Tim Robinson’s The Chair Company Achieves Record-Breaking HBO Comedy Launch Surpassing Avenue 5 in Top Comedy Debut

The Chair Company, the latest creation from Tim Robinson, has made a notable impact in the realm of comedy. The show premiered on HBO recently and immediately attracted a large audience, marking it as the network’s highest-rated comedy series debut in over five years.

The Chair Company Surpasses Previous Comedy Launches

In its first three days, The Chair Company garnered an impressive average of 1.4 million cross-platform viewers in the United States. This impressive debut places it among the top three comedy series launches in HBO Max history. Other notable premieres in this category include And Just Like That and Our Flag Means Death.

Plot Synopsis and Cast

The series stars Tim Robinson as William Ronald Trosper, a man embroiled in a convoluted investigation sparked by an embarrassing incident at his workplace. After his chair breaks during a crucial business presentation, Trosper, who is employed by the architectural firm Fisher Robay, sets out to identify the manufacturer, Tecca Chairs. This quest leads him to unexpected and quirky discoveries.

• Principal Cast:
  • Lake Bell as Barb (Trosper’s wife)
  • Sophia Lillis as Natalie (Trosper’s daughter)
  • Will Price as Seth (Trosper’s son)
  • Lou Diamond Phillips
  • Jim Downey
• Executive Producers:
  • Tim Robinson
  • Zach Kanin
  • Adam McKay
  • Todd Schulman
  • Andrew DeYoung
  • Igor Srubshchik
• Directors:
  • Andrew DeYoung
  • Aaron Schimberg

Other HBO Ratings Highlights

In addition to The Chair Company, HBO’s ratings landscape is thriving. The series Task, featuring Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey, has also seen growth. Set in Philadelphia’s working-class suburbs, Task’s latest episode attracted over 4 million viewers within its first three days. This figure represents a 32% increase from its premiere episode, which has now surpassed 10 million total viewers.

This growth positions Task on a similar trajectory to Mare of Easttown, with average viewership around 6.7 million per episode compared to Mare of Easttown’s 6.8 million at the same stage of its run. In Task, Ruffalo portrays an FBI agent leading a task force against a series of robberies orchestrated by an unsuspecting family man, played by Pelphrey.