Most recently, Ted Danson was cast in the pivotal role of Michael on "The Good Place," a sitcom about a group of people trapped in the afterlife. He starred alongside Kristen Bell, Jameela Jamil, and more. The show is, by many metrics, his most successful since "Cheers," garnering an eye-popping 97% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes. Danson's character is a demon who, in a quest to develop a new method of torture for bad people in the afterlife, creates a nightmarish purgatory disguised as "the good place." But over the course of the show, he comes to love humanity and ultimately devotes himself to reforming the process by which people are determined to be good or bad in the first place.
Since the fact that Michael was secretly a demon was a huge spoiler for the 1st season, only Danson and Bell were told about it. While Bell managed to keep the secret under wraps, refraining from telling even her husband, Danson spilled the beans to multiple people. For instance, since showrunner Michael Schur had previously worked on "The Office," Danson told former "Office" star John Krasinski the news for no reason other than to flex. "I wanted to impress my friend," Danson said to Rolling Stone.
The show ran for four seasons, with the emotional finale airing on January 30, 2020.
