Glen Powell’s Football Comedy Arrives Fall 2025
Dec 29, 2024
OK, this ine is a ways off: Hulu‘s half-hour comedy “Chad Powers,” from co-creators and executive producers Glen Powell and Michael Waldron (“Loki”), will premiere in Fall 2025.
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Eli Manning serves as executive producer along with Omaha Productions’ Peyton Manning, Jamie Horowitz, Ben Brown and ESPN. Waldron and Adam Fasullo are executive producing for Anomaly Pictures. Luvh Rakhe will executive produce, and Tony Yacenda will serve as director and executive producer.
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The series stars Powell, who is also co-creating, co-writing and executive-producing under his production co-banner Barnstorm Productions. When bad behavior nukes hotshot QB Russ Holliday’s college career, he disguises himself and walks onto a struggling Southern football team as the talented, affable Chad Powers.
Based on the sketch produced by NFL Films and Omaha Productions that aired on ESPN+ as part of the Eli’s Places series, the half-hour comedy from 20th Television will stream on Hulu. Powell and Waidron co-wrote the pilot.
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The series stars Glen Powell as Russ Holliday/Chad Powers, Perry Mattfeld as Ricky, Quentin Plair as Coach Byrd, and Wynn Everett as Tricia.
Depending on when they release the series, there are at least nine months to wait, so settle for this teaser trailer for now.
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