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Five long years after Vivziepop’s 2019 release of the Hazbin Hotel YouTube pilot “That’s Entertainment!”, the animated musical series returned for its first season on Amazon Prime. However, the highly-anticipated release of Hazbin Hotel season 1 brought with it a major change that was met with criticism from the series’ cult following.

Between the 2019 release of the YouTube pilot and the 2024 release of season 1 via Amazon Prime and A24, Vivziepop re-auditioned each major role, leading to a group recasting of Hazbin Hotel. This new Hazbin Hotel season 1 cast was met with a good deal of pushback from Hellaverse fans who had been following the project since its Patreon-funded inception, and vague communication from the show creator led to speculation about the reasons behind this drastic change. However, the fact that Hazbin Hotel season 1 set a Prime Video streaming record seems to indicate that the change may have been for the better.

Vivziepop’s two hit animated series, Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel, exist in the same fictional universe, colloquially known as the Hellaverse. This overlap between the two musicals has created the perfect opportunity for Hazbin Hotel Easter eggs to exist in Helluva Boss, and vice versa. Vivziepop has certainly delivered on this score, with character cameos, subtle background imagery, and many other fun references made between the Helluva and Hazbin worlds.

Season 2 of Hazbin Hotel has burning questions to answer regarding Lilith, the backstory of Demon Overlords Alastor (Amir Talai) and Vox (Christian Borle), and the fate of the Hazbin Hotel after the battle between Heaven and Hell. Likewise, the Helluva Boss season 2 ending has brewed speculation on the newly revealed Deadly Sins as well as Stolas’ future after the trial in “Mastermind.” As fans eagerly anticipate the upcoming seasons, these Hazbin Hotel Easter eggs in Helluva Boss deserve another look.

The DC Universe's first official release has only increased the pressure on James Gunn's Superman, but the film still has a lot going for it. James Gunn's Superman movie is set for release in July 2025 and marks the true beginning of the Dcu's overarching story. Superman is the first movie in the Dcu's Chapter One: Gods and Monsters and, as such, is looking to kickstart the franchise into an age of cinematic storytelling that has been absent from DC for a long while.

Superman's cast of characters is expected to establish the foundations of the franchise, but it is the film's writer and director that faces the most pressure. Gunn's Superman must achieve all of these elements to be deemed a success, all while performing well enough commercially to warrant the complete restart of the DC Universe. Now, the pressure on the upcoming DC movie has been...

Contains brief mentions of abuse and sexual assault, as well as spoilers for Hazbin Hotel season 1.

Animated musical series Hazbin Hotel wrapped up its first season in 2024, providing welcome relief to fans given the five-year wait that followed the 2019 YouTube pilot. The work of Vivziepop – creator of both the Hazbin Hotel & Helluva Boss series – has been met with critical acclaim, with Hazbin Hotel season 1 receiving a 7.7/10 from IMDb, 81% from Rotten Tomatoes, and 7/10 from ScreenRant.

The events of season 1 left viewers with many burning questions about the future of the Hellaverse characters, and luckily, it seems that answers are soon to be revealed, as Hazbin Hotel seasons 3 and 4 have been confirmed by the creator. As fans settle in to wait for the heavily anticipated Hazbin Hotel season 2, the first nine episodes of this hit series deserve a second look.

Season 1 Episode 6, "Welcome To Heaven" Charlie Finally Gets A Meeting With Heaven

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Despite the debut season of Creature Commandos coming to an end, star Maria Bakalova revealed her anxieties about voice acting in the Max series. She portrayed the morally complex Princess Ilana Rostovic, the acting monarch of Pokolistan who Task Force M is sent to protect.

In an appearance on Collider Ladies Night, Bakalova stated:

"Kudos to all the voice actors out there. It's such a hard job to do. You basically only use your voice. We're privileged, to a degree, to be able to use physical appearance, to be able to walk in a different way, to talk in a different way, look at people in a different way with a camera when we're acting on a set. You use your eyes a lot of times, you use your hands a lot of times, you use your smile a lot of times. With voice acting, you basically only use your...

Viola Davis and Ted Danson got their golden moment a couple of days before the Golden Globes.

On Friday, the duo was feted in a lavish “Golden Gala” as this year’s recipients of the Cecil B. DeMille Award (Davis) and the Carol Burnett Award (Danson) for their respective career achievements in film and television. (Watch their full speeches below.) Traditionally these awards have been bestowed live during the annual Golden Globes broadcast, but that’s not the case this year; instead, Davis and Danson have been asked to present at Sunday’s ceremony on CBS.

