Shondaland‘s White House murder mystery series “The Residence” will premiere on Netflix on March 20, 2025.
The streamer also released a first-look image of the “screwball whodunnit,” starring Uzo Aduba as detective Cordelia Cupp and Randall Park as FBI agent Edwin Park.
Paul William Davies (“Scandal,” “For the People”) serves as creator, showrunner, writer and executive producer of “The Residence,” which is also executive produced by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers.
“The Residence” boasts an ensemble cast that 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. and Mary Wiseman.
The series consists of eight hour-long episodes and is based on the book “The Residence” by Kate Andersen Brower.
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The logline for “The Residence” reads: “132 rooms. 157 suspects. One dead body. One wildly eccentric detective. One disastrous State Dinner. The Residence is a screwball whodunnit set in the upstairs, downstairs, and backstairs of the White House, among the eclectic staff of the world’s most famous mansion.”
Aduba’s Cupp is described as “wry, funny, relentless, intensely focused, supremely confident” and also a “legendary birder” who is “the most sought-after detective in the world.” Park’s Special Agent Park is “skeptical of Cupp’s unique investigative style.” Per Netflix, he’s the Watson to Cupp’s Holmes.
Guest stars in “The Residence” will include Eliza Coupe, Jane Curtin, Paul Fitzgerald, Barrett Foa, Al Franken, Spencer Garrett, Taran Killam, Julian McMahon, Kylie Minogue, Matt Oberg and Brett Tucker.