Netflix confirms Mary Steenburgen will appear alongside her husband Ted Danson in the second season of the comedy A Man on the Inside. The show, created by Mike Schur, saw considerable success in its first run.
Here’s the Lowdown: Steenburgen, an Academy Award and Golden Globe winner, joins the cast as Mona Margadoff. The character is described as a former musician who becomes significantly involved in the case Danson’s character, Charles, is working on in the new season. No premiere date for season two has been announced yet.
What This Means Now: The addition of Steenburgen brings a real-life partnership onto the screen. The first season followed Charles, a retiree who takes a job as a mole for a private investigator. That initial season performed well, reaching the top of Netflix’s English TV List and staying in the Top 10 for five weeks.
The Bigger Picture: A Man on the Inside, based on the documentary The Mole Agent, earned recognition as one of AFI’s 2024 TV programs of the year, and Danson received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for his role. Adding Steenburgen is likely to attract attention for the show’s return, building on the positive reception of its first season.
