Neil Patrick Harris is getting back to comedy series TV incredibly. The former How I Met Your Mother star has been tapped as the lead in Uncoupled, Netflix’s new comedy series made and executive produced by Younger and Emily in Paris maker/executive producer Darren Star and long-term Modern Family executive producer Jeffrey Richman.

Harris likewise will executive produce the high-profile show from MTV Entertainment Studios and Jax Media. Shooting is scheduled to start in New York later this year.

Uncoupled focuses on Michael (Harris), who thought his life was amazing until his husband blindsides him by leaving the door after 17 years. Overnight, Michael needs to stand up to two nightmares — losing what he thought was his soulmate and suddenly getting himself a single gay man in his mid-40s in New York City.

The series hails from Star and Richman’s banners, Darren Star Productions and Jeffrey Richman Productions, respectively; MTV Entertainment Studios, where Star is under an overall deal; and Jax Media, Star’s partner on Netflix’s Emily in Paris and Paramount+/TV Land’s Younger. Jax Media’s Tony Hernandez and Lilly Burns executive produce with Harris, Star and Richman.

This marks five-time Emmy winner and Tony champ Harris’ re-visitation of Netflix where he featured as Count Olaf in A Series of Unfortunate Events. He will next be found in Warner Bros.’ The Matrix 4, which comes out Dec. 22, and Lionsgate’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, which releases April 22. Harris is repped by CAA and Untitled.