The brand new HBO comedy Rooster, which features a main Ted Lasso reunion, has debuted to a stable rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Created by Invoice Lawrence and Matt Tarses, and consisting of ten episodes, Rooster is ready to debut on March 8 on HBO and stream on HBO Max. It stars Academy Award nominee Steve Carell as a profitable creator who has a sophisticated relationship along with his daughter, viewing the premise via the eccentric world of academia. Helped alongside by a powerful supporting forged, the dramedy is off to an important begin.
Forward of its HBO launch, Rooster presently holds an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes based mostly on 14 critiques. The rating will not be anticipated to carry, since it would change as extra critiques are added. Nevertheless, as of now, solely two critiques are listed as damaging.
The dramedy begins by zeroing in on Carell’s character, a best-selling novelist who will get a job as writer-in-residence at a small New England school. Within the course of, he reunites him along with his daughter (The Lazarus Venture alum Charly Clive), an artwork historical past professor. However to make certain, she has her personal issues to take care of.
The forged consists of Danielle Deadwyler, recognized for Until, John C. McGinley of Scrubs, Lauren Tsai from Legion, and Ted Lasso‘s Phil Dunster, with recurring friends together with Annie Mumolo, who co-wrote and appeared in Bridesmaids, Connie Britton of Friday Night time Lights, comic Robby Hoffman from Hacks, and Scott MacArthur of The Righteous Gems.
It is a double reunion for Rooster creator Invoice Lawrence, who labored with Dunster when he performed Jamie Tartt on Ted Lasso. McGinley, in the meantime, is well-known for his efficiency as Dr. Cox within the in style medical comedy Scrubs. That resume is one thing of a double-edged sword for Rooster, which does get in comparison with Lawrence’s previous work in critiques.
On the optimistic facet, a number of critics discover that the upcoming HBO Authentic is a continuation of a sizzling streak for Lawrence, who can also be behind Apple TV’s Unhealthy Monkey and Shrinking. In his Rooster assessment for ScreenRant, Grant Hermanns writes, partially: “One factor that instantly proved a welcome factor of Rooster’s first six episodes was that it had the identical cozy vibe of Lawrence’s prior reveals.”
Hermanns does point out that the brand new dramedy does not fairly reside as much as Lawrence’s finest work, nor his frequent collaborator in Tarses. However with a forged and crew this robust, there’s no purpose to fret about the way forward for Rooster. The school-set saga might simply discover its footing because it goes alongside, getting funnier and sharper over time and incomes its place as a very worthy Carell present.
Rooster premieres Sunday, March 8 at 10 PM ET on HBO
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March 8, 2026
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HBO
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Invoice Lawrence, Matt Tarses