Not Dead Yet, from creators David Windsor and Casey Johnson, is based on Alexandra Potter's 2020 book Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up. It follows Nell Serrano (Rodriguez), a broke and recently self-proclaimed disaster who writes obituaries in her local newspaper with her best friend and her nemesis boss. The twist… she can see the dead people she writes about, and they give her life advice – whether she wants it or not.
Garrett (pictured above) will play Duncan Rhodes, the owner/publisher of the SoCal Independent newspaper, as well as the owner of many other successful businesses. He is also the father of Nell's boss Lexi (Lauren Ash). Duncan is a total master of the universe. He has exuberant self-confidence and charisma and at the same time is completely disconnected from how normal people live - but he doesn't know that. He thinks everyone is probably considering space travel for their next vacation. No one feels comfortable telling him he's out of touch, or that he's not a great father, until he meets Nell.
Johnson and Windsor are executive producers with Rodriguez, Dean Holland, Wonderland Sound and Vision's McG, Mary Viola and Corey Marsh. The series is produced by 20th Television, part of Disney TV Studios.
Season 2 of Not Dead Yet premieres Wednesday, February 7 at 8:30/7:30c on ABC and streams on Hulu the next day.