- Network: HULU
- Series Premiere Date: Sep 30, 2025
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Sincere, strange, and funnier than I could have ever anticipated. .... Due to the talent involved, it transcends its source material and becomes something much more special as a result. Forgive the overworked sports metaphor: “Chad Powers” is a winner.
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“Chad Powers” offers a welcome mix of cringe comedy, raunchy humor and even some sweet, odd couple moments.
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This isn’t a realistic show about college football, but its absurdity stays on the right side of the line between fun and silly.
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It’s a mutant redemption story with a satisfyingly chewy moral core: can you truly be redeemed if it involves lying to every single person on the planet? All this, plus it manages to be funny and charming. Chad Powers is a rare feat.
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As Russ bends to the genre’s sentimental rules to embrace his inner Chad, Chad Powers finds its way into a goofy end zone of comedic bliss.
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Overall, Chad Powers feels like the television equivalent of a true freshman who came out of nowhere to win the prized Heisman trophy, courtesy of a fantastic leading man in Powell, tremendous supporting performances, and a story that knows exactly when to utilize the best plays for cheeky comedy or poignant drama.
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Nothing about this show should work. And…yet. In all its dumb, ridiculous glory, it (mostly) does.
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We’re not 100 percent sold on Chad Powers yet, but if it concentrates on the redemption arcs and steps away from the goofiness, it should be a satisfying show to watch.
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Chad Powers pulls too much, too obviously from Eastbound & Down, Ted Lasso, and a bunch of other movies and shows to fully feel like its own thing, but it's a consistently funny, occasionally surprising comedy. It's a dark outlier in the Ted Lasso subgenre.