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Ted Danson had a "full on anxiety attack" over his first television job. The 77-year-old actor started his career on soaps with roles in 'Somerset' and 'The Doctors' in 1975, but he has described the soap world as the "scariest" job he's had to date.

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20 classic TV shows that still hold up

These are the shows that are both popular in their own time and somehow still manage to be just as popular and beloved, if not more so, for subsequent generations. When TV magic happens, it creates something that lasts beyond a single TV-watching generation.

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20 TV shows that pulled off jaw-dropping secret identity reveals

Even the simplest of people often have more going on with their lives and their identities than one might assume at first glance. Quite a few people in TV, it seems, are not at all what they seem.

Entertainment News / TV Insider / March 31

‘A Man on the Inside’ Season 2 Adds Mary Steenburgen & Everything Else We Know So Far

A Man on the Inside will live to solve another mystery as Charles (Ted Danson) plans to go undercover again in Season 2 of the Netflix comedy, which reteams him with The Good Place creator Michael Schur.

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Iconic '90s sitcom stars who are still doing the sitcom thing

The 1990s was a wonderful decade for sitcoms. Some of those sitcom stars moved onto film and never looked back. Others went on to dramatic television. There are a few that are no longer with us as well, and also a few that are more-or-less retired.

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The 20 best TV shows about grief

Most people have experienced grief at one point or another in their lives, whether it’s the death of a loved one or some other form of loss. Given the power of television as a medium, it makes sense that it would address the issue of grief in myriad ways.

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The 20 best misfit comedies

Whether on TV or in the movies, there seems to be something innately fun and pleasurable about watching the world’s misfits and strangers band together, whether to save their houses from foreclosure or engage in some lighthearted piracy.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / January 5

Mary Steenburgen reveals the strange words her husband Ted Danson says after they make love

Mary Steenburgen thought her husband Ted Danson was "a slick guy" until after they had sex. The 71-year-old actress tied the knot with former 'Cheers'

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / December 17

Ted Danson returning for A Man On The Inside season two

Ted Danson is returning for a second season of 'A Man On The Inside'. The 76-year-old actor plays a retired San Francisco professor called Charles, who ends up helping a private detective agency by going undercover at an assisted living facility to solve a crime, and now Netflix has recommissioned the show for another series.

Entertainment News / Rolling Stone / December 2

Ted Danson to Receive the Carol Burnett Award at Golden Globes

The awards show will air Jan. 5 on CBS

Entertainment News / IndieWire / December 2

Viola Davis and Ted Danson to Receive Top Honors at the 2025 Golden Globes

The pair, who have 20 Golden Globes nominations and four wins between them, will be feted at a gala dinner on January 3 before receiving her award on the January 5 telecast.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / November 28

Ted Danson 'wasn't fully emotionally baked' before he met his wife Mary Steenburgen

Ted Danson "wasn't fully emotionally baked" before he met his wife. The 76-year-old actor married actress Mary Steenburgen, 71, in 1995 - two years after they struck up a relationship on the set of 'Pontiac Moon' - but insisted that things would not have developed properly had they met any earlier.

Entertainment News / TV Insider / November 21

Roush Review: Ted Danson Charms as ‘A Man on the Inside’

Ted Danson isn’t getting older, he’s getting better. This isn’t entirely true. The star of beloved comedies including Cheers and The Good Place isn’t getting any younger (he’s 76), because no one is.

Entertainment News / Rolling Stone / November 21

‘A Man on the Inside’ Puts Ted Danson Back in a Good Place

The sitcom stalwart reunites with showrunner Mike Schur for a feel-good mystery-comedy set in a retirement home

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / November 16

Ted Danson thought Woody Harrelson was a wildman first time they met on ‘Cheers’ set

Ted Danson says Woody Harrelson got in a bar fight and was carjacked the first time they met on the set of ‘Cheers’. The actor, 76, starred as baseball

Entertainment News / TV Insider / November 14

‘Frasier’ Bosses Talk Freddy & Eve, What Could Be Next in a Season 3—Including a ‘Cheers’ Guest

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for all of Frasier Season 2 on Paramount+.] It seems to be a tradition now, for the Frasier revival to cap off a season with a Christmas episode.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / November 12

Ted Danson reveals his hope for 'life until he dies'

Ted Danson hopes to live life "right up until" he dies. The 76-year-old actor stars in new series 'A Man On The Inside', which follows a retired gentleman Michael whose wife has died, while he becomes a private investigator's assistant and has to go undercover at a senior living community to solve a case.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / November 7

Ted Danson: Good Place writers had ethics professors 'on speed dial'

'The Good Place' writers had ethics professors "on speed dial". The NBC sitcom - which ran from 2016 to 2020 - followed various characters as they navigated the afterlife and tried to transform their past conduct for the better, and those penning the scripts were determined to ensure the philosophical topics explored were as accurate as possible.

Entertainment News / IndieWire / October 29

What’s Coming to Netflix in November 2024

A new Mike Schur comedy starring Ted Danson!? That's just one reason to be excited about Netflix's November offerings.

Entertainment News / IndieWire / October 28

‘A Man on the Inside’ Trailer: Ted Danson and Mike Schur Turn ‘The Mole Agent’ Documentary into a Crime Comedy Series

The Netflix series serves as reunions for both "The Good Place" (Danson and Schur) and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Schur and Stephanie Beatriz).

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / October 24

Ted Danson regrets 'missing out on 30 years of Kelsey Grammer'

Ted Danson has apologized after missing out on "the last 30 years of Kelsey Grammer." The 76-year-old actor has recalled falling out with Kelsey, his former 'Cheers' co-star, who played Dr Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom and its spin-off series, 'Frasier'.