10 Unexpected Breakout TV Characters

10. Michael (The Good Place)

Throughout his career, Ted Danson has had a knack for choosing the right roles. Sam Malone on Cheers. D.B. Russell on C.S.I. Becker on... well, Becker. But his greatest character so far is his most recent.

Danson is currently one of the stars of Michael Schur's NBC comedy The Good Place. If you haven't watched the series, it's one of the biggest conceptual swings a network sitcom has taken in 20 years. The ensemble cast of new faces and familiar actors make it work brilliantly, and Danson is no small part of that.

He plays the part of Michael, the architect of the afterlife neighborhood Eleanor, played by Kristen Bell, finds herself sent to. For an immortal entity, Michael is surprisingly childlike, ridiculous and endearing. He is an unexpected treat and Ted Danson's best work.