HBO’s Rooster to crow again as the Steve Carell comedy gets a second season renewal
Comedies might be touch-and-go at the box office, but on TV, they’re thriving. Today, HBO announced that its new comedy series Rooster is getting a second season, after the first four episodes averaged 5.8 million U.S. viewers and are on pace to become the network’s most-watched freshman comedy in over a decade.
What is Rooster about?
In Rooster, Steve Carell plays a best-selling author who comes to the college where his daughter (Charly Clive) teaches because she’s going through a crisis after her husband (Phil Dunster) “left me for a grad student,” as she and everyone else on campus put it. The college’s head (John C. McGinley) is willing to let him stay, though the terms of his occupation remain unclear. While traversing the college, trying to right wrongs, Carell’s character, dubbed “Rooster” by the students, begins making friends and forming unlikely bonds as he hopes to rescue his daughter from emotional distress. Steve Carell, Charly Clive, Danielle Deadwyler, Phil Dunster, John C. McGinley, and Lauren Tsai lead the cast.
Crowing about Rooster
In addition to becoming popular with HBO and HBO Max subscribers, Rooster is a hit with critics. Our sweet little review boy, Alex Maidy, loved the first season of Rooster, giving the first 10-episode series a 9 out of 10 in his review. While talking about how much he enjoyed HBO’s new comedy, Alex said, “Rooster is another winning comedy from HBO and represents another investment the cable network makes in mature storytelling from the best talent. Bill Lawrence’s roster of shows across platforms is an impressive mix of shows about finding the funny in the dramatic. These shows work because they never pander or rely on artificial scenarios to build the comedy; instead, they find it in what makes us all deeply flawed human beings. Steve Carell is a unique actor who can play a silver fox in equal measure with a clumsy dork and still make us laugh as much as we empathize. Rooster could have turned into a college romp about sex, drugs, and discovering yourself. Actually, it is all of those things, but it does it without turning into a mockery of itself. Rooster is another great show from one of the top television creators working today.”
Bill Lawrence on Rooster getting another season
“We are so grateful to Warner Bros. Television and HBO for being such great partners and to Casey, Amy and Channing for giving us the opportunity to keep making this show with Steve and our amazing cast. It’s been a career highlight for both of us, but more for Matt than me,” said Bill Lawrence, co-showrunner, executive producer, and writer of Rooster.
I haven’t had time to check Rooster out yet, but I plan to. Carell always brings a certain level of charm to his projects, and in recent years, he’s really stepped up his game, leading several comedies that hit the spot. Have you seen Rooster yet? Are you excited about the show getting another season? Let us know in the comments section below.
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