Actor Ted Danson (Cheers, The Good Place) is the newest star to join an upcoming half-hour comedy series led and produced by Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games, Love & Mercy). Here are the details.
Ted Danson to play Elizabeth Banks’s father
As reported by Deadline, legendary actor Ted Danson has joined Elizabeth Banks’s untitled half-hour comedy series, which is set to start filming this year in Los Angeles.
The show, which also stars Rob Delaney (Bad Monkey, Deadpool & Wolverine), was created by Liz Heldens (The Dropout) and Matt Ward (The Big Leap), and will tell the story of Heidi (Banks), a recently-divorced woman who “sets out to secure a lively second act for herself and her kids”.
He's back in the dating pool.Ted Danson joins Elizabeth Banks' new comedy series about a recent divorcée managing her father's retirement home hookups. pic.twitter.com/e2KHslCiLi— Apple TV (@AppleTV) May 27, 2026
