Before Powell stepped into the titular role, retired NFL quarterback Eli Manning starred as Chad Powers in a 2022 episode of“Eli’s Places.” In the original Chad Powers skit, Manning wore prosthetics, a fake mustache, and a wig to blend in at Penn State’s walk-on tryouts.

I watched the first two episodes of Hulu's new football show, "Chad Powers," on Wednesday afternoon. It's a solid start to a sports show, which are typically pretty hit or miss. The show, which stars Glen Powell,

Eli Manning is happy for Glen Powell, who co-created and starred in Hulu's new series, Chad Powers, which just premiered.

The affable yet thin Hulu comedy “Chad Powers” is a redux on several fronts. The basic premise — a silly gag set against the backdrop of high-level football, extrapolated into a feel-good sports series named for its protagonist — has obvious parallels to that of the Apple TV+ hit “Ted Lasso.

"Chad Powers" stars Glen Powell as a disgraced former football player on a fictional Georgia team who seeks redemption via prosthetics and a rube character he makes up.

Welch appears less than five minutes into Chad Powers, when disgraced quarterback Russ Holliday (Glen Powell) runs into her in a club. He's stoked to meet her, howling, "Hawk tuah, spit on that thing!" with glee. Welch, on the other hand, is less than impressed, telling Russ, "Please don't tell people we met."

For Powell, the story is just as much about transformation as it is about football. His 2023 film Hitman toyed with the thrill of inhabiting multiple identities; Chad Powers expands a real-life stunt into a meditation on failure, accountability, and the cost of reinvention.

Quentin Plair as Coach Byrd, Clayne Crawford as Coach Dobbs, Xavier Mills as Nishan Leonard, and Colton Ryan as Gerry Dougan. Each adds depth to the Catfish team dynamic, rounding out the world around Russ/Chad.

ICYMI: Carrera, a 31-year-old comedian, writer, actor, and director, shared footage from her Chad Powers watch party to TikTok and Instagram. The video shows her friends gathered in front of the television,