"Nobody Wants This" returns for its third season on Netflix Thursday, October 22, picking up the relationship between agnostic podcaster Joanne (Kristen Bell) and Rabbi Noah (Adam Brody) after they recommitted to each other at the end of last season. According to Netflix's official description, the new season finds the couple moving into a home — and a relationship — that feels more settled than the will-they-won't-they tension that defined the show's first two runs.
Series regulars Justine Lupe, Timothy Simons and Jackie Tohn are all confirmed to return alongside Bell and Brody. Netflix renewed the show for a third season in November 2025, and production began the following March, giving the show roughly a seven-month turnaround from wrap to premiere.
A Rom-Com That Found an Audience
"Nobody Wants This" built its following on a format that is increasingly rare in prestige-streaming television: a straightforward, half-hour romantic comedy, built around the culture-clash premise of a secular woman falling for a rabbi. The show earned Emmy nominations after its first season and has become one of Netflix's steadier returning comedies, helped by a cast chemistry between Bell and Brody that critics and fans have repeatedly singled out.
Season 3 arrives into a relatively quiet mid-October streaming slate, positioning it well for a strong opening week; Netflix has not yet said how many episodes the new season will run. The streamer also has "Lupin," Part 4, debuting the following day, giving subscribers two returning hits within 24 hours of each other.
