Ted Danson Is ‘A Man on the Inside’ in Trailer for Mike Schur’s Netflix Comedy

Netflix has released a trailer for its upcoming comedy series A Man on the Inside, which features a reunion of star Ted Danson and creator Mike Schur after they worked together on The Good Place.

The show, which Netflix gave a straight-to-series order in March 2023, is based on the Oscar-nominated documentary The Mole Agent. Danson plays Charles, a retired professor who’s in a rut following the death of his wife, having grown distant from his daughter, Emily (Mary Elizabeth Ellis). Netflix describes the show this way:

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“When Charles 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 case without landing on the radar of Didi (Stephanie Beatriz), the all-seeing, all-knowing director of Pacific View. But keeping a low profile proves difficult as the affable Charles quickly endears himself to his fellow residents. Being a ‘man on the inside’ sends Charles on an exciting journey that makes him realize there’s a lot more life left to be had — and allows him to reconnect with Emily in the process.”

Watch the trailer below.

The show’s cast also features Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sally Struthers, Eugene Cordero, 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.

Universal Television, where Schur (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Parks and Recreation) has an overall deal, produces A Man on the Inside. Schur executive produces with Morgan Sackett (via their Fremulon Productions), David Miner of 3 Arts Entertainment, The Mole Agent director Maite Alberdi and producer Marcela Santiba?ez of Micromundo Producciones, and Julie Goldman and Christopher Clements of Motto Pictures, which produced the documentary.

A Man on the Inside premieres Nov. 21.

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