'HBO Wants It on Within a Year': Rooster Showrunners Reveal Season 2 Plans, a Major Casting Twist, and the Future of Greg and Dylan

All 10 episodes of Rooster Season 1 are airing on HBO. The first season of Rooster just wrapped, but the team behind the breakout HBO comedy is already deep into planning Season 2. I spoke to showrunners BIll Lawrence, who also created Scrubs and Ted Lasso, and Matt Tarses (Sports Night, The Goldbergs) ahead of the Season 1 finale to break down what we can expect from a new batch of episodes – which are coming sooner rather than later. “We’ve broken the first four episodes,” Lawrence says. “We’re doing 10, and HBO wants it on within a year or less. They’ve got us grinding, so we’ve been at it for a while.” “Bill’s looking to his right and seeing the board,” Tarses added, referring to a wall of notecards breaking down episode and story beats for Season 2. Lawrence pointed the camera at the cards but slyly whipped it away before I got the chance to read any details. The Rooster Season 1 finale saw tons of major decisions and milestones from the staff and students at the fictional Ludlow College. Bestselling-author-turned-college-instructor Greg (Steve Carell) decided to stay at Ludlow after finding both professional personal fulfillment. Meanwhile both Greg’s daughter Katie (Charly C