Wednesday, December 10, 2025
HBO's Rooster Premieres in March; Fox's Updated Winter 2026 Schedule

The HBO Original comedy series Rooster will debut March 2026 on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. The 10-episode season, from Warner Bros. Television, hails from co-showrunners and executive producers Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses and stars Steve Carell, who also serves as executive producer. A comedy set on a college campus centering on an author’s (Carell) complicated relationship with his daughter (Charly Clive).
The series stars Steve Carell, Charly Clive, Danielle Deadwyler, Phil Dunster, John C. McGinley, and Lauren Tsai. Rooster, from co-showrunners Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses, is executive produced by Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer for Doozer, Matt Tarses, Jonathan Krisel, Barbie Adler, Annie Mebane, David Stassen, Anthony King, and Steve Carell.

FOX announced updates to its Winter 2026 premiere dates, including special advance premieres of new series Best Medicine and returning comedy Animal Control, following respective FOX NFL doubleheaders, as well as a two-night premiere event for new drama series Memory of a Killer, starring Patrick Dempsey and Michael Imperiloi, beginning immediately after the NFC Championship Game.
Animal Control, starring Joel McHale, will have a special advance Season Four premiere on Sunday, December 28 (8:00-8:30 PM ET / Live to All Time Zones) immediately following the FOX NFL doubleheader. An all-new episode of The Simpsons will air at a special time (8:30-9:00 PM ET / Live to All Time Zones), followed by all-new episodes of Krapopolis (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) and Bob's Burgers (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT). Following a new episode of Hell's Kitchen (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), live-action comedies return starting Thursday, January 15 with an all-new time period premiere episode of Animal Control (9:00-9:30PM ET/PT) and the Season Two premiere of Going Dutch, starring Denis Leary (9:30-10:00PM ET/PT).
New series Best Medicine, starring Josh Charles, Abigail Spencer, Josh Segarra and Annie Potts will have a special advance series premiere on Sunday, January 4 (8:00-9:00 PM ET / Live to All Time Zones) immediately following the FOX NFL doubleheader. An all-new episode of Krapopolis will air following (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) with an all-new episode of The Simpsons airing at a special time (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT). Best Medicine will have its time period premiere beginning Tuesday, January 6 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) with the series premiere episode, followed by the winter premiere of hit medical drama Doc (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), starring Molly Parker and Felicity Huffman and featuring the return of fan favorite Scott Wolf.
New psychological thriller Memory of a Killer, featuring Patrick Dempsey's return to broadcast television alongside Emmy Award-winner Michael Imperioli and Gina Torres (9-1-1: Lone Star) will launch with a special two-night premiere event beginning Sunday, January 25 (10:00-11:10 PM ET / Live to All Time Zones) immediately following the NFC Championship Game (6:00-10:00 PM ET / Live to All Time Zones). The two-night event continues the next evening, Monday, January 26, when Memory of a Killer will have its time-period premiere (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) with an all-new episode, preceded by the Season Two premiere of extreme survival series Extracted (8:00-9:00PM ET/PT). Additional schedule details to be announced.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Thursday, February 12
Animal Control - "Bagged Birds and Alley Dogs" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Frank spends the day with influencer and park benefactor Roman Park ahead of the grand opening of their annex kennel; friction arises within the newly combined precincts when Emily assigns Templeton, Shred and Patel to work together.
Going Dutch - "The Canuck Stops Here" (Fox, 9:30PM ET/PT)
Capt. Maggie invites her idol, Gen.Martin, to the base in hopes of pitching herself as a mentee; things get complicated when the Colonel and Gen. Martin develop an immediate attraction toward each other.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of February 9)
Thursday, February 12
- Tyler Perry (House of Payne/Love Thy Neighbor) - Catch Tyler on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Maria Bamford (Lady Dynamite/Benched) - Maria is a guest on a repeat of Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
- Constance Zimmer (Entourage/Good Morning, Miami) - Constance talks about the new season of Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer on Live with Kelly and Mark and on Sherri, so check your local listings.
- Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/One Day at a Time) - It's a pizza palooza with Valerie, Joe Isidori and Sunny Anderson on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings. It's a Drew Crew game night and Drew, Valerie, Sunny Anderson and Mikel Welch are playing Pictionary with Ross hosting.
- Trinity Jo-Li Bliss (Best Foot Forward) - Trinity is a guest on New York Living on WPIX in New York at 10:45am.
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