‘The Shop,’ a barbershop-style chat program hosted by LeBron James and his longstanding buddy Maverick Carter, is heading to HBO.

James has been doing the program on his website, The Uninterrupted. James recently moved to Los Angeles after agreeing to a four-year, $154 million contract with the Lakers. The Hollywood Reporter now claims that HBO has commissioned a “handful” of episodes, which started filming last week at the Barber Surgeons Guild in West Hollywood, Los Angeles.

HBO will debut the series on August 28 at 11 p.m.

James talks about the pressures of motherhood in one scene of the clip, particularly when it comes to his boys following in his own footsteps.

Additionally, he acknowledged that he was an unduly competitive dad.

James remarked, “I didn’t get into an argument with an AAU dad,” in reference to watching his son, LeBron Jr., participate in junior basketball. “I had a disagreement with an AAU mother.”

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“When I was younger, obviously I didn’t have a dad, and my whole thing was when I have a kid, not only is he going to be a “Jr.” I’m gonna do everything that this man didn’t do,” James said, also acknowledging that he regretted giving his oldest son the nickname “Jr.”

Snoop Dogg, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, one of James’s rivals, WNBA star Candace Parker, New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara, New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., and comedian Jon Stewart will be among the first visitors.

James told The Hollywood Reporter, “This show is authentic, honest, and the essence of conversation.” As we all know, social media and texting have become the primary means of communication, making face-to-face discussion a lost art.

“Everything happened in the shop when I was a kid, including listening to adults talk about politics, sports, fashion, and music,” James added. It was so honest and genuine that nobody felt like they could be themselves there. That’s how the concept for The Shop came about.

Whether James will appear throughout the series or how many episodes HBO will air are still unknown.

At least the first three episodes will include James, according to THR.

Of course, how far James and his new Lakers teammates advance in the Western Conference Playoffs will determine his availability the following season.

Peter Nelson, executive vice president of HBO Sports, adds, “We’ll do it as often as the conversation warrants.” LeBron really wants to do that because it’s his baby. Additionally, he wants to do it as much as he can.

In addition to a multi-part documentary about Muhammad Ali, James’s SpringHill Entertainment is working with HBO on a movie about student athletes that will debut on October 2 and center on the NCAA’s contentious amateurism regulations.

HBO Sports, which focuses on boxing, now has another way to attract new viewers thanks to The Shop.

For us, sports are essentially a window into cultural, political, and social concerns as well as notions of competitive virtuosity, adds Nelson.

“The goal is honesty,” Nelson went on. Athletes and artists who have attained this level of excellence want to get together in a room and setting to talk like that because there aren’t many places like that where they can truly feel open and honest with one another. On the one hand, barbershops have historically served as places of secular communion. Therefore, it’s less about using these names and connections to our advantage and asking if we can acquire this or that individual. Who has something to say is more important.