Meryl Streep presented the award to Davis, exactly eight years after Davis honored her Doubt co-star with the same prestigious trophy. As for Danson, his wife Mary Steenburgen served as the presenter. The Cecil B. DeMille Award was first created in 1952 and salutes film achievement, while the Carol Burnett Award, which celebrates television talent,...

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2024 is over, and while it was a wasteland at the box office last year for television fans, it was one of the better years as we got many brilliant shows on the big and small scale. With incredible series like Masters of the Air starting the year, there was no way that the rest of the year could go bad, and that’s what happened because we got powerful and thrilling shows like Shōgun, Fallout, and 3 Body Problem. So, we compiled the list of the best returning and new shows on streaming, Cabel, and networks.

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Baby Reindeer is a Scottish psychological dark comedy-drama thriller series created by Richard Gadd. Based on Gadd’s autobiographical one-man show, the Netflix series follows aspiring comedian Donny Dunn, who is dealing with a female stalker,...

"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" first aired on Fox in the fall of 2013, immediately cementing itself as yet another classic from Michael Schur ("Parks & Recreation") and Dan Goor — so why did it end, and will we ever get another season?

The comedy, which was led by "Saturday Night Live" alum Andy Samberg alongside a perfect ensemble cast including Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Stephanie Beatriz, Joe Lo Truglio, Dirk Blocker, and Joel McKinnon Miller, focused on the 99th precinct in Brooklyn and their constant misadventures in policing — and that description alone might give you a clue as to why the series ended if you've, say, watched or read any news since 2020 or so. The show came to a close in the fall of 2021 with its eighth and final season after facing delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but even getting to eight seasons wasn't easy for this little show that could...

Creature Commandos opens its fifth episode with General Rick Flag Sr. (Frank Grillo) and Eric Frankenstein (David Harbour) spying on Professor Isla McPherson’s class. She tells the class that the most interesting part of Themyscira is “the lesbians,” of course. Flag and Frankenstein find her behavior unusual, mainly since Waller (Viola Davis) now listens to her.

The deal is that Eric will help the General investigate McPherson (Stephanie Beatriz) and save Ilana (Maria Bakalova), proving that Circe is setting up his lover—not his love—as a supervillain. Flag then assists Frankenstein with The Bride (Indira Varma), which does not sit well with Eric, who wants to get to his part of the deal immediately.

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Warning! This post contains Spoilers for Creature Commandos episode 5Creature Commandos episode 5 features a handful of exciting Easter eggs and Dcu references. Featuring a return to Pokolistan for most of Task Force M to kill Princess Rostovic, Rick Flag Sr. stays behind due to his doubts about Circe's dark vision of the future being real. This leads to some interesting potential connections to future Dcu projects, the debut of a classic Batman villain, and more.

This new animated Dcu episode doesn't have nearly as many Easter eggs and references as Creature Commandos episode 4. However, there are still some good ones to be found throughout. Here are the biggest Dcu Easter eggs and references we found in Creature Commandos episode 5.

Connections To Themyscira and Greek Mythology Setting Up The Dcu's Paradise Lost Series?

While teaching a class (and acting extremely unprofessional) at the beginning of Creature Commandos episode 5, Professor McPherson flirts...

Comedy series and movies come in bundles every holiday season. Most of those bring some instant fun (or not), and only a few make an impact that lasts.

It seems though that the new series A Man on the Inside, created by television producer, writer, director, and actor Mike Schur with series stalwart Ted Danson has hit all the right spots with the viewers, as it hit Netflix’ most popular English TV list, remaining in the Top 10 for three weeks since its release.

The series also got a ‘certified fresh’ mark from Rotten Tomatoes and, even more importantly, a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of Charles, the series' main character. No wonder then that Netflix decided to, practically right after its release, extend the series for another season.

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Without going into any spoilers, A Man on the Inside focuses on Charles,...

Ted Danson returns for ‘A Man on the Inside’ season 2 (Photo Credit: Netflix)

Season one of Netflix’s A Man on the Inside ended by setting the story up for a possible second season. Today, the streamer confirmed the critically acclaimed comedy has been renewed and will return for season two in 2025.

Created by Mike Schur, the series premiered on November 21, 2024 and immediately entered the Top 10 list of Netflix’s English TV series. A Man on the Inside season one also earned a spot on AFI’s 2024 TV programs of the year list.

“We are thrilled to make another season of A Man on the Inside, starring young up-and-comer Ted Danson. From our partners at Netflix and Universal TV to the writers, cast, and crew, it’s a truly exceptional team of talented and lovely people, with one notable exception,” said Schur.

Besides Ted Danson, the first season starred Mary Elizabeth Ellis,...

