Even though Rooster does not give viewers the Steve Carell of The Office as a hapless Michael Scott-type, it does allow the actor to return to comedy, so there’s that. But, since the show takes place at a college and seemingly inside of an actual university, fans want to know where Rooster is filmed and if the college actually exists in real life.
Steve plays Greg Russo, a writer who arrived at the New England college where his daughter works to become a larger part of her life, even if she isn’t wild about him invading her world as a college professor. Since the college is almost a character itself in the HBO Max comedy, where is Rooster actually filmed?
Where is ‘Rooster’ filmed?
Rooster takes place at a college in New England, and the college shown in the series definitely looks the part. But did filming actually take place at some liberal arts campus in Massachusetts or Connecticut? Apparently not. However, Rooster is definitely filmed at a real college located on the West Coast instead of the East Coast.
According to the University of the Pacific, the university’s Stockton, Calif. campus is used for the college in Rooster. The show’s creator, Bill Lawrence, reportedly told students from the real-life school that, after touring the Stockton campus, he and other producers realized it would be the perfect backdrop for the show to portray a classic New England university campus.
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“When we went up there and toured the place, not only was the campus itself so nice, but the people and the students were so nice. It just felt like a really good fit,” Bill said, per the University of the Pacific…