Tim Robinson, a master of weird and wonder worlds, is set for another conspiratorial adventure after HBO renewed The Chair Company for a second season.
The move comes ahead of the show’s finale on November 30 and is one of two comedy series renewals after the WBD network also picked up I Love LA for a second season.
The series became HBO’s most-watched comedy series debut in over five years, since the launch of Avenue 5, the Armando Iannucci-created series that launched in 2020.
The Chair Company averaged 1.4M cross-platform viewers in the U.S. across its first three days after its premiere.
The Chair Company, which was created by I Think You Should Leave’s Robinson and Zach Kanin, ostensibly follows Robinson’s William Ronald Trosper, a project manager at a property development firm who becomes obsessed with uncovering an apparent conspiracy involving a chair manufacturing company. It is, however, even weirder than that sounds, as Trosper ends up in dark parking lots, bars and apparent acting classes searching for the people behind chair brand Tecca.
Lake Bell stars as Trosper’s wife Barb with his children played by Sophia Lillis and Will Price. Joseph Tudisco stars as Mike Santini, a security guard who helps Trosper search down the conspiracy. Lou Diamond Phillips recurs as Jeff Levjman, CEO of Trosper’s company Fisher Robay.
It’s not clear whether season two will continue the Tecca chair conspiracy or a new conspiracy. Given SNL alum Robinson’s predilection for unusual project, it could be anything.
The Chair Company is executive produced by Robinson and Kanin, Adam McKay and Todd Schulman for HyperObject Industries, Andrew DeYoung, and Igor Srubshchik.
