{"id":2093424,"date":"2025-10-15T17:18:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2093424"},"modified":"2025-10-15T17:18:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:18:25","slug":"is-hbos-the-chair-company-set-in-columbus-ohio-references-leave-viewers-wondering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/is-hbos-the-chair-company-set-in-columbus-ohio-references-leave-viewers-wondering\/","title":{"rendered":"Is HBO&#8217;s &#8216;The Chair Company&#8217; set in Columbus? Ohio references leave viewers wondering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Comedian, actor and screenwriter Tim Robinson, known for the award-winning absurdist sketch comedy show &#8220;I Think You Should Leave,&#8221; is back with another show \u2014 one that drops a couple of very familiar names.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/shopping\/2025\/10\/12\/how-to-watch-the-chair-company-on-sling-with-hbo-max\/86624951007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&quot;The Chair Company,&quot;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">&#8220;The Chair Company,&#8221;<\/a> which premiered Oct. 12 on HBO, stars Robinson as Ron Trosper, the project lead at Fisher Robay, a company that builds shopping malls. An embarrassing workplace mishap sends him over the edge and down a conspiracy rabbit hole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Minutes into the season opener, a shout-out to two cities left Columbus-area viewers scratching their heads.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Tim Robinson stars in the HBO series &#8220;The Chair Company,&#8221; co-created with frequent collaborator Zach Kanin. The show may or may not be set in Columbus. Or somewhere in Ohio. We&#8217;re not sure yet.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the first scene, Ron and his family are at a restaurant when a server recognizes his son, Seth (played by Will Price), as a basketball player from Dublin Jerome High School, noting that Dublin &#8220;whipped&#8221; her alma mater, New Albany High School.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Now, locals are wondering: Is &#8220;The Chair Company&#8221; set in Columbus?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That&#8217;s the sort of surreal mystery that surrounds &#8220;The Chair Company&#8221; as a whole. Full of unhinged, cringy goodness, it&#8217;s the third series co-created by Robinson and Zach Kanin, who collaborated on &#8220;Detroiters&#8221; and &#8220;I Think You Should Leave.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Alas, there will be no bragging rights for Columbus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In fact, Seth Trosper would have a two-hour commute to attend Dublin Jerome, since the show is actually set in Canton, according to HBO representatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The Chair Company&#8221; will air at 10 p.m. each Sunday, leading up to the season finale on Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Contact features, entertainment and things to do reporter Belinda M. Paschal at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/mailto:bpaschal@dispatch.com\" data-ylk=\"slk:bpaschal@dispatch.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">bpaschal@dispatch.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/story\/entertainment\/television\/2025\/10\/15\/tim-robinsons-hbo-series-the-chair-company-set-in-columbus\/86706076007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Is Tim Robinson's HBO series 'The Chair Company' set in Columbus?;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Is Tim Robinson&#8217;s HBO series &#8216;The Chair Company&#8217; set in Columbus?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian, actor and screenwriter Tim Robinson, known for the award-winning absurdist sketch comedy show &#8220;I Think You Should Leave,&#8221; is back with another show \u2014 one that drops a couple of very familiar names. &#8220;The Chair Company,&#8221; which premiered Oct. 12 on HBO, stars Robinson as Ron Trosper, the project lead at Fisher Robay, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2093425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[22795,395058,21917,395057,350557],"class_list":["post-2093424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-columbus","tag-dublin-jerome-high-school","tag-hbo","tag-ron-trosper","tag-tim-robinson"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Is-HBOs-The-Chair-Company-set-in-Columbus-Ohio-references.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2093424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2093426,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093424\/revisions\/2093426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2093425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2093424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2093424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2093424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}