Chris O’Dowd’s new series: ‘Like George Costanza trying to figure out TikTok’
Apple TV+ series “The Big Door Prize,” because he’s at a similar place in his life. “It did feel like a middle-aged story, and I was feeling very f–king middle aged,” the Irish-born O’Dowd, 43, told The Post. “It felt like this character had a more grown-up set of problems than what I usually deal with, which are usually either romantic or frivolous.” Premiering March 29, “The Big Door Prize” — a half-hour comedy with a light sci-fi bent — is based on a novel of the same name, adapted by David West Read (“Schitt’s Creek”). The story follows the fictional small town of Deerfield, which is forever changed when a mysterious retro-looking machine appears and reveals each person’s “true potential” (in the form of printing it on a card).