Ted Danson is going back on the case for Netflix.

The streamer has ordered a second season of A Man on the Inside, a comedy series starring Danson as Charles, a widower who, in the first season, goes to work for a private investigator (Lilah Richcreek Estrada) to investigate thefts in a retirement community. The series is inspired by the Oscar-nominated documentary The Mole Agent.

The renewal comes a few weeks after A Man on the Inside’s Nov. 21 premiere and on the heels of Danson earning a Golden Globe nomination for his performance. The series, created by Mike Schur (The Good Place, Parks and Recreation) and produced by Universal Television, was also named one of the American Film Institute’s TV programs of the year.

“We are thrilled to make another season of A Man on the Inside, starring young up-and-comer Ted Danson,” Schur said in a statement. “From...

On Monday, Netflix announced a Season 2 renewal for “A Man on the Inside,” its Golden Globe-nominated comedy series from creator Michael Schur and star Ted Danson (Emmy winner for “Cheers”).

The series, which premiered in November, tells the story of Charles (Danson), a lonely retiree grieving the death of his beloved wife, who gets a new lease on life when he answers an ad from a private investigator and becomes a mole in a secret investigation into a theft at a San Francisco retirement home. He goes in under false pretenses, but discovers a true community.

In addition to Danson, the cast includes Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Stephanie Beatriz, Lilah Richcreek Estrada, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Emmy winner Sally Struthers. Executive producers are Schur, Morgan Sackett, David Miner, Maite Alberdi, Marcela Santibañez, Julie Goldman, and Christopher Clements. The series is based on the Academy Award-nominated documentary “The Mole Agent.”

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One of 2024’s most pleasant surprises, A Man on the Inside, is getting a Season 2 renewal on Netflix! The harmless, heartfelt, and low-stakes TV comedy series is precisely what the doctor ordered for escapism in a year of entertainment overrun by star-studded dramas, big-budget sci-fi epics, and good ideas canceled after one season. A Man on the Inside debuted on Netflix three weeks ago, making the show’s Season 2 order a quick turnaround for a 2025 premiere.

In A Man on the Inside, Ted Danson plays Charles, a retired man who gets a new lease on life when he answers a Pi’s ad and becomes a mole in a secret investigation. Consisting of eight thirty-minute episodes, A Man on the Inside is based on the documentary The Mole Agent, a 2021 Oscar nominee for Best Documentary Feature.

“We are thrilled to make another season of A Man on the Inside, starring young up-and-comer Ted Danson,...

Netflix today announced that the critically acclaimed comedy series A Man on the Inside has been renewed for a second season, slated to premiere in 2025.

A Man on the Inside debuted atop Netflix’s most popular English TV List and has remained in the top 10 for three weeks since its release. It was named one of AFI’s 2024 TV programs of the year and Ted Danson has been nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance as an actor in a comedy series.

“We are thrilled to make another season of A Man on the Inside, starring young up-and-comer Ted Danson,” said creator and executive producer Mike Schur.

“From our partners at Netflix and Universal TV to the writers, cast, and crew, it’s a truly exceptional team of talented and lovely people, with one notable exception.”

“A Man on The Inside found that sweet spot between funny, authentic and heartfelt,...

Ted Danson‘s A Man on the Inside has been renewed for a second season!

Season 1 debuted in late November and quickly became one of the most popular shows on the streamer, landing in the top 10 list in the last several weeks.

Here’s the series synopsis: Retired professor Charles (Danson) feels life has nothing new in store for him. A year after his wife’s passing, he’s become stuck in his routine and grown distant from his daughter Emily (Mary Elizabeth Ellis). But when he spies a classified ad from private investigator Julie (Lilah Richcreek Estrada), he’s inspired to roll the dice on a new adventure. Charles’ mission: to go undercover inside the Pacific View Retirement Home in San Francisco and solve the mystery of a stolen family heirloom. Everyone, residents and staff alike, is a potential suspect, and it’s up to Charles to solve the...

Just three weeks following its Season 1 release, Netflix has renewed the critically-acclaimed comedy series A Man on the Inside, starring Ted Danson, for a second season. It’s slated to premiere in 2025.

Created by Mike Schur, A Man on the Inside stars Danson as Charles, a retired man who gets a new lease on life when he answers an ad from a Pi and becomes a mole in a secret investigation. It’s based on the documentary The Mole Agent, a 2021 Oscar nominee for Best Documentary feature.

The series debuted atop Netflix’s most popular English TV List and has remained in the top 10 for three weeks since release. It was named one of AFI’s 2024 TV programs of the year and Danson has been nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance by an actor in a comedy series.

