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Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson Star in New Comedy

11/24/2025

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Story summary

Mary Steenburgen, 72, the actress, began filming the Netflix show's second season earlier this year, playing a love interest for the protagonist.
Ted Danson, 77, the actor, stars as a retired professor turned investigator who falls for a music professor played by Mary Steenburgen.
The couple promoted their new comedy, "A Man on the Inside," in Manhattan, where Danson challenged Steenburgen to "Top that."
The second season is now streaming.

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Story summary

Mary Steenburgen, 72, the actress, began filming the Netflix show's second season earlier this year, playing a love interest for the protagonist.
Ted Danson, 77, the actor, stars as a retired professor turned investigator who falls for a music professor played by Mary Steenburgen.
The couple promoted their new comedy, "A Man on the Inside," in Manhattan, where Danson challenged Steenburgen to "Top that."
The second season is now streaming.