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.