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Steve Carell Stars in HBO's New Comedy 'Rooster,' Premiering March 2026: What to Know

  • Writer: Damian Ali
    Damian Ali
  • 3 days ago
  • 2 min read

Updated: 3 hours ago

Two men are standing in an office entrance. On the left, Steve Carell, wearing a green puffer jacket, smiles slightly at the other man. On the right, John C. McGinley, wearing glasses, a light blue shirt, suspenders, and slacks, looks towards the camera with a slight smile. The background includes doorways and wood paneling. Credit: HBO.
Steve Carell and John C. McGinley star in the new HBO Max comedy series Rooster. Credit: Photograph by Katrina Marcinowski/HBO.

One thing I know is that Steve Carell fans love hearing he is back with something new. Carell has a new HBO comedy series titled Rooster, set to premiere in March of 2026. The 10-episode series is from Warner Bros. Television and is written and directed by Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses.


Rooster is set on a college campus and follows an author's complicated relationship with his daughter, played by Charly Clive. Many of you will remember Clive from the time-travel sci-fi series The Lazarus Project, where she played Sarah Leigh.



Along with Carell and Clive, the series also stars Danielle Deadwyler (Till and I Saw the TV Glow), Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso), John C. McGinley (Scrubs), and Lauren Tsai (Legion). The IMDb full cast list did reveal a few additional names, including Connie Britton, Brenda Strong, and Scott MacArthur.

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Steve Carell and Charly Clive sit on a brown couch in a living room, looking towards a shaggy dog lying between them. Credit: Photograph by Katrina Marcinowski/HBO
Steve Carell and Charly Clive in the new HBO Max comedy series Rooster. Credit: Photograph by Katrina Marcinowski/HBO.

If Rooster is aiming for heartfelt comedy, Carell already knows how to hit that emotional sweet spot. Fans saw glimpses of it in The Office, and he was fantastic in Netflix's The Four Seasons, but Space Force is the real preview of how he handles a father-daughter storyline. His scenes with Diana Silvers were awkward, funny, and unexpectedly tender, a mix that could translate well opposite Charly Clive.


And with Clive playing an adult daughter who is navigating her own world, there is room for an even richer, more complicated dynamic. If that tone makes its way into Rooster, viewers might be in for something special.



What does this all mean? This new HBO original series has a cast that hints at moments that may have us laughing while watching the TV with one eye open and a tear building in the other.


Rooster is executive produced by Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold, and Liza Katzer for Doozer, Matt Tarses, Jonathan Krisel, Barbie Adler, Annie Mebane, David Stassen, Anthony King, and Steve Carell. The studio is Warner Bros. Television, where both Doozer and Tarses are under overall deals.


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