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Rooster review: Steve Carell finds himself in feel-good college comedy

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Between projects like *Ted Lasso* and *Shrinking*, showrunner Bill Lawrence has cornered the market on feel-good coming-of-middle-age comedies. His new HBO comedy *Rooster*, created with Matt Tarses (*Scrubs*), is the latest entry into that subgenre. It's also the most literal on the "coming-of-age" front, with its college setting evoking ideas of students discovering themselves and their independence. However, the focus here is not really on the students but on the faculty, including new writer-in-residence Greg Russo (Steve Carell) and his daughter, art history professor Katie (Charly Clive). Just like their pupils, these teachers have a lot of soul-searching to do. Their ensuing stories of college reinvention prove sweetly warm, even if they tread familiar ground by Lawrence standards. SEE ALSO: Everything we know about 'Ted Lasso' Season 4 ## What's *Rooster *about? Credit: Patrick Wymore / HBO A best-selling author of gripping beach reads, Greg never expected to teach.…

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