“We are thrilled to make another season of A Man on the Inside,...

“A Man on the Inside” has been renewed for Season 2 at Netflix.

Netflix made the announcement on their official X account on Monday. The second season of the show is now slated to debut in 2025. The series debuted on Netflix on Nov. 21.

Ted Danson stars in the single-camera comedy, which is based on the Oscar-nominated Chilean documentary “The Mole Agent.”

The official series description states, “Retired professor Charles (Danson) feels life has nothing new in store for him. A year after his wife’s passing, he’s become stuck in his routine and grown distant from his daughter Emily (Mary Elizabeth Ellis). But when he spies a classified ad from private investigator Julie (Lilah Richcreek Estrada), he’s inspired to roll the dice on a new adventure. Charles’ mission: to go undercover inside the Pacific View Retirement Home in San Francisco and solve the mystery of a stolen family heirloom.

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2024 hasn’t been that great of a year for Prime Video, as the second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power failed to make up for its abysmal first season and continued its streak of huge disappointment. That doesn’t mean there were no great shows on Prime Video this year. So, we compiled a list comprising the 10 best original prime video shows of 2024.

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The Boys is a satirical superhero action dark comedy-drama series created by Eric Kripke. Based on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, the Prime Video series returned for its much anticipated Season 4 this year and continues the Boys’ story as they continue their fight against the Supes. The Boys stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr,...

Melissa Fumero explains why a revival of Brooklyn Nine-Nine is unlikely to happen. Fumero played Amy Santiago, a main character in the workplace sitcom police procedural about NYPD's Jake Peralta and his team at the police station. In addition to Fumero, Brooklyn Nine-Nine featured a leading cast including Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Joe Lo Truglio, Andre Braugher, Dirk Blocker, and Joel McKinnon Miller. Brooklyn Nine-Nine ran for eight seasons from 2013 to 2021. Despite it concluding, some have been urging for the series to be revived.

In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant for Based on a True Story season 2, Fumero explains why a revival of Brooklyn Nine-Nine is unlikely. According to the actor, this idea has been brought up already among the cast and crew, who "miss spending [their] days together." She says the biggest thing holding them back, though, is that they "don't think [they] could ever do it,...

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Just about everything in the television and entertainment industries has changed in the past five to 10 years. Not too long ago, the month of September was focused almost exclusively on the return of football and the launch of a new, robust slate of TV shows. However, as cord-cutting rapidly decreased the number of Americans watching television in traditional ways, the release calendar has shifted. So while there are still a number of new and returning shows premiering on broadcast channels during the back half of the month, it is nowhere near the numbers of decades past.

Many of the best titles on TV have migrated from networks and cable channels to streaming in recent years, but with the non-standard release schedules, it can be tough to keep up with what is airing where and when, and which shows are actually worth watching.

Fans of Brooklyn Nine-Nine will be well aware of the fact that Detective Rosa Diaz isn’t one for sugar-coating anything. With her tough, no-nonsense attitude, and a sharp tongue that could cut through steel, Rosa is the kind of character who commands respect without saying much. And in many ways, Rosa has been a real-life reflection of the actress behind the role, Stephanie Beatriz.

Stephanie Beatriz as Rosa Diaz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine | image: Fox, NBC

The actress Stephanie Beatriz, much like her on-screen persona, is unapologetically direct, fierce, and unafraid to stand her ground. So much so that she once shut down an older actor, after he crossed the line, and proved that she was born to play Rosa Diaz, given how she and her character were two sides of the same coin—a whole lot of grit and attitude.

Stephanie Beatriz Stood Against Sexism on Set of Brooklyn Nine-Nine...

A Man on the Inside premiered on Netflix last week, and now some series viewers wonder if a second season is in the works.

Ted Danson, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Stephanie Beatriz, Lilah Richcreek Estrada, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sally Struthers, Margaret Avery, John Getz, Susan Ruttan, Lori Tan Chinn, Clyde Kusatsu, Marc Evan Jackson, Jama Williamson, Wyatt Yang, Deuce Basco, Lincoln Lambert, and Kerry O’Malley star in the series, which follows retired professor Charles as he goes undercover as a detective in a retirement home.

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Warning: The following article contains Spoilers for A Man on the Inside!

Nearly five years after the two parted ways, Kristen Bell recently reunited with two of her Good Place stars, as confirmed by one of her co-stars. Created by Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Parks and Recreation's Michael Schur, the NBC supernatural comedy explored the afterlives of a group of people in what they initially believe to be the titular positive afterlife, only to learn they're actually in Hell, known in the show as the Bad Place. Alongside Bell, the ensemble Good Place cast included Ted Danson, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, D'Arcy Carden and Manny Jacinto.

