The logline for HBO’s upcoming series Rooster, starring Steve Carell, doesn’t offer much in the way of detail: The show is “a comedy set on a college campus centering on an author’s (Carell) complicated relationship with his daughter (Charly Clive),” per the official description.
A newly released trailer for the show, however, fills in some gaps — including why the series is called Rooster. Carell plays a best-selling author who comes to the college where his daughter teaches because she’s going through a crisis after her husband (Ted Lasso’s Phil Dunster) “left me for a grad student,” as she puts it. The head of the college (John C. McGinley) convinces him to stay in some capacity, and he starts to form a bond with some students.
As for the “Rooster” part, it’s apparently the name of the lead character in his books, and students take to calling Carell’s character by the name as well. Watch the trailer below.
HBO has set a March 8 premiere date for the series.
Rooster also stars Danielle Deadwyler and Lauren Tsai; the cast includes Connie Britton, Robby Hoffman, Annie Mumolo, Alan Ruck and Rory Scovel as well.
HBO won a bidding war for the series from creators Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses with a straight-to-series order in May 2024. Lawrence and Tarses are co-showrunners and executive produce with Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer of Lawrence’s Doozer Productions, Jonathan Krisel, Barbie Adler, Annie Mebane, David Stassen, Anthony King, David Hyman and Carell. Warner Bros. TV, where Lawrence and Tarses have overall deals, is the studio.
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