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‘The Residence’ To Submit As Comedy For Emmys, Joining Strong Netflix Contingent; Creator & Stars Tease Potential Second Season Of Murder Mystery

Netflix's upcoming murder mystery 'The Residence' will be submitted as a comedy series for Emmys and already is working on a potential second season.

The decision to submit The Residence as a comedy increases what already is shaping up to be a stiff internal competition at Netflix with five new comedy series in strong Emmy contention: Erin Foster’s Nobody Wants This, starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, and Mike Schur’s Man On The Inside, headlined by Ted Danson, which both already received awards recognition at the Golden Globes and the SAG Awards; Mindy Kaling’s recently launched Running Point, starring Kate Hudson; and the upcoming The Residence, which launches March 20 and Tina Fey’s The Four Seasons, which will premiere later this spring. The series is described as a screwball whodunnit set in the upstairs, downstairs, and backstairs of the White House as one wildly eccentric detective, Cordelia Cupp (Aduba), an avid bird watcher, is trying to solve a murder that occurs during a disastrous State Dinner. Season 1’s ensemble cast also includes Giancarlo Esposito, Edwina Findley, Molly Griggs, Jason Lee, Ken Marino, Al Mitchell, Dan Perrault, Bronson Pinchot, Julieth Restrepo, Mel Rodriguez, Susan Kelechi Watson, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Mary Wiseman and Jean Curtin.

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