United Kingdom, Feb. 10 -- Steve Carell says Rooster is "one of the best comedy pilots" he's ever read.

The 63-year-old actor has teamed up with Scrubs, Shrinking and Ted Lasso creator Bill Lawrence on a new HBO series focused on novelist Greg Russo, who visits a liberal arts college where his daughter Katie (Charly Clive) is a professor going through a major crisis.

Her husband Archie (Phil Dunster) has been having an affair with a grad student played by Lauren Tsai, and Katie's reaction is to burn his house down - leading to Greg agreeing to join as a guest lecturer as long as his daughter keeps her job.

Steve told The Hollywood Reporter: "I read the script and it was one of the best comedy pilots I've read - period.

"Pilots are the...