One of The Office's greatest draws was the use of the mockumentary-style interviews that blurred the lines between the reality of the show and that of the viewers watching it. Whether intentionally or not, Baker has stuck with shows that explore similar meta ideas.
In 2017, Baker played Captain Jackson #4 in an episode of YouTube Red's Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes On Television. The web series involved comedians and actors like Joel McHale and Hansen's Veronica Mars co-star Kristen Bell playing themselves, assisting LAPD cops (also played by actors, including Samira Wiley) in solving murders. In the first season, Captain Jackson was played by a different African-American actor in every episode, drawing attention to Hollywood tokenism. Baker's fellow Captain Jacksons included Yvette Nicole Brown, NYPD Blue's James McDaniel, and Die Hard's Reginald VelJohnson. The series called for plenty of significant looks to camera and Hollywood in-jokes, but it was canceled after the second season.
Speaking of actors riffing on their profession, Baker also had a recurring role in Still the King, which starred Billy Ray Cyrus as a washed-up, one-hit-wonder country music singer who becomes an Elvis impersonator and, as part of his parole agreement, a church handyman. Baker played Curtis, a blind caretaker of the church, in season one, but despite fairly high viewers in its first year, the show was canceled after its second season in 2017.
