Find out what Tony Danza’s career was after his mythical sitcom “Madame est servie”.
What happened to the Tony Micelli of Madame is served? Is his interpreter Tony Danza still active in comedy and if so, where can we see his latest works? No need to create a false suspense, Tony Danza is still working as an actor and in 2023, has just appeared in his own role in two episodes of the series And Just Like That…, the sequel to Sex and the City.
You should know that even before Madame is served, Tony Danza was one of the main roles in the sitcom Taxi, a series that had achieved some success and lasted 5 seasons. When we came to offer him the role of Tony Micelli, written especially for him, he jumped at the chance! This is how he continued with Madame est servie and this for 8 seasons, which earned him 3 Golden Globe nominations for Best Television Actor in a Comedy or a Musical.
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He plays the handyman of Angela Bower (Judith Light), a divorced businesswoman who lives with her shy son (Danny Pintauro) and her mother (Katherine Helmond), a real seductress. Tony and his daughter Samantha (Alyssa Milano) are quickly accepted into the family. And the relationship between Angela and her employee often goes beyond the strict professional framework…
After the success of the series (despite a final season which will not achieve the expected scores), Tony Danza is offered the main role of New York Police Blues but he refuses it, which he considers to be one of his most great regrets because the series, available on Disney +, lasted 12 seasons!
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Tony Danza in 2023
Turning to the thriller to make people forget his role as “darling dad”, he shot the TV movies La Loi de la mafia and La Mort dans l’âme, then returned to the genre for all audiences with Une team aux anges. He does not abandon the serial format, but the public shuns his appearances, whether in Here Baby (where he dubs the inner voice of a baby), the comedy Hudson Street with Lori Loughlin and The Tony Danza Show, which place as a dad overwhelmed by the behavior of his two teenagers.
He was nominated in 1999 for the Emmy Awards for his performance in an episode of The Practice, created by David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, Big Little Lies), then joined from season 2 Associated for the law, another judicial series , canceled at the end of season 3. We are then in 2002, and Danza is struggling to bounce back.
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In promotion for “The Good Cop” in 2018
Danza then launches into his talk show and tries his hand at the theater by playing on the boards Les Producteurs by Mel Brooks. In 2013, he played the father of Don Jon, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. We find him again on the small screen for There’s… Johnny!, which goes unnoticed and The Good Cop, available on Netflix in 2018, which opposes him to Josh Groban.
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Excerpt from the credits of “Madame est servie”
In 2022, 30 years after the end of Madame is served, Tony Danza confirms that screenwriters are working on a return to the cult series. The project is supervised by Mike Royce, known for being the co-creator, executive producer and co-showrunner of the series As the days go by. Work began in 2020 and the broadcast should be done on Amazon Freevee, a service not available in France, where the project could be broadcast on Prime Video.