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• 2026

• Sitcom
• Comedy

Summary

Comedy about an author's complicated relationship with his daughter, set against the backdrop of a college campus. Starring Steve Carell and Charly Clive

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Jack Seale

What with Vladimir on Netflix and now this, the rarified but emotionally tangled dynamics of the American college campus are suddenly in vogue on TV. This comedy — co-created by writer Bill Lawrence of Ted Lasso, Scrubs and Shrinking fame — is much less naughty than Vladimir, although its inciting incident is the same: a male academic is caught in a sex scandal involving a female student.

The guilty man is Archie, played by Lasso alumnus Phil Dunster, but our attention is on his wronged wife and fellow teacher Katie (Charly Clive), and her father Greg, an author who crash-lands on leafy Ludlow College to offer his daughter some semi-welcome support.

Played by Steve Carell, Greg is the ideal vehicle for an actor who has long excelled at playing nice, humble men with a wild streak waiting to be unleashed. So who’s Rooster? He’s the fictional hero of Greg’s books, a man much more charming and capable than Greg himself is in real life. But when Greg has to step up, Rooster’s energy might be just what he needs.

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rolenameGreg RussoSteve CarellDylan ShepherdDanielle DeadwylerArchiePhil DunsterKatieCharly CliveSunnyLauren TsaiWalter MannJohn C. McGinleyCristleAnnie MumoloSpoonerEvan JachelskiTommy NewtonMaximo SalasMoRobby Hoffman

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rolenameWriterBill LawrenceWriterMatt Tarses

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