Paramount+ Premieres Comedy It Gets Worse
The six-part A24-produced series follows three college friends facing eviction in London and debuted with a 90% critic score.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Television
Paramount+ released the comedy series It Gets Worse on November 6, 2026, after earlier releases on Channel 4 and Crave. The show was created, written by, and stars Leo Reich, and follows three college best friends facing eviction in London.
Why it matters
The staggered rollout across the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Latin America, Brazil, and Italy shows how a single series can be released on different platforms and dates in each territory. Early critic reception is positive, though the score rests on a small sample of 10 reviews.
The Rotten Tomatoes critic score of 90% is drawn from only 10 reviews, with fewer than 50 user ratings and no audience score yet recorded. Whether the score holds will depend on how many additional critics review the six-part series.
The players
Leo Reich
Reich created, wrote, and stars in It Gets Worse, the comedy series at the center of the story.
A24
A24 is an American film and television company known for independent productions, and it produced It Gets Worse.
Paramount+
Paramount+ is the streaming service owned by Paramount Global that released the series on November 6, 2026.
The details
It Gets Worse is a six-part comedy produced by A24 and released on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and Crave in Canada on October 22, 2026. It later premiered on Paramount+ on November 6, 2026, and is scheduled as a Showtime original on the platform in the United States from November 22, 2026.
Timeline
October 22, 2026: Series released on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and Crave in Canada.
November 6, 2026: Series debuted on Paramount+.
November 22, 2026: Series scheduled as a Showtime original on Paramount+ in the United States.
Industry Dynamics
The Showtime original label on Paramount+ marks the series as part of the platform's own branded lineup, while earlier releases on Channel 4 and Crave show the show was first distributed through partner networks. The sequencing reflects how streaming companies stagger premieres across regions instead of launching simultaneously worldwide.
Viewers in the United States can watch It Gets Worse on Paramount+ as a Showtime original starting November 22, 2026. In markets such as Canada and the United Kingdom, the series was available earlier on Crave and Channel 4.
The takeaway
Check which streaming service carries a series in your country before searching, since release dates and platforms can differ across regions. Ratings based on few reviews can shift quickly, so it helps to wait for a broader set of critic and audience scores.
Further reading
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Source note: This article includes information reported by ScreenRant.