Across its four seasons, The Good Place garnered widespread acclaim, netting 14 Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations. While Bell and Danson were also well-established stars, the show served as a launchpad for many of its other main stars, with both Harper and Jamil...

Ready for Charles (Ted Danson) to wear a pocket square again for a new case in A Man on the Inside Season 2? The Netflix original series based on the documentary The Mole Agent has Danson and creator Mike Schur crossing their fingers for a return.

[Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers from A Man on the Inside.]

‘A Man on the Inside’ Season 1 began streaming on Nov. 21, 2024

Netflix unveiled A Man on the Inside on Nov. 21, 2024, when season 1 premiered. In it, Danson’s character, Charles, is living a lonely life after the death of his wife. Then, he sees a classified ad from private investigator Julie (Lilah Richcreek Estrada). He gets hired—largely because he’s the best of a sorry bunch of interviewees—to go undercover at the Pacific View Retirement Home in San Francisco, California.

His task? To find out what happened to a stolen necklace belonging to one of the residents. Following some training from Julie, Charles heads to Pacific View.

Ted Danson is back on top, people -- literally. The actor, who has surfed from success to success with his offbeat and comedic projects in recent years, is adding to his increasingly impressive mountain of victories with his newest comedy series, Netflix's "A Man on the Inside." Showrunner Michael Schur's latest offering has already resonated with the streaming platform's audience, since it shot right to the top of Netflix's list of Top 10 TV shows. 

Danson stars in the series as Charles Nieuwendyk, a retired, widowed professor whose newly inactive life has left him deeply unsatisfied ... that is, until private investigator Julie (Lilah Richcreek Estrada) hires him as an investigative assistant. His mission? Infiltrate the Pacific View Retirement Community in order to locate a valuable piece of jewelry. The show puts Danson's unique mesh of refined gravitas and an ability to convey childlike whimsy to excellent use, and it's...

Netflix's new comedy series headlined by a legendary Cheers star in the lead role debuts with a near perfect Rotten Tomatoes score. In 2024, Netflix has enjoyed a fair amount of success when it comes to comedy. Several shows released by the streamer have been renewed for additional seasons, including Tires and Nobody Wants This. Though Netflix is known for cancelling titles abruptly, comedy is a genre that has seen a fair amount of success on the platform.

Ted Danson rose to fame for playing Sam Malone on NBC's sitcom Cheers, a series that follows Sam, a retired relief pitcher, as he runs Cheers, a cozy bar in Boston that becomes a few characters' second home. The series is known for having engaging character development alongside the main storylines. The role of Sam Malone earned Danson two Emmys and two Golden Globes. The actor went on to star in...

This article contains minor spoilers for the end of The Man on the Inside season 1.A Man on the Inside creator Mike Schur gives an optimistic update on season 2. Debuting on Netflix in late November, the eight-episode comedy reunites Schur with television veteran Ted Danson, as they previously worked together on Schur's twisty series The Good Place. In their latest collaboration, Danson plays a former university professor who is recruited to help figure out a case of stolen jewelry at an upscale retirement home. The main cast of A Man on the Inside also includes Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Lilah Richcreek Estrada, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Stephanie Beatriz.

In an interview with Deadline, along with Danson, Schur addressed the possibility of A Man on the Inside coming back for season 2. The three-time Emmy winner indicated that it was still too early to know about the status of season 2. However, Schur...

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A Man on the Inside is a crime comedy series created by Michael Schur. Based on the 2020 documentary The Mole Agent by Maite Alberdi, the Netflix series follows Charles Nieuwendyk, a widower and retired engineering college professor who takes a job as an investigative assistant for a private detective and goes undercover in an old folks home to find the thief who stole a ruby necklace but ends up making friends and figures a way out of his loneliness. A Man on the Inside stars Ted Danson, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Lilah Richcreek Estrada, and Stephanie Beatriz. So, if you loved the comedic story, crime mystery, and compelling characters in A Man on the Inside here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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2024's A Man on the Inside puts Lilah Richcreek Estrada front and center upon the series' debut on Netflix.

Estrada joins a cast led by Ted Danson and Stephanie Beatriz, portraying the private investigator, Julie, who has to go into a retirement home community to find the suspect behind a priceless family heirloom.

Biography Details & Facts on Lilah Richcreek Estrada Read full article on The Direct.

Warning! Spoilers for A Man on the Inside ahead!

