You’Y’ll find only one television in the cheerful Hollywood home of actors Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman

It’s a modestly scaled set, and it’s sequestered in an armoire in the master bedroom. There’s no futuristic plasma number in the bathroom, no framed monitor above the fireplace, and no screening room with plush tiered seating and a popcorn-and-candy counter.

In an industry town like Los Angeles, having just a single television in a modern three-bedroom house is tantamount to treason—especially for two stars of the medium. But Mullally, who etched herself into the popular imagination as the boozy, wisecracking harpy Karen Walker on Will & Grace, and Offerman, who plays the dyspeptic libertarian Ron Swanson on NBC’s Parks and Recreation, aren’t being deliberately contrary or twee. They just happen to like watching television in bed.

This story originally appeared in the September 2010 issue of ELLE DECOR. 

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