Chad Powers Season 2 Is Streaming Now on Hulu — Glen Powell's Football Comedy Tackles Fame, Family and a Season 3 Question Mark

Chad Powers Season 2 Is Here — and Glen Powell Has Never Been Funnier (or Fussier About His Wig)

Football season is back, and so is the worst disguise in college sports history. Chad Powers Season 2 has landed on Hulu, bringing back Glen Powell as disgraced quarterback Russ Holliday and his prosthetics-heavy alter ego Chad Powers — and this time the joke has real stakes. If you binged Season 1 last fall and wondered where the South Georgia Catfish go from here, the answer is: straight into chaos, heart, and a renewal cliffhanger that has fans refreshing Hulu's press page daily.

What Is Chad Powers About (and Why Is Everyone Talking About It)?

For the uninitiated: Chad Powers is co-created by Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick, Anyone But You, Twisters) and Michael Waldron (Loki, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), based on the viral ESPN+ sketch character originated by NFL legend Eli Manning. Powell plays Russ Holliday, a college QB whose career implodes on live TV, forcing him to sneak back into football disguised as the lovably clueless walk-on Chad Powers to play for the struggling South Georgia Catfish under Coach Jake Hudson (Steve Zahn).

Season 2 picks up with the Catfish riding unexpected momentum — and Russ's secret getting harder to keep. Returning cast members include Perry Mattfeld as Ricky, Frankie A. Rodriguez, Quentin Plair, Wynn Everett, and Toby Huss, with Eli Manning himself popping back in for a meta cameo that had fans howling. Manning even joked in a recent interview that he once assumed he'd play the role himself and land on the cover of PEOPLE magazine — sorry, Eli, Powell kept the wig.

• Where to watch: streaming now on Hulu (US) and Disney+ internationally
• Episodes: 6 episodes in Season 2 — no Episode 7 this week, the season has fully dropped
• Genre: sports comedy in the spirit of Ted Lasso and Shoresy, but with way more prosthetic makeup gags
• Behind the camera: co-created by Powell and Waldron, with Powell pulling double duty as star and producer

Will There Be a Chad Powers Season 3?

Here's the question lighting up search right now: Hulu has not officially renewed Chad Powers for Season 3 yet. But don't panic. Waldron told Decider after Season 1 that he and Powell already have an endgame mapped out — and pointedly said they would never make fans wait multiple years between seasons the way some streamers do. With Season 2 landing in September 2026 and finishing strong on Hulu's comedy charts alongside titles like The Paper and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, a renewal announcement feels like a matter of when, not if.

Critics have warmed to the show's second outing too, praising Powell's surprisingly physical comedy and Zahn's turn as the exasperated coach who might be the only adult in the room. Comparisons to Ted Lasso Season 4 (also airing now on Apple TV+) are inevitable — both are feel-good sports comedies about broken men finding redemption through a team. But Chad Powers is scrappier, sillier, and more willing to let its leading man look absolutely ridiculous.

The Verdict: Stream It This Weekend

If your September watchlist is already stuffed with The Gentlemen Season 2 on Netflix and Monster: The Ed Gein Story, make room for six half-hours of pure charm. Glen Powell proves once again he's the most likable movie star of his generation, Steve Zahn steals nearly every scene, and the Catfish's underdog run is genuinely moving underneath the wig jokes. Fire up Hulu, queue up Chad Powers Season 2, and keep an eye out for that Season 3 announcement — this is one Hail Mary we're betting pays off.