Netflix's A Man on the Inside season 1's ending sees Ted Danson's Charles solve the big mystery, all the while driving home a meaningful lesson and setting up a potential season 2. The comedy series, created by The Good Place's Mike Schur, kicks off when Emily (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) urges her widower father to find a project that would return purpose to his life. Charles' answer to this challenge is to take a job as an investigative assistant to private detective Julie (Lilah Richcreek Estrada) and serve as her "man on the inside" at a senior care facility, Pacific View.

Charles' objective in A Man on the Inside is to discover what happened to a priceless family heirloom necklace stolen from one of the residents at Pacific View. He pretended to be a new resident under the suspicious eye...

Plot: Retired professor Charles feels life has nothing new in store for him. A year after his wife’s passing, he’s become stuck in his routine and grown distant from his daughter Emily. But when he spies a classified ad from private investigator Julie, he’s inspired to roll the dice on a new adventure. Charles’ mission: to go undercover inside the Pacific View Retirement Home in San Francisco and solve the mystery of a stolen family heirloom.

Review: Michael Schur’s track record should speak for itself. After writing memorable episodes of The Office, Schur went on to co-create both Parks & Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine and created the brilliant The Good Place. Ted Danson, who starred in The Good Place, has reunited with Schur for the new series A Man On The Inside, which mines similar comedic elements for a shorter, more focused series that blends humor and...

After “The Good Place,” creator Mike Schur and star Ted Danson are back with another comedy to keep you laughing while tugging on the heartstrings with “A Man on the Inside.” The Netflix series stars Danson as Charles, a retired and widowed man bored with his daily routine who gets the opportunity to reinvent his life when he’s hired by a private investigator to infiltrate a retirement home.

Danson is joined by an ensemble full of familiar faces, from former Schur’s comedy regulars to seasoned character actors. Here’s your handy guide to the cast of “A Man on the Inside” and where you’ve seen them before.

(Netflix) Ted Danson as Charles

“The Good Place” star Ted Danson reunites with series creator Michael Schur for “A Man on the Inside.” Danson plays Charles, a retired professor who is thrilled for a new adventure when he gets the...

A wonderful new series emerges in the lively world of Netflix comedies, flipping the typical spy narrative on its head. “A Man on the Inside” brings the reunion of comedy legend Mike Schur and television veteran Ted Danson after their critically lauded collaboration on “The Good Place.” This time, they’re embarking on an unorthodox espionage adventure set in the most unlikely of locations: a retirement home.

Ted Danson plays Charles Nieuwendyk, a recently bereaved retired professor seeking meaning in his life. Charles seizes the opportunity when a private investigator named Julie offers him an unusual undercover task. His task? Infiltrate the Pacific View Retirement Home to investigate a strange theft, turning an ordinary senior’s day into an unplanned spy mission.

The series deftly defies expectations, trading high-stakes international intrigue for the subtle, intimate realm of elder living. What starts as a simple investigation expedition quickly becomes a beautiful voyage of rediscovery,...

Ted Danson is back with a new comedy on Netflix — and this time, he’s going undercover.

Danson stars in A Man on the Inside, which debuted Thursday on the streamer, as Charles Nieuwendyk, a retired college professor who’s a bit aimless after the death of his wife. This week’s premiere opens with a flashback to a de-aged Danson (!) as Charles, who gives a toast at his wedding and recalls that, though he and his wife are complete opposites, he still decided that “this is the person I want to grow old with.” But now he’s old and alone,...

“Now this is a comedy I can enjoy talking about.” This was the first thought I had after finishing the first episode of A Man on the Inside. As a person who despises mainstream comedy but loves Pitch Perfect solely for the sisterhood, I couldn’t help but worry that a show called A Man on the Inside would in no way interest me. I regret going into work the most when I’m assigned reality TV or pure comedies, but this show completely caught me off guard. I know when most people see the list of the shows produced by this guy they’d immediately be on board, but cut me some slack as a fake comedy hater. Also, while I’m going on about humor, A Man on the Inside is actually a spy TV show.

Okay, I’m only half kidding there. The 8-part series inspired by...

Most of the time, describing a show as something a whole family can enjoy, from age 8 to 88, means a whole family will be fine having it on while they look at their phones. People like looking at their phones, so this is a thriving TV genre, encompassing the likes of Dancing With the Stars, The Floor and Judge Steve Harvey. But with Thanksgiving imminent, and thus the likelihood that you’re going to be gathering near a TV with loved ones of wide-ranging ages, Netflix has made a show the whole family can actually enjoy. A Man On The Inside is a caper, a buddy comedy and a meditation on grief, and pulls off all three effortlessly.

