Joanne and Noah got married on a Malibu beach and told almost nobody. That secret now has a season to unravel in. Netflix has renewed Nobody Wants This for Season 4, confirming the news on Tudum on Friday, 6 November, barely two weeks after the third season arrived on 22 October with all 10 episodes at once.
The quick turnaround says plenty about where the show sits in Netflix’s comedy lineup. Kristen Bell and Adam Brody have given the platform one of its most dependable grown-up romances, and the renewal removes any suspense about whether the cliffhanger would be left hanging.
What Netflix has confirmed
The next season will film in Los Angeles, the show’s home city. No release window has been given, and Netflix has not yet published a formal cast list for Season 4, though the story picks up with Joanne (Bell) and Noah (Brody) as its centre, alongside Sasha (Timothy Simons), Esther (Jackie Tohn) and Morgan (Justine Lupe).
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Katrina Marcinowski/Netflix
Creator Erin Foster remains a showrunner, with Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan also steering the series. Tracey Pakosta, Netflix’s US vice president of comedy series, called the show “a true cultural phenomenon” and added, “We cannot be more excited for Season 4.”
Where Season 3 left everyone
The third season moved fast. Joanne’s mikvah finalized her conversion to Judaism, the couple moved in together, and then came the surprise beach wedding in Malibu. The paperwork, as Konner put it, has not caught up: “They’re married in the eyes of God, but not in the eyes of anyone else yet.”
That gap is the engine for what comes next. “There are a lot of people who are going to find out that Noah and Joanne are married when we come back,” Konner said, which promises at least one round of family fallout from both sides of the aisle.
The supporting triangle is messier still. On the Episode 10 Malibu trip, Esther learned that Sasha had hooked up with Morgan in New York, and Morgan learned that Sasha had slept with Esther a day earlier. Lupe, for her part, is keeping an open mind: “I’m curious to see how it all plays out.”
Why the renewal matters
Season 2 offers a sense of the appetite. Netflix says it drew about 18 million views in its first 11 days, held the No. 1 spot on its English TV list for two weeks and reached the Top 10 in 82 countries. Netflix has not released comparable figures for Season 3 yet.
Foster has framed the series as a long negotiation between two people “from different worlds, coming together and making it work.” With a wedding behind them and the families still in the dark, Season 4 gets to test that premise on married life rather than courtship.
If the finale is still fresh, the first three seasons are a quick catch-up, and for more weekend options, see this weekend’s watchlist and what’s new on streaming in Canada this month.
Where to watch
- Nobody Wants This Seasons 1 to 3: Netflix, Canada, US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, streaming now
- Nobody Wants This Season 4: Netflix, worldwide, release date not yet announced
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