The streamer officially announced today, December 3, 2025, that the comedy series Chad Powers, starring and co-created by the rising star Glen Powell, has been renewed for a second season. The news comes just over a month after the six-episode first season wrapped up its run with a major cliffhanger, leaving fans desperate for more gridiron chaos.
Glen Powell in ‘Chad Powers’ (2025) // IMDb
The Disguise and the Drama: What ‘Chad Powers’ Is About
The series is a sports comedy based on a real-life viral segment where NFL star Eli Manning went undercover. The show follows Russ Holliday (Glen Powell), an arrogant former star college quarterback whose career was catastrophically ruined eight years earlier by a disastrous fumble in a championship game and a subsequent outburst on national TV.
Marvin Emetom and Glen Powell in Chad Powers (2025)
Desperate for a second chance to return to football, Russ utilizes the expertise (and prosthetics) of his Hollywood makeup artist father to transform himself into a new persona: Chad Powers, a talented but oddly innocent walk-on quarterback. Russ enrolls at the struggling South Georgia Catfish football program, where he must maintain the elaborate deception while falling for the assistant coach, Ricky Hudson, and confronting the flaws that led to his initial downfall. The show is ultimately a redemption narrative about whether a man can truly reinvent himself by pretending to be a better person
Critical Reception vs. Audience Love
While the show received a middling 57% approval from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, with many pointing out the jarring shifts between sincere sports drama and slapstick comedy, the audience reaction was overwhelming. The show earned a much stronger 84% Audience Score and topped both the Hulu and Disney+ streaming charts upon release. This massive fan engagement and streaming performance ultimately secured the show’s renewal.
Season 2 is expected to pick up immediately following the cliffhanger, with Russ/Chad now having to navigate the internal politics of the Catfish team while facing the very real possibility of his entire identity being revealed.