In the show, which drops all eight episodes of its first season today, Julie (Lilah Richcreek Estrada) is a private investigator who’s approached with a case: Evan (Marc Evan Jackson) needs her...

When you watch a Mike Schur comedy, you’re expecting a certain tone. Punchy characters, zany situations, larger-than-life guest stars and light-hearted warmth are trademarks of series like “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Parks and Recreation” and “The Good Place.”

So Schur’s new Netflix series, “A Man on the Inside,” may surprise you. Sure, the comedy features another diverse cast with optimistic undertones, but it’s also unafraid to sit in its moments of silence to tackle some of life’s biggest questions in a delightfully uplifting way.

“A Man on the Inside” reunites Schur with lead Ted Danson (“The Good Place”). The project is based on Maite Alberdi’s 2020 Oscar-nominated documentary “The Mole Agent,” in which a man responds to a newspaper ad and becomes a spy in an assisted living community. Here, Danson plays a fictionalized version of that man, named Charles.

When we meet Charles he’s incredibly lonely.

After tackling the afterlife as the architect of Hell in The Good Place and becoming the unexpected mayor of Los Angeles as a wealthy businessman in Mr. Mayor, there was only one thing left for Ted Danson to do: retire. That's kind of what the veteran comedy actor does in his new Netflix original comedy series A Man on the Inside, which comes from his Good Place boss Michael Schur.

Danson plays Charles Nieuwendyk, a recent widower with a lot of time on his hands. When his daughter suggests giving a new hobby a shot, she didn't necessarily mean to push the engineering professor to accept an advertisement to go undercover, but that's what Charles does. He works with a private investigator to be her "man on the inside" at a San Francisco retirement home.

The new series, released Nov. 21 on Netflix, finds Charles looking into the curious case of a stolen necklace.

Netflix's A Man on the Inside surrounds Cheers star Ted Danson with a talented cast of veteran actors. Set in a retirement community, the show follows Charles, a widower and retired professor who decides to answer an ad for a private detective. Excited to try something new, Charles goes undercover in a retirement home in San Francisco to help search for a family heirloom that has been stolen from one of the residents, meeting new friends and gaining a new perspective along the way.

A Man on the Inside stars many film and television veterans that fans will recognize from their previous projects, speaking highly of the comedic and dramatic chops the cast brings to the production. Alongside a well-known and talented cast, A Man on the Inside comes from creator Mike Schur. Schur is known as a producer and writer of The Office, a co-creator of Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine,...

Due to modern medicine, people are living longer and more fruitful lives, but television depictions of those enjoying their golden years certainly haven’t caught up. There are anomalies, of course, like Netflix’s “Grace and Frankie,” Max’s “Hacks,” and the new CBS drama “Matlock,” but for the most part, ageism has pushed older adults to the outskirts of popular culture. But in his delightful new comedy, “A Man on the Inside,” “The Good Place” creator Michael Schur has reteamed with Ted Danson for a charming and hilarious whodunit that examines grief, love and the excitement of new beginnings from the perspective of seniors.

Based on Maite Alberdi’s Academy Award-nominated documentary “The Mole Agent,” “A Man on the Inside” follows Charles (Danson), a retired widower living a monotonous life in San Francisco. Concerned with her father’s well-being, his adult daughter Emily (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) urges him to...

In Netflix’s A Man On The Inside, Ted Danson stars as Charles a retired professor who goes undercover in a retirement community to solve the mystery of a resident’s family heirloom that’s disappeared.

Based on the Maite Alberdi’s documentary The Mole Agent, the series, which launches today, could be seen as a limited project, a one and done investigation, but Danson and showrunner Mike Schur are hoping for more cases.

In the finale episode [Spoilers Alert], Danson’s Charles answers his phone from private investigator Julie, played by Lilah Richcreek Estrada. “I can’t believe I’m saying this but I have another job for you,” she says.

“Say no more,” replies Charles before hanging up the phone. “Hey, sorry I do need you to say more but whatever it is, I’m in,” he adds as he calls her back.

The setup is designed for a second season.

One week after breaking audience records by televising either Logan or Jake Paul (Truly, I couldn’t care less) pummeling Mike Tyson in the ring, Netflix is delivering a much more compassionate portrait of the challenges of aging and the dangers of elder abuse.

It will be easy to dub the Mike Schur-created A Man on the Inside as Only Robberies at the Nursing Home — count how many of your friendly neighborhood TV critics make that identical joke. But it wouldn’t be inappropriate, and it also wouldn’t be a criticism. It would actually be high praise.

Like Only Murders in the Building, A Man on the Inside is a semi-comic look at people who combat loneliness by thrusting their lives into an established genre that they adore. It’s a perfect star vehicle for, simultaneously, its beloved leading man and its impeccably cast ensemble.

