11 months ago
Chad Powers Comedy Series Debuts on Hulu
Imagine a former college football star who messes up big time.
He's a bit of a jerk and gets into trouble.
Now, he wants to make a comeback by pretending to be a new, eager player named Chad Powers.
Glen Powell plays him!
The show follows Chad's journey as he tries to get back on the field, with real college football teams and analysts making the show feel super real.
It's a story about fixing mistakes, with lots of laughs, on Hulu and Disney+.
The comedy series 'Chad Powers' is based on Eli Manning's viral ESPN sketch.
Co-creators Michael Waldron and Glen Powell aim to make it feel like the best college football ever seen on screen.
Glen Powell plays the lead, transforming with prosthetics.
The show features real sports analysts and utilizes actual college football team branding.
The show's first season will consist of six episodes.
- Who
- Glen Powell as Russ Holliday/Chad Powers, and co-creator Michael Waldron
- What
- A comedy series adapting Eli Manning's ESPN sketch
- Where
- South Georgia (fictional), with filming at Sanford Stadium
- When
- First two episodes debuted, with new ones weekly in October
- Why
- To create a comedy series about redemption and college football.
Key facts
- Show Title
- Chad Powers
- Platform
- Hulu and Disney+
- Creators
- Michael Waldron & Glen Powell
- Starring
- Glen Powell
- Based on
- Eli Manning ESPN sketch
- Episodes
- Six
- Release Schedule
- Weekly
Quotes
Glen Powell
Co-creator of the series
“This is why you do this job is you get to make something that you really feel like gives people a new pep in their step every week, something they can look forward to, something that fills them up, makes them laugh, lets them escape and something that you just have a joy making.”
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“If we get a Season 2, which as long as the world begs for it and cheers as loud as we think they should, I will definitely be showing the Texas Longhorns.”
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Michael Waldron
Co-creator of the series
“[The idea] start[ed] with me and Glen, who have been pals for a while, getting on the phone and me saying, ‘Alright, the only thing I know is that we couldn’t actually do a show about a guy wearing prosthetics like Mrs. Doubtfire,’ and then Glen saying, ‘What if we did?'””
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“We wanted to start him in a low place, as a guy who’s been hated by the world and sort of hating himself for a long time, and then start that redemption story.”
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