The Residence Sets 2025 Premiere Date on Netflix

Uzo Aduba will solve crimes at the White House when The Residence premieres on Netflix in 2025.

The new murder-mystery series from Shondaland is described as “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.”

The Residence, inspired by Kate Andersen Brower’s book of the same title, will premiere its eight-episode debut season on Thursday, March 20.

Aduba stars as Cordelia Cupp, the “wildly eccentric detective” who must investigate “132 rooms” and questions “157 suspects” when “one dead body” is found after “one disastrous State Dinner.”

“What makes Cordelia part of the catalog of Shondaland heroines is that she’s strong, she doesn’t mince words, she’s unapologetically herself,” Aduba told Netflix’s Tudum. “This case is unsolvable to everyone except Cordelia Cupp,” Aduba added.

The Residence comes from showrunner and executive producer Paul William Davies and executive producers Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers as part of their overall deal with Netflix. William Davies was the creator, executive producer, and showrunner of Shondaland’s legal drama For the People. 

Additionally, William Davies was a writer on Scandal, so he knows a thing or two about scandals in and around the White House. 

“You’re going to get a look at the White House in a way we’ve never seen it, which is exciting,” Aduba told Shondaland, “and our writer and creator, Paul William Davies, keeps the audience on their toes. They really are going to have a hard time figuring out who did it.”

As previously reported, the streamer announced The Residence‘s synopsis and additional cast in February 2023. Netflix originally announced the series in March 2022. So, this first-look photo of Uzo Aduba as Cordelia and Randall Park as Edwin Park is years in the making. 

The Residence also stars 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 as Marvella.

The show’s guest stars include Eliza Coupe, Jane Curtin, Paul Fitzgerald, Barrett Foa, Al Franken, Spencer Garrett, Taran Killam, Julian McMahon, Matt Oberg, Brett Tucker, and iconic pop star Kylie Minogue as herself.

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The Residence Season 1 premieres on Thursday, March 20, on Netflix.

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