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Ted Danson Joins Elizabeth Banks in Untitled Apple TV Comedy

The casting adds veteran sitcom star power as the project prepares to film in Los Angeles with Jonathan Krisel directing the pilot.

Overview

  • Ted Danson joined the series cast Wednesday to play the father of Elizabeth Banks’s character, according to multiple reports.
  • The half-hour comedy centers on Heidi, a recently divorced mother whose plans for a second act entangle her in her father’s retirement-community love life.
  • Rob Delaney is already attached as a series regular and Liz Heldens and Matt Ward will serve as writers, showrunners and executive producers.
  • 20th Television is producing the untitled show for Apple TV with Banks producing through Brownstone and Jonathan Krisel directing and executive producing the pilot.
  • Production is slated to begin this year in Los Angeles and Danson’s participation is not expected to conflict with his lead role on Netflix’s A Man on the Inside.