Steve Carell is teaming up with the minds behind shows like Ted Lasso and Scrubs for a new comedy series on HBO. The Office alum will star in the untitled show from Bill Lawrence (Ted Lasso, Scrubs) and Matt Tarses (Scrubs, The Goldbergs). Carell is also attached as an executive producer. Lawrence and Tarses will write the series’ first episode and also executive produce.
HBO has ordered the half-hour comedy straight to series, promising to deliver at least 10 episodes. Warner Bros. Television has released the official logline: “A single-camera comedy set on a college campus, centering on an author’s complicated relationship with his daughter.”
Along with Lawrence and Tarses, the HBO comedy will be executive produced by Liza Katzer and Jeff Ingold of Doozer Productions. Doozer is producing the show in association with Warner Bros. Television. Additional story details have yet to be revealed. No release date has been announced.
“HBO has long been a standard bearer of quality TV,” Lawrence said in a statement. “Getting to do a show there with Steve Carell is an immediate career highlight for Matt and me. Nothing can go wrong now.”
Warner Bros. Television Group Chairman and CEO Channing Dungey also provided a statement. She explains that she’s excited to see what a collaboration between Carrell, Lawrence, and Tarses can bring.
“Collectively, they have been at the center of some of the most iconic and successful shows in television history,” she said. “With thanks to our partners at HBO, we look forward to bringing them together to deliver the next great comedy.”
While Carell moves on to new TV comedy ventures, his previous mockumentary hit, The Office, is morphing into something new. Peacock announced earlier this month that a spinoff show based on the series is officially in the works with Greg Daniels and Michael Koman. Details are still light, but we at least know that Carrell has no plans to reprise his role.
For more on HBO’s upcoming slate of shows, you can read about the latest House of the Dragon news before Season 2 premieres next month. Then be sure to catch up on our newest look at The Last of Us Season 2 before it arrives in 2025.
Michael Cripe is a freelance writer at IGN.
