The show is called Newlyweds, and in a life-imitating-art situation, its two lead actors are (almost) newlyweds as well.
Tim Daly has joined the NBC comedy pilot about a later-in-life marriage alongside his real-life wife, Tea Leoni (who was the first to join the cast earlier this month). The couple married in July 2025, though they have been together for more than a decade after meeting on CBS’ 2014-19 drama Madam Secretary.
Along with adding Daly to the cast, Newlyweds has also set Pam Fryman (How I Met Your Mother, Happy’s Place) to direct and executive produce the pilot.
Newlyweds, from creator Gail Lerner (Will & Grace, Black-ish), centers on a free-spirited woman (Leoni) and a buttoned-up professor (Daly) who get married after a whirlwind courtship. Daly’s Tony is a recently divorced man who runs into Jeanie (Leoni) at a valet stand and is so taken with her that they wind up having dinner, kicking off the aforementioned whirlwind. He soon realizes that life with Jeanie won’t be the quiet, low-key one he enjoys, but he’d rather change than live without her.
Daly is coming off a recurring part in Netflix’s sitcom Leanne. He starred in NBC’s 1990s comedy Wings and also counts Private Practice, Superman: The Animated Series and a guest role on The Sopranos, for which he earned an Emmy nomination, among his credits. He is repped by IAG, Gateway Management & Production and Behr Abramson.
Newlyweds is produced by Universal Television. Lerner executive produces with co-creator Jamie Lee Curtis, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum, Scott Schwartz, Lionsgate Television and Fryman. Leoni is a producer.
