Steve Carell returns to college.
“The Office” star stars in HBO’s newest Sunday night series, “Rooster,” which premieres tonight, March 8. This half-hour comedy comes to the streamer from Bill Lawrence, creator of the hit comedies Scrubs, Shrinking and Ted Lasso.
Carell plays Greg Russo, a best-selling author who navigates a complicated relationship with his daughter (Charlie Clive) on the college campus where she works as a professor while dealing with her own relationship issues.
The series also stars Daniel Deadwyler, “Scrubs” alumnus John C. McGinley, and Phil Dunster, who has also appeared elsewhere in the Lawrence-verse as a major character in “Ted Lasso.”
Release date and time of “Rooster” on HBO
The first episode of “Rooster” will be released at 10 PM ET on HBO Max – the same time it premieres on cable channel HBO.
How to watch “The Rooster”
If you don’t get HBO via traditional cable, you’ll need an HBO Max subscription to listen to “The Pitt.” If you’re new to HBO Max, you can subscribe for up to $10.99 per month with ads, but an ad-free subscription will cost $18.49 per month.
If you want to stream more and Save a few bucks a month while you’re at it, and we recommend subscribing to one of the discounted Disney+ bundles with Hulu and HBO Max. With ads, the package costs $19.99 per month and without ads $32.99 per month.
Philo is the latest streaming service to include HBO Max in its packages; You’ll pay $33.00 per month for 70+ live channels and Access to HBO Max.
“Rooster” episodes and full release schedule
“The Rooster” will consist of ten episodes, broadcast weekly.
- Episode 1: “Getting rid of brown fat” – March 8
- Episode Two: “Trousers” – March 15
- Episode 3: March 22
- Episode 4: March 29
- Episode 5: April 5
- Episode 6: April 12
- Episode 7: April 19
- Episode 8: April 26
- Episode 9: May 5
- Episode 10: May 12
The cast of “The Rooster”.
In addition to the main cast listed below, Annie Mumolo, Connie Britton, Robbie Hoffman and Scott MacArthur will appear in recurring or guest roles on “Rooster.”
- Steve Carell as Greg Russo
- Charlie Clive as Katie
- Daniel Deadwyler as Dylan
- Phil Dunster as Archie
- John C. McGinley as Walter Mann
- Lauren Tsai as Sunny
Watch the trailer for “Rooster.”
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