Steve Carell to Lead New HBO Comedy Series From 'Scrubs' Creator
Steve Carell is getting a new show!
The 61-year-old The Office alum will lead a new HBO single-camera comedy series from the co-creator of Ted Lasso, Bill Lawrence, and Scrubs‘ Matt Tarses, via THR.
HBO has handed the still-untitled show a straight-to-series order of 10 episodes amid a network bidding war.
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The comedy is set on a college campus and centers on an author’s complicated relationship with his daughter. The co-creators previously collaborated on Scrubs and are currently working on the Apple series Bad Monkey, and they will write the first episode.
“HBO has long been a standard bearer of quality TV. Getting to do a show there with Steve Carell is an immediate career highlight for Matt and me. Nothing can go wrong now,” Bill said.
“We’re so excited to be collaborating with the dream team of Steve Carell, Bill Lawrence, and Matt Tarses on what is sure to be a brilliant new series,” said Channing Dungey, chairman of Warner Bros. TV Group. “Collectively, they have been at the center of some of the most iconic and successful shows in television history. With thanks to our partners at HBO, we look forward to bringing them together to deliver the next great comedy.”