Chad Powers Renewed for a Second Season by Hulu
Hulu announced today that its Original comedy series Chad Powers has been renewed for a second season. Glen Powell will return as the titular character.
The series is based on the Eli’s Places segment from ESPN and Omaha Productions, in which Eli Manning disguised himself with prosthetics to participate in a walk-on tryout at Penn State.
Season one stars Glen Powell as Russ Holliday/Chad Powers, Perry Mattfeld as Ricky, Quentin Plair as Coach Byrd, Wynn Everett as Tricia Yeager, Frankie A. Rodriguez as Danny, and Steve Zahn as Coach Jake Hudson.
Eight years after an unforgivable mistake nukes his promising college football career, hotshot quarterback Russ Holliday tries to resurrect his dreams by disguising himself as Chad Powers – a talented oddball who walks on to the struggling South Georgia Catfish.
Hulu‘s half-hour comedy hails from co-creators Glen Powell and Michael Waldron. Season one executive producers include Glen Powell, Michael Waldron, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Jamie Horowitz, Ben Brown, Burke Magnus, Brian Lockhart, Kati Fernandez, Adam Fasullo, Luvh Rakhe, and Tony Yacenda.
Season one of Chad Powers, which premiered earlier this fall, is now streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the US and on Disney+ internationally. The series is produced by 20th Television.
