I watched HBO Max’s new show, Rooster. Instead of dropping all episodes, they are releasing them on Sundays. The television show follows Carell as Greg Russo, a contemporary fiction writer whose helping is adult daughter Katie (played by actress Charley Clive) navigate a divorce while still grappling with his own. The show also has Ted Lasso alum Phil Dunster as Katie’s ex-husband, Archie.
I had initially seen the trailer for Rooster floating around and thought it was a film and was surprised to learn it was a ten-episode series. Seeing Carell back on the small screen is a treat for the millennial in me that watched him on The Office in high school.
The show is unique in that the show is the first television show or film I’ve seen in a longtime that doesn’t come from another IP or feel like a watered down, trope reliant hodge podge. It’s the kind of television show that relies on acting and writing and no other gimmicks to attract audiences and part of the joy is in watching the performances.
Hopefully Rooster is proof that there is still room for standalone media in Hollywood, but it is only episode one. We’ll wait and see. That said, I find it promising that it reminds me of the 2000s dramedies Hollywood forgot it knows it can make.
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