Tim Daly is joining wife Téa Leoni in the NBC comedy pilot “Newlyweds,” their first on-screen reunion since meeting on “Madam Secretary.”
The series, in contention along with two other comedies for the 2026-27 TV season, follows “a later-in-life love story about a free-spirited woman and a buttoned-up professor who marry impetuously after a whirlwind courtship,” per the logline. It’s created by writer and executive producer Gail Lerner. Pam Fryman will direct the pilot episode.
Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis is among the team of executive producers, which also includes Eric and Kim Tannenbaum, Scott Schwartz and Lionsgate Television. The project hails from Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.
“Recently divorced, Tony (Daly) accidentally runs into Jeanie (Leoni) 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,” per a character description provided by NBC.
Daly and Leoni tied the knot themselves in July 2025. The couple first met on the set of the 2014 CBS drama series “Madam Secretary,” which ran for six seasons and featured them playing a married couple.
Daly is best known for his roles in the NBC comedy series “Wings,” the TV adaptation of “The Fugitive” and “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff “Private Practice.” He currently has a recurring role on the Netflix comedy “Leanne.” In 2027, he earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a drama series for his role as compulsive gambler in HBO’s “The Sopranos.”
Since wrapping “Madam Secretary” in 2019, Leoni starred in films “Death of a Unicorn” and “Bird Boy.” She also had a recurring role in Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building.”
