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HBO Fast-Tracks Rooster Season 2 After Strong Debut

Producers plan to start filming in August to keep the series on the air within a year.

Overview

  • Following Sunday's season finale, coverage points to a recalibrated campus power dynamic setting the direction for Season 2.
  • HBO said the first four episodes averaged 5.8 million U.S. viewers, making Rooster its most-watched new comedy in more than a decade.
  • Co-creator Bill Lawrence said production is slated for mid-to-late August with a target to premiere the next season within about a year.
  • Connie Britton's character is set to play a larger, conflict-driving role that will test the show's core relationships at Ludlow College.
  • HBO has renewed the series and has not announced a premiere date, while the creators say they mapped a beginning, middle, and end to guide future seasons.