Tim Daly and Téa Leoni are “Newlyweds” — both in real life and in the NBC comedy pilot of the same name.
Variety has learned that Daly will star opposite Leoni in the multi-cam pilot. The casting marks their first project together since they officially tied the knot in July 2025. The two originally met on the set of the CBS drama “Madam Secretary,” where they also played a married couple.
“Newlyweds” was picked up to pilot at NBC in January. Per the logline, the show is a “later-in-life love story about a free-spirited woman and a buttoned-up professor who marry impetuously after a whirlwind courtship.”
Daly will play Tony, who is described as “Recently divorced, Tony accidentally runs into Jeannie at a valet stand and is so taken with her beauty and spirit that they wind up having dinner together anyway. Tony soon realizes that his life with Jeanie is not going to be the quiet, stay-at-home lifestyle he enjoys, but he also knows he’d rather change his ways than live without her.”
The role also brings Daly back to NBC, where he famously starred in the hit multi-cam sitcom “Wings” for eight seasons between 1990 and 1997. He has since starred in shows like “The Fugitive” at CBS and the aforementioned “Madam Secretary,” the latter of which ran for six seasons. Daly earned an Emmy nomination for outstanding guest actor in a drama series in 2007 for his work as JT Dolan on “The Sopranos.”
He is repped by IAG, Gateway Management & Production and Behr Abramson Levy Johnson.
“Newlyweds” hails from writer and executive producer Gail Lerner and co-creator and executive producer Jamie Lee Curtis. Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum, Scott Schwartz, and Lionsgate Television also executive produce, with Leoni producing in addition to starring. Pam Fryman will executive produce and direct the pilot. Universal Television is the studio.
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