Chris O'Dowd's new comedy for Apple TV+

Chris O’Dowd’s new Apple TV+ comedy The Big Door Prize will start on Mach 29, the streaming service has announced.

The show has been created by Schitt’s Creek writer and producer   David West Read and is about a small town that is forever changed when a mysterious machine appears in the general store, promising to reveal each resident’s true life potential.

O’Dowd plays Dusty Hubbard, a seemingly content, cheerful family man and high school teacher, who watches everyone around him reevaluate their life choices and ambitions based on the Morpho machine’s printouts and is forced to question whether he is truly as happy as he once thought.

Gabrielle Dennis, Ally Maki, Josh Segarra, Damon Gupton, Crystal Fox, Djouliet Amara and Sammy Fourla also appear in the ensemble cast.

The first three of ten half-hour episodes will drop on March 29, followed by one new episode weekly every Wednesday until May 17.  

Here's a trailer for the series, based on M.O. Walsh’s novel of the same name:

Published: 16 Feb 2023