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Chad Powers‘ destiny has been determined at Hulu. The sports activities comedy collection stars Glen Powell as a former school quarterback named Russ Holliday who disgraced himself. He pretends to be a person named Chad Powers so he can recapture his school soccer glory days, even going as far as sporting prosthetics for his disguise as a walk-on quarterback for the South Georgia Catfish.
Now, Hulu has introduced that Chad Powers is renewed for season 2, with Powell confirmed to be returning because the titular character. The official renewal comes greater than a month after the season 1 finale was launched on October 28.
Created by Powell and Michael Waldron, the collection is impressed by ESPN and Omaha Productions’ “Eli’s Locations” phase, which featured Eli Manning disguised in prosthetics whereas collaborating in walk-on tryouts for Penn State College’s soccer group.
Along with Powell, season 1’s solid consists of Steven Zahn as Coach Jake Hudson, Perry Mattfeld as Ricky, Quentin Plair as Coach Byrd, Wynn Everett as Tricia Yeager, and Frankie A. Rodriguez as Danny. Powell and Waldron, together with Eli and Peyton Manning, are producers for the collection.
Critics gave combined opinions to Chad Powers, resulting in a 57% Tomatometer rating on Rotten Tomatoes. ScreenRant‘s Ben Sherlock notes in his overview that “The humor doesn’t at all times land, the storytelling performs it a bit too protected, and Russ/Chad is the one character who feels totally fleshed out and distinctively drawn.” With an 84% Popcornmeter rating, audiences had a extra favorable response to the present.
Extra to return…
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September 30, 2025
- Community
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Hulu
- Administrators
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Tony Yacenda
- Writers
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Michael Waldron
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Russ Holliday / Chad Powers
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