Rooster
NZ release: 09 March 2026
Sex scenes, sexual references, drug use, and offensive language Rated on: 09 March 2026
What’s it about?
A bestselling crime novelist visits his art-history professor daughter at her elite college while she is having a marital crisis. Things happen that keep him there longer than expected.
The facts
- Co-created by Bill Lawrence (Ted Lasso, Scrubs)
- English language
- Runtime: Ten episodes which are between 28 and 32 minutes each
- Starring Steve Carell (The Office), John C. McGinley (Scrubs), and Phil Dunston (Ted Lasso)
- An HBO Original production
Why did it get this rating?
This series was self-rated by Neon. You can find out more about self-rating by streaming providers here.
Sex scenes and sexual references
Characters make jokes about sex, including oral sex. There is partial nudity, including bare buttocks. There are sex scenes where nothing explicit is shown, and the focus is on the humour of the characters rather than the action.
Drug use
A character references attending a ‘ketamine party’. A character references taking cocaine. Characters are shown getting drunk and high on marijuana in party scenes as a fun part of university/college social life. There are few consequences shown for this behaviour but drug-taking is not instructional.
Offensive language
Frequent offensive language, which includes ‘f*ck’ and ‘sh*t’.
When content stays with you:
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