as Lumberjack
Toby Huss as Terry, a man that Anne is dating
Tommy Do as Colby, Ginny's friend
Taylor Ortega as Rachel, one of Ginny's friends
Simone Recasner as Sarah, another one of Ginny's friends
Chloe Troast as Mikayla, a guest service representative at Courtyard Marriott
Cole Tristan Murphy as Kyler, the son of Marty who owns the funeral home
Jack Gore as Kayden

Episodes

Production

The eight-part series is an adaptation of the Alan Alda 1981 film The Four Seasons, by Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield for Netflix. It was produced by Little Stranger Inc. All three writers are executive producers, along with David Miner, Eric Gurian and Jeff Richmond. Alda and Marissa Bregman, daughter of the film's producer, Martin Bregman, are producers of the series. Fey also stars in the series, and in April 2024 was joined by Steve Carell, and in June 2024 by Colman Domingo, Erika Henningsen, Will Forte, and Kerri Kenney-Silver. Marco Calvani later joined in August 2024. In March 2025, it was revealed that Julia Lester, Alan Alda, Ashlyn Maddox, Jacob Buckenmyer, Taylor Ortega, Simone Recasner, Toby Edward Huss, Tommy Do, Chloe Troast, Jack Gore and Cole Tristan Murphy joined the show as guest stars. On May 14, 2025, Netflix renewed the series for a second season. On October 29, 2025, Steven Pasquale was cast in a recurring capacity for the second season.

Filming took place in the state of New York in the second half of 2024. Filming also took place in Puerto Rico.

Release

The series premiered on Netflix on May 1, 2025. The second season is scheduled to premiere in 2026.

Reception

Critical response

The series received mostly favorable reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 77% approval rating based on 62 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Welcoming as a lakeside vista and occasionally just as placid, The Four Seasons isn't as breezily funny as creator Tina Fey's best work but often just as witty and wise." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 61 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

Saloni Gajjar of The A.V. Club gave the series a B+ and said, "Despite the aforementioned lack of jokes, the show is never too intense, with the eight half-hour installments flowing by breezily. The characters are entertaining and worth spending time with, and the miniseries boasts well-written banter, immersive settings, and, best of all, Antonio Vivaldi's eponymous violin concertos acting as a comforting companion throughout this journey." Reviewing the series for The Guardian, Lucy Mangan gave a rating of 4/5 and wrote, "The Four Seasons is Fey and her writing and acting ensembles on fine form, everything informed by her rigorous intelligence, wit and experience. Rest your aching bones and enjoy." Alan Sepinwall of Rolling Stone commented, "There are some amusing moments, and a few genuinely poignant ones, but on the whole it feels thin—less a TV show than an excuse for a bunch of talented people, several of them old friends IRL, to hang out together in a variety of pretty locales."