Chad Powers Review 2026 Tv Show Series Cast Crew Online
Russ Holliday (Powell) is former XFL quarterback who, after a scandal ruins his career, disguises himself as a new, unknown player to join a struggling Southern College football team under the name “Chad Powers”. Inspired by Eli Manning’s original sketch series, the show follows Powell’s character as he uses this new persona to try and get back into the game.
Pilot was over-the-top silly, but episode 2 has more heart and more serious. Powell can certainly do comedy and Steve Zahn is a sure thing, in that he can do drama and comedy with equal skill. Zahn is particularly good in this, especially episode 2, so there’s hope. Another veteran comedian, Clayne Crawford, plays the coach. He’s also quite good as you’d expect.
Chad Powers isn’t Ted Lasso by a long shot, but it could be if they dropped some of the stereotypes, in particular the bitchy side-kick (who naturally is gay) and the bossy blond boss who tells dumb jokes and gets her way with some sort of fake charm. The writing isn’t terribly sophisticated, but Powell certainly delivers. Comedy is his thing, but there’s dramatic talent in him that will certainly come out a lot more. The guy can clearly act (but we knew that).
However, and this is big, when one tunes into see Glen Powell, we want to see his beautiful face. Hey, it’s Glen Powell ! But instead, we see his horrible made-up face with buck teeth and an oversized nose and a bad wig. Really? This seems criminal. Why didn’t they do it in reverse, where Russ Holliday has the disguise, then turns into Glen Powell? Would you make Jacob Elordi unattractive for a TV series? Of course not. So why do it to Powell?
But fear not, since we don’t get to see the handsome Powell we are treated to some other eye candy: Colton Ryan, Xavier Mills, and Quentin Plair. I’ll definitely tune in for more. After all, It’s Glen Powell!
