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The Chair Company (2025)

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Genre
comedy television series
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 8 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 90 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man's embarrassing accident with a faulty chair at work triggers his investigation into a vast conspiracy by the chair company. His quest creates friction with his colleagues as the situation grows increasingly strange.

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What happens

The Chair Company is an American comedy thriller television series that premiered on HBO. The first season premiered on October 12, 2025 and ran weekly through November 30, 2025. Created by Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin, it follows Ron Trosper (Robinson), a man whose embarrassing workplace incident involving a faulty chair leads him to investigate a far-reaching conspiracy involving the chair company, while also creating tension within the workplace. The cast also includes Lake Bell, Sophia Lillis, Will Price and Joseph Tudisco. The series marks another in a series of collaborations between Robinson and Kanin, who previously met as writers on Saturday Night Live before co-creating the comedy series Detroiters and I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson. Among the executive producers for The Chair Company are Adam McKay and Andrew DeYoung, the latter of whom directed several episodes including the premiere, and also previously directed Robinson in the dark comedy film Friendship (2024). The Chair Company received widespread acclaim from critics with some calling it one of the best shows of the year. Reviewers praised its inventive blend of cringe comedy and surreal mystery, singling out Robinson's performance and the show's offbeat tone, a style some noted may not appeal to all audiences. The series premiered to 1.4 million viewers across HBO platforms, the network's biggest comedy debut in over five years and one of the top three HBO Max comedy launches in the platform's history. In November 2025, the series was renewed for a second season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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