Tim Robinson to Lead HBO’s ‘The Chair Company’ with Adam McKay Executive Producing

Samantha Bergeson
·2 min read

Tim Robinson doesn’t think he should leave TV anytime soon.

The “I Think You Should Leave” star is confirmed to lead upcoming HBO comedy series “The Chair Company,” with Adam McKay and Zach Kanin executive producing.

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Robinson writes, stars in, and executive produces the half-hour show, which was picked up by HBO. The official logline reads: “After an embarrassing incident at work, a man named William Ronald Trosper (Robinson) finds himself investigating a far-reaching conspiracy.”

Lake Bell, Sophia Lillis, Will Price, Joseph Tudisco, and Lou Diamond Phillips co-star.

“With an imprint only Tim and Zach can have on a character, William Ronald Trosper follows in the strong tradition of HBO comedy leads,” Amy Gravitt, Executive Vice President, HBO & Max Comedy Programming, said. “I couldn’t be happier to announce the pickup of this wildly enjoyable show.”

Robinson and co-executive producer Kanin added, “We are so excited and thankful to get to make this show with HBO, HyperObject, and all of the amazing cast and crew that have helped to create it.”

Andrew DeYoung, who recently helmed Robinson in TIFF-selected feature “Friendship,” directed and executive produced the pilot.

“The Chair Company” is executive produced by Robinson, Kanin, Igor Srubshchik, and McKay and Todd Schulman for HyperObject Industries.

Robinson and DeYoung’s feature film “Friendship,” which also stars Paul Rudd, received rave reviews upon its TIFF debut. While the feature is still looking for distribution, IndieWire critic David Ehrlich wrote that the film “feels very much like a feature-length ‘I Think You Should Leave’ sketch and helps clarify that Robinson’s humor is rooted in confusion more than anything else.”

Ehrlich added, “It’s easy to imagine how a version of this film might have descended into vaguely connected sketches (and still would have been one of the funniest pure comedies in forever despite its shapelessness), but there’s a clear and rewarding intentionality to [director] DeYoung’s plotting, and it pays off with a finale that — better than almost any scene before it — perfectly threads the needle between all of the movie’s competing energies.”

“The Chair Company” also continues executive producer McKay’s collaborations with HBO. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker produced “Winning Time” and “Succession” for the network, and was also set to produce Bong Joon-Ho’s “Parasite” series.

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