Overview
- Rooster premieres Sunday, March 8 at 10 p.m. on HBO, with new episodes weekly through May 10 and streaming on HBO Max.
- Carell stars as Greg Russo, a bestselling author drawn into life on his daughter’s college campus, where students nickname him after his novels’ hero.
- The cast features Charly Clive, Danielle Deadwyler, Phil Dunster, John C. McGinley and Lauren Tsai, with recurring turns by Connie Britton, Rory Scovel, Annie Mumolo, Alan Ruck and Robby Hoffman.
- The series comes from co-showrunners Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses, with executive producers including Lawrence, Jeff Ingold, Liza Katzer, Jonathan Krisel, Barbie Adler, Annie Mebane, David Stassen, Anthony King, David Hyman and Steve Carell for Warner Bros. Television and Doozer.
- HBO previously gave the project a straight-to-series order after a bidding war in May 2024, with today’s trailer offering the first substantive look at its premise.