{"id":2316428,"date":"2026-03-06T23:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2316428"},"modified":"2026-03-06T23:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:05:15","slug":"why-rooster-creators-centered-a-father-daughter-relationship-in-their-college-set-hbo-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/why-rooster-creators-centered-a-father-daughter-relationship-in-their-college-set-hbo-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Why \u2018Rooster\u2019 Creators Centered a Father-Daughter Relationship in Their College-Set HBO Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">For co-creators <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0492639\/\">Bill Lawrence<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0850696\/\">Matt Tarses<\/a>, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt32420734\/\">Rooster<\/a>\u201d was always about their daughters.<\/p>\n<p>It was one thing that the \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0285403\/\">Scrubs<\/a>\u201d collaborators had in common with comedy legend <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0136797\/\">Steve Carell<\/a>, whom Lawrence joked made the \u201cmistake of talking to [them].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would\u2019ve done anything,\u201d Lawrence told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0569744\/\">TheWrap<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s an icon, and he\u2019s a guy that actually turned out to be the way that you would wish you would be in real life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence and Tarses hoped to center their next endeavor on a \u201cblue-collar writer [and] man of the people\u201d after spending time with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0382437\/\">Carl Hiaasen<\/a>, who wrote \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt15203646\/\">Bad Monkey<\/a>\u201d (which serves as the basis for the Apple TV show&#8230;<\/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.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For co-creators Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses, \u201cRooster\u201d was always about their daughters. 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