‘Chadโค Powers’ Scores Season 2 Renewal at Hulu
Hulu has โคrenewed the comedy series Chad Powers,starring Glen Powell,for a secondโ season,the streamer announced Wednesday. Powell will reprise his role as the titular character.
The series originated from the ESPN andโข Omaha Productions segment “Eli’s Places,” which featured Eli Manning using prosthetics to attempt โa walk-on tryout at Penn State.
Season 1, co-created by Powellโฃ and Loki writer Michael Waldron, followed disgraced former Oregon star quarterback โฃRuss Holliday as he attempted to redeem himselfโ eight years after derailing his football career. He dose so by posing as Chad Powers, aโ uniquely talented walk-on for the struggling South Georgia Catfish. โThe season finale sawโ Chad and the Catfish facing the georgia Bulldogs wiht a potential win on the horizon, while Russ’sโข secret identity was on the verge of โฃbeing exposed.
Filmed during an actual Georgia Bulldogs football game, the finale’s authenticity is expected to continue into future seasons. Waldron previously stated hisโค intentionโฃ to incorporate as much genuine SEC football as possible and to advance the story “pretty much โin real time,” suggesting Season 2 will pick up shortly after the events of the first.
Chad Powers debuted on September 30 and quickly gained traction, reaching No. 34 on Luminate’s Top 50 streaming shows with nearly 1.6 million โขhours viewed for its single initial episode. The following week, it climbed to No. 19 with 2.2 million hours viewed across two episodes,โข and remained consistently ranked throughout its six-episode run.
The cast also includes Perry Mattfeld as Ricky, Quentin Plair as Coach Byrd,โ Wynn Everett as tricia Yeager, Frankie A. Rodriguez as Danny, and Steve Zahn as coach Jake Hudson.
Executive producers areโ Powell,โฃ Waldron, eliโค Manning, Peytonโฃ Manning, Jamie Horowitz, ben brown, Burke Magnus, Brian Lockhart, Kati Fernandez, Adam Fasullo,โข Luvh Rakhe, and Tony Yacenda. The series is produced by 20th Television.
Season 1 is currentlyโฃ availableโค for streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.