Jason Segel plays a therapist who starts breaking rules while grieving a dead spouse on the new series “Shrinking” (Apple TV+, streaming), which turns out to be a comedy only that it’s 30 minutes and from Bill Lawrence, who has had a long history with such things (most recently, “Ted Lasso”).
It seems like we’ve seen an awful lot of series like this — about a central character that’s broken and messes things up. And for all the attention about Harrison Ford being in it, he’s hardly in it (and hardly looks happy about it). The cast includes Jessica Williams, Michael Brie and Christa Miller.
There’s a couple of new romantic comedies with big name casts streaming today. “You People” (Netflix, streaming) is about an impending wedding, featuring Jonah Hill, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Duchovny, Eddie Murphy and Mia Long, from “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris.
Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel star in “Shotgun Wedding” (Amazon Prime, streaming), with Jennifer Coolidge, Lenny Kravitz, Cheech Marin and Steve Coulter. It’s from Jason Moore of “Pitch Perfect.”
But there are a lot of Oscar nominated films streaming free these days. Joining the group today: “TAR” (Peacock, streaming) with Cate Blanchett.
Mea Wilkerson stars as a singer who finds the dark side of the label in the thriller “Immortal City Records” (Tubi, streaming).
The Roots take center stage in Washington, D.C. on “Next at Kennedy Center” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings).
The U.S. Figure Skating Championships (NBC, 8 p.m.) gets prime time spotlight for the women’s free skate. Earlier, the men’s short program is live at 5 p.m. on USA.