Mr. Sunshine

Mr. Sunshine

Oh, joy.

Created by Matthew Perry, Marc Firek, Alex Barnow

On ABC

20111 season9 episodes30 min6.2 / 10

A workplace comedy built on a self-absorbed protagonist's midlife reckoning, sustained by an ensemble of eccentric characters and high-energy irreverence.

Ben Donovan is a self-involved manager of a second-rate San Diego sports arena who begins to re-evaluate his life on his 40th birthday. Working alongside him is his boss and arena owner, Crystal--attractive, powerful and highly erratic; Alice--the cute, tomboyish marketing director and Ben's friend with benefits; Alonzo--a former basketball player, handsome and unbelievably happy; Ben's assistant, Heather--pretty, sweet, but terrifying because she once lit a boyfriend on fire; Crystal's son, Roman--sweet-faced, clueless and Ben's newest employee; and a hapless operations crew whom Ben refers to collectively as the "Steves."

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