US EditionLook: HBO Orders a Second Season of Steve Carell's 'Rooster'
The 10-episode series drew 5.8 million viewers across its first four episodes, HBO said, making it the network’s top freshman comedy in over a decade.
- HBO renewed the comedy series Rooster, starring Steve Carell, for a second season halfway through its 10-episode first season, which centers on a complicated relationship between an author and his college professor daughter.
- The show is pacing as HBO's most watched freshman comedy in over a decade, with its first four episodes averaging 5.8 million viewers after the series premiere delivered 2.4 million cross-platform viewers in three days.
- Creators Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses recently secured a $21M California tax credit for Season 2 production, backed by Warner Bros. Television, where both creators maintain overall deals.
- In a statement, Lawrence thanked HBO partners including EVP Amy Gravitt, Casey Bloys, and Channing Dungey, while the ensemble cast features Danielle Deadwyler, Phil Dunster, John C. McGinley, and Lauren Tsai.
- The first season concludes on May 10, with new episodes continuing to debut Sundays on HBO and HBO Max, while Season 2 will shift to the spring semester at the fictional Ludlow College.
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"Rooster" with Steve Carell gets a second season. The success of the series surpasses all other HBO comedies of the last years.The first season is still running, the extension is already certain: HBO has ordered a second season for the college comedy "Rooster" with Steve Carell (63). While season one plays in the fall semester at the fictitious Ludlow College, the plot will continue in the second round in the spring semester, as reported among o…
Steve Carell's "heartfelt" new comedy Rooster gets future confirmed after first episodes air
Steve Carell has another hit comedy series on his hands as the future of Rooster is looking very bright indeed.The new series, available via Sky, NOW and HBO Max in the UK, explores the relationship between successful author Greg (Carell) and his daughter, university professor Katie (Charly Clive), as the latter suffers a hurtful separation from her husband.Co-created by Bill Lawrence (of Scrubs, Ted Lasso and Shrinking fame), it isn't exactly s…
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