{"id":85797,"date":"2025-08-21T20:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/85797\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T20:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:27:09","slug":"a-man-on-the-inside-season-2-gets-premiere-date-first-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/85797\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A Man on the Inside\u2019 Season 2 Gets Premiere Date, First Pics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tCharles Nieuwendyk is back on the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/netflix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_netflix_1\" data-tag=\"netflix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a> has set a Nov. 20 premiere date for season two of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/a-man-on-the-inside\/\" id=\"auto-tag_a-man-on-the-inside_1\" data-tag=\"a-man-on-the-inside\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A Man on the Inside<\/a>, its comedy series starring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/ted-danson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ted-danson_1\" data-tag=\"ted-danson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ted Danson<\/a> as Charles, a retired professor who in the first season becomes an undercover agent for a private investigator (Lilah Richcreek Estrada) in a retirement community. The second season will see Charles taking on a new case \u2014\u00a0but maintaining some ties to the people he met in season one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe latter fact is evident in the first photos from season two, which show Charles interacting with his friend Calbert (Stephen McKinley Henderson) and the director of the retirement community, Didi (Stephanie Beatriz). <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A_Man_on_the_Inside_n_S2_E2_00_07_02_05R-H-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"730\" width=\"1296\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tStephen McKinley Henderson and Ted Danson as Charles in \u2018A Man on the Inside\u2019 season 2. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Netflix<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A_Man_on_the_Inside_n_S2_E1_00_15_46_01R.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"730\" width=\"1296\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tStephanie Beatriz in \u2018A Man on the Inside\u2019 season 2<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNetflix<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSeries creator Michael Schur <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/man-on-the-inside-ted-danson-mike-schur-interview-1236072959\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> after the first season debuted that he would \u201csign up for this [show] through 2050\u201d if Netflix wanted it, and that while that season featured a definite conclusion, he and the show\u2019s writers left several doors open for future seasons. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cBefore the season was even over, we had started saying [a second season] could be this, could be this, and trying to figure out how it would be different and how it would be the same,\u201d Schur said. \u201c\u2026 What you have at the end of the season is a 76-year-old man with a new lease on life and a new sense of purpose and a new kind of fledgling career as an undercover detective. \u2026 You have a lot of building blocks for future seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe new case will take Charles to a college whose president (Max Greenfield) is being blackmailed. The season two description reads, \u201cWho\u2019s making these threats? Does it have something to do with the iconoclastic billionaire Brad Vinick (Gary Cole) and his proposed donation to the school? Charles finds no shortage of possible suspects, but his attention gets diverted by free-spirited music teacher Mona (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/mary-steenburgen\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mary-steenburgen_1\" data-tag=\"mary-steenburgen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mary Steenburgen<\/a>, Danson\u2019s real-life wife), whose zest for life awakens feelings he thought he\u2019d buried after the passing of his wife. Is he ready to open his heart again at this stage in his life? And more importantly, has he fallen for the very criminal he\u2019s been sent to unmask? Meanwhile, his daughter Emily (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) is inspired by the changes in her father and uncovers a long-ignored passion, while PI Julie (Estrada) embarks on her own journey of growth as she reconnects with an important figure from her past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/man-on-the-inside-season-2-cast-1236209072\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">season two cast<\/a> also includes Michaela Conlin, Lisa Gilroy, Madison Hu, Sam Huntington, Jason Mantzoukas, Constance Marie, Linda Park, David Strathairn and Jill Talley. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tA Man on the Inside is based on the Oscar-nominated documentary The Mole Agent. Schur (The Good Place, Parks and Recreation) is the showrunner and executive produces via his Fremulon production company. Morgan Sackett, David Miner of 3 Arts Entertainment, Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santiba\u00f1ez ( of Micromundo Producciones, and Julie Goldman and Christopher Clements of Motto Pictures also executive produce. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tMore photos from season two are below. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AMOTI_204_Unit_01112RC-H-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"730\" width=\"1296\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMax Greenfield in \u2018A Man on the Inside\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tColleen E. Hayes\/Netflix<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AMOTI_201_Unit_01296RC-H-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"730\" width=\"1296\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tDavid Strathairn and Ted Danson in \u2018A Man on the Inside.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tColleen E. Hayes\/Netflix<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AMOTI_202_Unit_01181RC-H-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"730\" width=\"1296\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tJason Mantzoukas and Constance Marie in \u2018A Man on the Inside\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tColleen E. Hayes\/Netflix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charles Nieuwendyk is back on the case. 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