It’s also...

Don't blow his cover, but Ted Danson's going undercover in a retirement home in his new Netflix original series A Man on the Inside. Inspired by the documentary The Mole Agent, the series comes from Parks and Recreation and The Good Place creator Michael Schur, which gives the comedy both its wit and its sneaky pathos.

In A Man on the Inside, Danson plays Charles Nieuwendyk, a recent widower who's pushed by his daughter Emily (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) to try something new. Under this advice, Charles answers a newspaper advertisement from private investigator Julie (Lilah Richcreek Estrada) to go undercover in a retirement home to get to the bottom of a stolen necklace mystery.

Even though he's a former engineering professor with zero spy skills under his belt, Charles is very excited to be taking on his exciting new role to find out who's the caper in the retirement home.

The pair of comedy legends are hoping to recapture the magic of “The Good Place” in the new series.

Mike Schur is once again teaming up with Ted Danson after their successful partnership on “The Good Place” with a new comedy TV series on Netflix. “A Man on the Inside” debuts on Thursday, Nov. 21, following Danson as Charles, a retired professor who reinvents himself as an undercover operative in a San Francisco retirement home. You can watch all eight episodes when they drop with a subscription to Netflix.

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Paul Mescal is hoping “Glicked” is the new “Barbenheimer” by urging moviegoers to take in a double feature of “Gladiator II” and “Wicked.”

“I think they complement each other really well because they’re so different,” the Oscar-nominated actor told me at the “Gladiator II” premiere on Monday night in Los Angeles. “And if you love cinema, get out there and support it. Don’t wait for it to come on to a streamer, because we’re at a critical junction. We have been for a little while with theatrical films. If cinema is a thing for you, get out and see both films.”

Fred Hechinger, who plays Emperor Caracalla in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator” sequel, said he’s planning on a “Glicked” day at the theater. “I love ‘Wicked,’” he said. “I’ll sing ‘Defying Gravity.’”

Speaking of singing, Mescal and Hechinger also detailed going to a karaoke bar...

Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez step out on the pink carpet for the Netflix and Elle Latinas in Hollywood celebration held at Tudum Theater on Saturday night (November 16) in Los Angeles.

The ladies were in attendance as the second annual event featured a special toast to them for their new movie Emilia Pérez.

Also in attendance were Christina Milian, Victoria Justice and sister Madison Reed, Karla Souza, Selenis Leyva, Jessica Marie Garcia, Stephanie Beatriz, Yaya De Costa, Natalie Morales, Laysla de Oliveira, Aimee Carrero, Mayan Lopez, Annie Gonzalez and Lilah Richcreek, as well as Elle magazine’s editor-in-chief Nina Garcia.

“As a proud Latina, I find it my responsibility at Elle to create spaces for diversity to flourish and to celebrate the many talents of the Latin community, which is a shared mission of Netflix,” Nina shared in a statement. “Tonight, we were so excited to honor...

Netflix has submitted a total of 32 TV programs for awards consideration at the upcoming Golden Globes, and 20 for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Gold Derby has learned exclusively.

Some of the streamer’s notable TV titles include Season 2 of “Squid Game,” the survival thriller starring Emmy and SAG winner Lee Jung-jae; popular new comedy “Nobody Wants This,” about an agnostic woman (Kristen Bell) and an unconventional rabbi (Adam Brody); and “Baby Reindeer,” the buzzy limited series that recently set the Emmys on fire, going home with six trophies. See the full list of submissions below, broken down by show.

Note that the Golden Globes have lead actor and lead actress categories that are separated by TV genres (drama/comedy/limited), but that the supporting actor and supporting actress races encapsulate all genres. As of last year, the organization also now offers an award for the best stand-up comedy special on television.

The Hollywood Reporter teamed up with Peacock on Wednesday night to celebrate “Killer Women in Comedy,” led by the streamer’s upcoming series Based on a True Story and Laid.

Based on a True Story — which stars Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina as a true-crime obsessed couple who investigate nearby murders, while also producing a podcast with whom they believe is the killer — returns for its second season on Nov. 21; Laid — a new series starring Stephanie Hsu as a woman who learns the past men she’s slept with are suddenly dying and is out to figure out why, with the help of her best friend (played by Zosia Mamet) — premieres Dec. 19.

In honor of the shows, THR and Peacock co-hosted a party on the Universal lot, toasting Cuoco, Hsu and Mamet as well as a variety of female comedians, writers, performers and creators across the industry. Quinta Brunson, Fortune Feimster,...