Tim Robinson to lead HBO comedy The Chair Company, premieres Oct 12

Tim Robinson will lead a new HBO comedy series, The Chair Company, premiering Oct. 12 on HBO and streaming on HBO Max, the network said. The eight-episode series, co-created by Robinson and Zach Kanin, follows Robinson’s character, William Ronald Trosper, a Midwestern family man who, after an embarrassing incident at work, becomes consumed with investigating a far-reaching criminal conspiracy tied to a chair company. New episodes will be released weekly on Sundays, concluding with a season finale on Nov. 30.

The official trailer frames the show as a blend of Robinson’s trademark off-kilter humor and escalating paranoia. It shows Trosper attempting to balance his probe with family life, while his wife Barb, played by Lake Bell, voices concern about his behavior. The trailer pairs tense comic beats with Christopher Cross’s Ride Like the Wind and includes the line, “People are nuts out there,” attributed to William in the preview. Several reports also suggest the investigation has stakes that could lead to mass casualties, though the specifics are left deliberately vague in promotional material.

Robinson and Kanin serve as executive producers alongside Adam McKay and Todd Schulman...