Cue Vivaldi’s “Spring” concerto: Netflix has set May 1 as premiere date for The Four Seasons, its comedy series from Tina Fey based on the 1981 feature of the same name that was written, directed by and starred Alan Alda. Also today, the streamer released a teaser and first-look images, which you can see below.
Alda has a cameo in the eight-episode The Four Seasons, co-created by Fey, Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield. He is one of a dozen or so guest stars on the show alongside its main cast of Fey, Will Forte, Colman Domingo, Marco Calvani, Steve CarellErika Henningsen and Kerri Kenney-Silver.
The Four Seasons is described as a love letter to long marriages and old friendships. In it, six old friends head for a relaxing weekend away only to learn that one couple in the group is about to split up. The three couples, Kate (Tina Fey) and Jack (Will Forte), Nick (Steve Carell) and Anne (Kerri Kenney-Silver), and Danny (Colman Domingo) and Claude (Marco Calvani), are completely upended by the news. Over the course of a year, we follow the friends on four vacations, and watch how this shake-up affects everyone’s dynamic — sending old issues and new bubbling to the surface.
Like the movie, the series is named after the concerti by Antonio Vivaldi, with two episodes dedicated to each of the four vacations, each taking place during a different season. There are quite a few charges from the film, which also starred Carol Burnett, Len Cariou and Rita Moreno, the most obvious being that in it, all three couples were straight.
Fey, Fisher and Wigfeld serve as writers, executive producers and co-showrunners, with Fisher also directing. David Miner, Jeff Richmond and Eric Gurian are executive producers too. Here is the teaser which, just like the series, is set to Vivaldi’s music:
Guest stars include (in order of appearance): Julia Lester (Lila), Alan Alda (Don), Ashlyn Maddox (Beth), Jacob Buckenmyer (Lumberjack), Taylor Ortega (Rachel), Simone Recasner (Sarah), Toby Edward Huss (Terry), Tommy Do (Colby), Chloe Troast (Mikayla), Jack Gore (Kayden), Cole Tristan Murphy (Kyler)
The season, filmed in New York and Puerto Rico, was directed by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman (Episodes 101-102), Oz Rodriguez (103-104), Jeff Richmond (105), Colman Domingo (106) and Lang Fisher (107 & 108).
Below are additional first-look photos:
THE FOUR SEASONS. (L to R) Tina Fey as Kate, Will Forte as Jack, and Colman Domingo as Danny in Episode 102 of The Four Seasons. Cr. JON PACK/Netflix © 2024
(L to R) Steve Carell as Nick and Kerri Kenney as Anne in Episode 101 of The Four Seasons.
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Colman Domingo as Danny in Episode 104 of The Four Seasons.
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(L to R) Tina Fey as Kate, Will Forte as Jack, and Steve Carell as Nick in Episode 101 of The Four Seasons.
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(L to R) Colman Domingo as Danny and Marco Calvani as Claude in Episode 103 of The Four Seasons.
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(L to R) Kerri Kenney as Anne and Tina Fey as Kate in Episode 107 of The Four Seasons.
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(L to R) Marco Calvani as Claude and Colman Domingo as Danny in Episode 103 of The Four Seasons.
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(L to R) Marco Calvani as Claude, Colman Domingo as Danny, Tina Fey as Kate, and Will Forte as Jack in Episode 102 of The Four Seasons.
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