The first major step into his new life saw Ted Danson finding true love when he started dating actor Mary Steenburgen. According to People, the two first met all the way back in 1983, when he auditioned to play the part of her husband in the film "Cross Creek." Danson wasn't successful but counted the rejection as a blessing, "because man, I was a hot mess back then," he told the magazine. Steenburgen agreed, "I was married. He was married. That was not our moment."
Instead, the couple found romance together ten years later, after appearing as co-stars in the 1994 adventure film "Pontiac Moon," per People. In 1996, the newlyweds consummated their marriage the Hollywood way, by starring together in the CBS sitcom "Ink." And while the show wasn't as successful as, say, "Cheers," it seemed to bring the couple and their audience a great deal of joy.
An Entertainment Weekly interview with Danson and Steenburgen, for instance, describes the couple as being "disgustingly happy" and "gushing with mushy sentiment and mutual appreciation." Les Moonves, then president of CBS Entertainment, recalled that the sitcom veteran was so enthused about his new wife that he'd often say, "What a lucky guy I am. I get to work with the woman I love 14 hours a day!" Danson's third marriage looked good on him, with the actor leveling up his suit game with slightly more high-end, tailored looks to compliment the quirky sophistication of his new bride.
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