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Steve Carell and Tina Fey’s Netflix Comedy The Four Seasons Does the Impossible in Just Four Days, What Ransom Canyon Never Could Do

The series finale of Netflix’s You may have been one of the most anticipated in recent memory, but it was no match for the comedic genius of Steve Carell and Tina Fey. After just one week, You Season 5 has been dethroned from the top of the Netflix charts by The Four Seasons, the comedic drama created by Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield that adapts the 1981 film that starred Alan Alda and Carol Burnett.

Per Variety, The Four Seasons racked up 11.9 million views in its first four days, which was enough to dethrone You Season 5 and take the top spot at #1, where it’s remained ever since. By contrast, the Penn Badgley thriller amassed 10.1 million views in its first four days, and just 10.9 million views in its first full week of availability.

Starring not only Carell and Fey, The Four Seasons also features Colman Domingo and Will Forte, and tells the tale of three married couples who regularly vacation together four times a year. When one of the couples decides to divorce, their decades-long friendship is put to the test. It’s a simple premise, but one that was a big hit with fans and critics, as after debuting with a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, it’s settled in nicely to its Certified Fresh rating of 77%. Paying homage to the original, Alda was even brought in for a brief cameo, and for Fey, she told USA Today that “it was a thrill to spend a day on set with him.”

‘The Four Seasons’ Highlights One of the Streaming Model’s Biggest Problems

While The Four Seasons certainly deserves its flowers for being a touching dramedy that deals with themes of marriage, family, and resentment, it inadvertently managed to highlight one of the biggest problems with streaming by taking the top spot away from You Season 5 after just one week. What should have been a final season that wore the crown for a little while longer was taken down by a one-shot miniseries that most likely won’t be returning for a second season, which may signify that people are growing tired of waiting two years for a series to return.

Sure, the star power of Fey and Carell certainly helped propel The Four Seasons to where it sits now, but You managed to do what few shows have by entering the pop culture zeitgeist to become a bona fide phenomenon. Its swan song should have been major news, but after more than two years between Seasons 4 and 5, folks seemed to lose interest, and who can blame them? With so much content being doled out to viewers, it’s almost impossible to stay hyped about something you know won’t be coming back for a while, and when it does, folks can barely remember what happened.

They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, but in this case, it just made the heart say, “meh,” and as more and more shows take years off between seasons, it’s only going to become a bigger problem. As we await to see what the future holds for streaming, you can check out both The Four Seasons and You Season 5 now on Netflix.