Plot Synopsis

Created by Rawson Marshall Thurber, RYAN HANSEN SOLVES CRIMES ON TELEVISION is a half-hour screwball comedy series that stars Ryan Hansen playing an exaggerated version of himself as an actor on the set of a new cop series for YouTube Red, who works with Jessica Mathers, who is his on-screen partner and real-life LAPD detective. In this show within a show, the LAPD has decided to use mid-level Hollywood celebrities as liaisons to help their detectives solve crimes, taking advantage of the performers' industry connections, memory techniques, and gifts of channeling characters. After the world premiere of the series first two episodes at Cinepolis Chelsea at 8:30pm ET on September 23, 2017 during the 2017 Tribeca TV Festival, Hansen, Samira Wiley, and Thurber discussed their spoof on classic police dramas. One month later -- on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 -- RYAN HANSEN SOLVES CRIMES ON TELEVISION had its official series premiere on YouTube Red. Guest stars in Season 1 include: Joel McHale, Donald Faison, Eric Christian Olsen, Kristen Bell, and more.
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YouTube Premium released the entire second season of RYAN HANSEN SOLVES CRIMES ON TELEVISION on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. Season 1 episodes are available for free until February 13 at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRHlIUUZnPDTIe4io3rv0bA

After Mathers gets shot and put into a medically induced coma, tough guy Vince Vincent steps in as Ryan's new partner. Together the duo have to buddy up to solve an array of puzzling crimes, all while trying to find Mathers' shooter. Guest stars for Season 2 include: Jillian Bell, Rob Corddry, Jon Cryer, Rhys Darby, Donald Faison, Lucy Hale, Tom Lennon, Ken Marino, Tim Matheson, Joel McHale, Tim Meadows, Stephen Merchant, Ben Schwartz, Dax Shepard, Jessica St Clair, Pete Wentz, and Samira Wiley.