The Chair Company

The Chair Company is an HBO comedy series created by Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin. HBO ordered the project directly to series in April 2024, placing their collaboration at the center of an HBO comedy production. Its official premise is deliberately compact: a man starts investigating a far-reaching conspiracy after an embarrassing incident at work. Robinson stars as that man, so the series builds its story around an office humiliation that expands into an inquiry. The setup is not simply a workplace sitcom description; the announced plot specifically joins a professional mishap to a conspiracy investigation. This is the premise. Robinson and Kanin have an established history together before The Chair Company. They co-created Comedy Central’s Detroiters, a series starring Robinson and Sam Richardson, and they also worked together on I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson. That Netflix sketch program became closely associated with Robinson’s deadpan, escalating comic performances, while Kanin served as a co-creator and writer. Their HBO series therefore reunites the same creators for a different form: a continuing conspiracy narrative rather than a sketch anthology. HBO identifies Robinson and Kanin as creators and executive producers, confirming their continued involvement in the new eight-episode project at HBO. The principal cast announced for the series includes Lake Bell, Sophia Lillis, Will Price, Joseph Tudisco, and Lou Diamond Phillips alongside Robinson. HBO’s early material did not attach character names or detailed biographies to each performer, so those names are more securely verifiable than speculation about their relationships to the investigation. Andrew DeYoung is also an executive producer and directs episodes of The Chair Company. His prior work with Robinson includes directing episodes of I Think You Should Leave, providing a direct production link between the two projects. Its cast and creative credits are clearly identified in HBO’s public materials. HBO scheduled The Chair Company to premiere on October 12, 2025, at 10:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific. The first season contains eight episodes, with new installments released weekly on HBO and Max. This release plan gives the conspiracy premise room to unfold over a season, rather than resolving it inside a single sketch or film. Although the title names a company, HBO’s disclosed logline has emphasized the workplace incident and subsequent investigation, not a detailed account of the firm’s business. That restraint matters, separating verified information from invented lore about the organization. These confirmed facts establish its creators and cast.