Rooster
HBO | Release Date: March 8, 2026
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The TelegraphAnita Singh Mar 9, 2026
Season 1 Review: If you’ve never seen Carell in anything, you will find Rooster charming and quite funny. Even if you have, you could put this series on in the background of whatever else you’re doing, and it’s perfectly pleasant. But it could be so much more if the writers weren’t clearly trying to create another Ted Lasso, with which Rooster shares a writer. Read full review
60
StatusBrian LowryMar 6, 2026
Season 1 Review: The show manages to be both intermittently amusing and highly disposable. Read full review
60
RogerEbert.comJen ChaneyMar 5, 2026
Season 1 Review: As good as these actors are, they can’t quite overcome the fact that “Rooster” is tonally too shifty to effectively work. Read full review
59
The PlaylistAlly JohnsonMar 5, 2026
Season 1 Review: Unmoored and unpolished, “Rooster” doesn’t quite clear the bar. Read full review
50
SlateSam AdamsMar 9, 2026
Season 1 Review: Carell still has small-screen charisma to burn, and the show is charming in an insubstantial way. But it’s also forgettable, lacking both the hangout appeal of a classic sitcom and the richness that might sustain a yearslong storyline. Read full review
50
The Daily BeastNick SchagerMar 5, 2026
Season 1 Review: Aside from the occasional choice gag, its geniality dampens its silliness. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineMichael SavioMar 5, 2026
Season 1 Review: Apart from some indistinct secondary characters, the cast is largely game, but the banter-heavy dialogue can grow stale, especially when the jokes have a habit of undercutting any emotional heft. Read full review
40
The New York TimesMike HaleMar 9, 2026
Season 1 Review: “Rooster” is a mess, but Carell is never less than entertaining in it. .... “Rooster” remains amorphous, though; it tries for a mix of naturalistic prestige comedy and rapid-fire, stylized sitcom and just misses both. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergMar 5, 2026
Season 1 Review: It’s a show with an excess of underdeveloped identities, rather than a lack of identity, spackling over its poorly fused story elements with a sense of humor that’s sometimes appealing and frequently desperately hacky. Read full review
40
VarietyAramide TinubuMar 5, 2026
Season 1 Review: Unfortunately, “Rooster” is full of predictable characters and circumstances, adding up to a lackluster narrative. Read full review
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