{"id":256166,"date":"2026-08-07T14:42:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/07\/james-marsden-to-star-in-bad-news-dads-mystery-comedy-series-at-apple-tv\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T14:42:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:42:31","slug":"james-marsden-to-star-in-bad-news-dads-mystery-comedy-series-at-apple-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/07\/james-marsden-to-star-in-bad-news-dads-mystery-comedy-series-at-apple-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"James Marsden to Star in \u2018Bad News Dads\u2019 Mystery Comedy Series at Apple TV"},"content":{"rendered":"


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James Marsden<\/strong><\/a> has a new series in the works at Apple TV<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n

On Thursday (August 6), Deadline<\/a><\/em> announced that the 52-year-old Emmy-nominated actor will be starring in the new mystery comedy series Bad News Dads<\/strong><\/em>, based on the upcoming novel of the same name by Adam Frost<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Here’s the synopsis: <\/p>\n

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Bad News Dads<\/em> is about an inept men\u2019s baseball rec league team where one of the players\u2019 wives dies in a suspicious accident, and the friendship-starved Ben (Marsden) leads two of his teammates in an impromptu and often misguided investigation into what they increasingly come to think was murder.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Along with starring in the series, James<\/strong> will also serve as an executive producer.<\/p>\n

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Frost<\/strong>\u2019s Bad News Dads<\/em> will be published April 6, 2027 by Simon Schuster\/Atria\/Emily Bestler Books. While the title and baseball setting are clearly a nod to Bad News Bears<\/em>, the book is an original idea in a different genre that has no connection to the movie.<\/p>\n

The upcoming series extends James<\/strong>‘ streak at Apple TV. He had a memorable arc on the second season of Jon Hamm<\/strong><\/a>‘s series Your Friends & Neighbors<\/em> and will next star in and executive produce the streamer’s upcoming action thriller Disavowed<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Later this year, James<\/strong> will be reprising his role as X-Men role as Cyclops\/Scott Summers in Avengers: Doomsday<\/em>. Watch the trailer here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

The post James Marsden to Star in ‘Bad News Dads’ Mystery Comedy Series at Apple TV<\/a> appeared first on Just Jared – Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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