Netflix Orders White House Mystery Drama ‘The Residence’ From Shondaland, ‘For the People’ Creator
Joe Otterson TV ReporterShondaland has scored another series order at Netflix, with the streamer picking up the murder mystery drama “The Residence,” Variety has learned.The series is inspired by Kate Andersen Brower’s book “The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House.” It 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 show is said to feature “one dead body, one wildly eccentric detective, and one disastrous State Dinner,” per Netflix.The show has received an eight-episode order. Paul William Davies is the showrunner and executive producer on the show.