- Network: HULU
- Series Premiere Date: Sep 30, 2025
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Both too long (it shoulda been a movie) and too short (it doesn’t feel like anything happens), “Chad Powers” is a fumble. “Necessary Roughness” plays like a masterpiece by comparison.
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Powell might have been appealing enough to make this goofy premise work if Russ and his alter ego weren’t two of the most obnoxious TV characters in recent memory—and if the show didn’t seem cobbled together from older, better sports comedies.
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It doesn’t seem to know what makes the genre work.
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The show (and even the main character, at times, despite Chad’s gentle, affected drawl) is mean as shit. And it doesn’t even have the decency to be funny about it.