HBO’s Steve Carell Comedy Series Adds Lauren Tsai To Cast

EXCLUSIVE: Lauren Tsai (Legion) rounds out the main cast of HBO‘s untitled comedy series from Bill Lawrence, Matt Tarses and Warner Bros. TV. She joins fellow series regulars Steve Carell, Charly Clive, Phil Dunster, Danielle Deadwyler and John C. McGinley.

The single-camera comedy is set on a college campus, centering on an author’s (Carell) complicated relationship with his daughter, Katie (Clive).

Tsai will play a doctoral candidate in neuroscience at the college who is in a relationship with Phil (Dunster), Karie’s estranged husband.

The first of 10 half-hour episodes was written by Lawrence and Tarses. Lawrence, Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer of Doozer Productions executive produce alongside Tarses and Carell. The series is produced by Doozer in association with Warner Bros. Television, where Lawrence’s Doozer banner and Tarses are under overall deals.

Tsai, a visual artist, model and actor, is known for her roles in Season 3 of FX’s Marvel series Legion and in Amy Poehler’s film Moxie. She is repped by WME, Range Media Partners, and Hansen Jacobson Teller.