@nicolemichele5 Published March 8, 2026, 9:30 a.m. ET More On: Steve Carell New Shows & Movies To Watch This Weekend: ‘War Machine’ on Netflix, ‘Outlander’ on Starz + more ‘Rooster’ Review: Comedy Dream Team Steve Carell and Bill Lawrence Pair Up For HBO’s Promising College Campus Comfort Watch 11 Best New Movies on Netflix: January 2026’s Freshest Films to Watch ‘The Office’ Halloween Episodes Guide: Complete List, How To Watch Looking for a new Bill Lawrence comedy to add to your weekly watch list in addition to Scrubs and Shrinking? Rooster is not only your service, but it stars the one and only Steve Carell!
Lawrence teamed up with longtime creative collaborator Matt Tarses to create a college campus comedy that follows bestselling author Greg Russo’s (Carell) complicated relationship with his professor daughter Katie (Charly Clive).
Rooster‘s stacked cast includes stars of other Lawrence-verse shows like Ted Lasso, Scrubs, and Spin City. And as Decider wrote in our full Rooster review, “If you’re a fan of either Lawrence or Carell, Rooster is undoubtedly a must-watch.” So consider us SAT!
Curious when Rooster comes out on HBO and HBO Max? Mark your calendars for the Sunday, March 8 premiere.
New episodes of Rooster premiere on HBO and HBO Max on Sundays at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Rooster Season 1 consists of ten episodes, with a new episode streaming weekly every Sunday.
After Rooster‘s premiere on Sunday, March 8, new episodes of Rooster will drop weekly on Sundays! Looking for a Rooster episode guide with corresponding premiere dates? We’ve got you covered:
You bet! Get your first look at Carell on campus in HBO’s official Rooster trailer, located at the top of this article.
In addition to legendary leading man Steve Carell, Rooster has a stacked cast and exciting lineup of guest stars including Connie Britton, Robby Hoffman, Annie Mumolo, Alan Ruck, Rory Scovel, Scott MacArthur, and more. While we wait to learn more details about their characters, here are some of the core cast you can expect to meet early on:
Want to watch Rooster live when it premieres? If you have a cable subscription that includes HBO you can watch Rooster live by setting your TV to the proper channel at 10:00 p.m. ET. If you still subscribe to HBO through your cable provider, you can also enter your cable username and password into HBO on Demand or HBO Max. And if your cable package includes a DVR, you can always record live episodes for later viewing.
Want to stream Rooster instead? Head to HBO Max to watch episodes online!
If you’re new to HBO Max, you can sign up for as low as $10.99/month with ads, but an ad-free subscription will cost $18.49/month.
If you want to stream even more and save a few bucks a month while you’re at it, we recommend subscribing to one of the discounted Disney+ Bundles with Hulu and HBO Max. With ads, the bundle costs $19.99/month and without ads, $32.99/month.
Stay tuned for more Rooster coverage from Decider.
