Nobody else can declare the type of tv profession that Ted Danson has had. Certain, there are a number of actors who’ve appeared on a number of hit exhibits. However Danson has been a primetime staple over 5 many years now, with continuous hit exhibits for the reason that second he hit superstardom as Sam Malone on “Cheers” in 1982.

“Cheers” was an NBC megahit that lasted for a whopping 275 episodes over 11 seasons. He adopted that up with one other hit, “Becker,” that ran for six seasons and 129 episodes on CBS. Within the late 2000s and early 2010s, he turned to drama with primary roles in FX’s “Damages” and CBS’ “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” earlier than discovering NBC’s “The Good Place” — and beginning a fruitful relationship with creator Mike Schur, who’s now additionally behind Danson’s newest hit star flip in Netflix’s “A Man on the Inside.”

“It was such a enjoyable, comforting, completely satisfied factor to be again on set writing phrases for Ted,” Schur says. And for Danson, the sensation was mutual: “It was that sense of candy, form, humorous, significant conversations about issues that I’m on the proper age to be speaking about.”

Now, in recognition of his profitable lengthy physique of labor, the Golden Globes is recognizing Danson with its Carol Burnett Award — the ceremony’s highest tv honor. “I’d be pleased with a cookie named after Carol Burnett. I like her, I am keen on her, I respect her a lot,” he says.

However what’s extra, in a little bit of serendipity, Danson has additionally been nominated this 12 months for finest actor in a TV collection, musical or comedy, for “A Man on the Inside.” It reps Danson’s first Globe nom since 2007 (for “Damages”); he has beforehand gained three Golden Globes: Two for “Cheers” (in 1990 and 1991) and one for the TV film “One thing About Amelia” in 1985.

“A Man on the Inside” stars Danson as Charles, a widower who’s taken to a lonely routine after his spouse’s demise. On a lark, he takes a job with a non-public investigator to infiltrate a retirement residence and spy on its residents. Quickly, Charles makes a connection along with his fellow getting old friends — and an antidote to that loneliness.

“I’ve by no means had a job fairly like Charles,” Danson says. “It’s uncommon to get the chance to discover a personality that’s this wealthy and nuanced. It’s even uncommon to get to play a personality my very own age, surrounded by vibrant friends with tales that replicate that lived expertise. For the reason that present premiered, it’s been superb to listen to the reception and see how so many individuals from totally different generations are connecting to the story, discovering not simply laughs, however which means and deep emotion.”

Danson, in fact, has additionally been seen enjoying a model of himself all through the run of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and had a serious position in Season 2 of FX’s “Fargo.” He has been nominated for 18 Emmys — 11 of which got here from each single season of “Cheers.” He gained two of these, in 1990 and 1993.

As of late, Danson says he gravitates towards roles that include a little bit of drama within the comedy, or comedy within the drama. And that’s why he’s pleased with “A Man on the Inside.”

“My pleasure, the factor that makes me happiest in a script or in life, is that if you’ll find the chuckle within the disappointment. Or if it’s a drama, if you’ll find the chuckle beneath it,” he says. “If it’s a comedy, I wish to know that there’s disappointment on the backside of that humorous. That’s my favourite type of factor to behave.”