Michael J. Fox pushed Shrinking deeper into Emmy contention on Wednesday, landing a guest actor nomination as the series scored 10 nominations for its third season. The haul gives the Apple TV comedy its strongest awards showing yet, but it still has no Emmy wins after 18 total nominations.
Fox and the season 3 haul
Shrinking had seven Emmy nominations for Season 2, so Wednesday's total marks a clear step up in awards attention. Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, Michael Urie, and Jessica Williams were all back in the mix, and Fox's nomination added another high-profile name to a field the show has spent two seasons trying to break open.
Fox's role carried extra weight because he played a patient with Parkinson's, a turn that now sits alongside his 18 career Emmy nominations. For a show still chasing its first win, that kind of guest recognition is the practical kind of momentum that matters: it keeps the series visible across acting categories instead of letting it fade into a single-show nomination.
Harrison Ford and Jessica Williams
Ford remains in line for his first Emmy, which keeps his Shrinking run in the awards conversation without a win attached to it. Urie's supporting actor nomination and Williams' third straight nomination for playing therapist Gaby give the series a steady cluster of acting bids rather than one isolated push.
That spread matters because Shrinking is not being carried by one breakout category. It is building its case across lead, supporting, and guest races, the kind of ballot presence that usually signals a series with enough acting support to stay in the race even when it has not yet turned nominations into trophies.
Candice Bergen on Wednesday
Candice Bergen was the notable miss. She had been expected to add another nomination for her guest role as Derek's mother, but the guest actress field went elsewhere, with Hacks dominating that category instead.
For Shrinking, the snub narrows the morning's good news to ten names instead of eleven. The show still has a broader awards footprint than it did a year ago, and the next real question is whether this larger field of nominations finally produces the series' first Emmy win.
