Summer break is about to fly by, especially for the Rooster crew. Though Steve Carrell just wrapped up the season 1 finale of his HBO dramedy, the team is reportedly hard at work on the next installment. According to series creator Bill Lawrence (Shrinking, Ted Lasso), class might return to session within a year.
“We’re gonna start shooting it in mid-to-late August,” Lawrence told TV Insider after HBO renewed the series for season 2. “HBO, in a great way, really wants to make sure that we get it on within a year, if not sooner, so we’re gonna make sure we do that.”
Rooster stars Steve Carrell as writer Greg Russo, who accepts a residency at Ludlow College in New England where his daughter, Katie (Charly Clive), is a professor. While the first season dealt with Katie’s breakup with fellow teacher Archie (Phil Dunster)—after she not-so-accidentally burnt his house down—the season 1 finale left the doors open for another kind of awkward workplace relationship.
Greg’s ex-wife Elizabeth (Connie Britton) is taking on the role of Ludlow’s new school president. It won’t just mean new conflicts for Greg and Katie—who have patched things up now that Katie’s decided to leave Archie for good and Greg decided to stay. Elizabeth’s new tenure is also bad news for former president Walt (John C. McGinley), who is now forced to give up the gig.
“[Season 2] does start on returning from Christmas break, and so we’re going to have Connie in as much as we possibly can, but it buys us that transition year of her coming by, looking at the office to furnish it, while Walt’s having to process what it means to leave,” Lawrence teased to TV Insider. “It’s too delicious for us.”
But what about beyond season 2? Well, Lawrence also stated in an interview with People that he’s already envisioned how Rooster ends. “One of the cool things about streaming, we did it with Ted Lasso, we did with Shrinking, is we pitched the beginning, middle and end of this show,” the creator said. “If we’re lucky enough to tell that story, we know what it is,” he adds. “Just for us, the real issue is it’s so much fun. The cast is so lovely. I think we’d both do it forever.”
So, it looks like Rooster may follow HBO’s new The Pitt-inspired strategy for streaming, with faster turnarounds in between seasons. The creatives behind Rooster may even be able to match up with real-life school semesters, if they choose to stick to another Christmas break. But for now, the good news is that Rooster season 2 will usher in back-to-school sales before we even know it.
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